John Corey reading order

A plan for the whole series

8 volumes, 4,445 pages, about 80 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 4 months.

• The series is still running; the last volume came out in 2022. You will wait for the next one anyway, so no need to rush.

Stages

6 stages, with 5 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around March 11, 2027, about 4 weeks later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 110 h14 daysby November 12, 2026

   • 1. Plum Island1997 · 562 pages · 10 h
2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 16, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 213 h17 daysby December 3, 2026

   • 2. The Lion's Game2000 · 710 pages · 13 h
4. Short breakThe Emperor's Soul · Brandon Sanderson · 96 pp. · score 8.82 h, by December 6, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 320 habout 4 weeksby January 2, 2027

   • 3. Night Fall2004 · 488 pages · 9 h
   • 4. Wild Fire2006 · 614 pages · 11 h
6. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by January 6, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
7. 4
   Stage 410 h14 daysby January 20, 2027

   • 5. The Lion2010 · ≈ 556 pages · 10 h
8. Short breakAnimal Farm · George Orwell · 128 pp. · score 8.32 h, by January 24, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
9. 5
   Stage 520 habout 4 weeksby February 20, 2027

   • 6. The Panther2012 · 656 pages · 12 h
   • 7. Radiant Angel2015 · 427 pages · 8 h
10. BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.05 h, by March 1, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
11. 6
    Stage 68 h11 daysby March 11, 2027

    • 8. The Maze2022 · 432 pages · 8 h
12. The end of the series

    March 11, 2027

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