House of Night reading order

A plan for the whole series

12 volumes, 4,102 pages, about 75 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 3 months.

• From volume 2 on, the number of ratings falls most before volume 9, “Destined” (by 48%). Plan your break after volume 8, before the series plans it for you.

Stages

5 stages, with 4 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around March 5, 2027, about 4 weeks later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 118 habout 4 weeksby November 23, 2026

   • 1. Marked2007 · 320 pages · 6 h
   • 2. Betrayed2007 · 366 pages · 7 h
   • 3. Chosen2008 · 320 pages · 6 h
2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 27, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 220 habout 4 weeksby December 23, 2026

   • 4. Untamed2008 · 398 pages · 7 h
   • 5. Hunted2009 · 336 pages · 6 h
   • 6. Tempted2009 · 352 pages · 6 h
4. BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.05 h, by January 1, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 312 h16 daysby January 17, 2027

   • 7. Burned2010 · 336 pages · 6 h
   • 8. Awakened2011 · 312 pages · 6 h
6. BreakBorn a Crime · Trevor Noah · 304 pp. · score 8.96 h, by January 27, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
7. 4
   Stage 419 habout 4 weeksby February 20, 2027

   • 9. Destined2011 · 336 pages · 6 h
   • 10. Hidden2012 · ≈ 342 pages · 6 h
   • 11. Revealed2013 · ≈ 342 pages · 6 h
8. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by February 25, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
9. 5
   Stage 56 h8 daysby March 5, 2027

   • 12. Redeemed2014 · ≈ 342 pages · 6 h
10. The end of the series

    March 5, 2027

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≈ next to a page count: a volume with no page count in our data is counted at this series’s average.

Does the series hold up

Shape of the series: it gets better. Readers scored the opening (7.3) below the ending (7.6). After the first volume you do not yet know how good this series is.

Best volume: Destined (7.7, 91 ratings). Weakest: Marked (7.1). From volume 2 on, the biggest drop in the number of ratings is between volume 8 and 9: 48%. The series is complete; you can read it start to finish with no waiting. The last volume (7.7) scores close to the series average or above it.