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Little Brother reading order

Cory Doctorow

  1. Little Brother2008
  2. Homeland2013
  3. Attack Surface2020
7.87.8 / 10
745 ratings
Score
3 volumes
Volumes
2008–2020
Published
about 22 h
Reading time
Completed
Status
Dystopian#12
Genre

Quick answer

Little Brother
Start withLittle Brother2008 · Volume 1 of 3
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Publication order

3 volumes2008–2020Completed

  • After a terror attack on San Francisco, teenage hacker Marcus fights back against a surveillance state.
  • Little Brother (2008) is the best-rated and was released free under a Creative Commons licence; Homeland continues his story.
  • Attack Surface is a standalone companion for adults.

A plan for the whole series

3 volumes, 1,216 pages, about 22 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 4 weeks.

33%

Share of volume 1’s readers who reach the last volume. Chance of reaching the last volume: medium

Stages

2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 2, 2026, 4 days later than in one go.

  1. Stage 115 h20 daysby November 18, 2026
  2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 22, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  3. Stage 27 h9 daysby December 2, 2026
    • 3. Attack Surface2020 · 384 pages · 7 h
  4. The end of the series
    December 2, 2026
In one goNovember 28, 2026about 4 weeks
In stages, with breaksDecember 2, 2026about 5 weeks · +2 h of other books

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How this plan is calculated

The plan comes from the pages and ratings of each volume: we split the series into stages of about three weeks’ reading, size each break to the stage before it, and read the chance of finishing from how many readers rate the last volume compared with the first. How we work out the plan →

Every volume in order

Read: 0 of 3
  1. Little Brother
    Little Brother2008 · 500 ratingsStart here
    7.87.8 / 10
  2. Homeland
    Homeland2013 · 167 ratings
    7.87.8 / 10
  3. Attack Surface
    Attack Surface2020 · 78 ratings · Not ranked yetBuy
    –Not ranked yet

Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Which Little Brother book is the best?

By reader score, Little Brother (7.8/10). The lowest-rated is Homeland (7.8/10).

Which Little Brother book is the longest?

“Homeland” is the longest at 448 pages; the shortest is “Little Brother” with 384 pages.