Reading order

Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy reading order

James Ellroy

  1. Blood on the Moon1984
  2. Because the Night1984
  3. Suicide Hill1987
3 volumes
Volumes
1984–1987
Published
about 16 h
Reading time
Completed
Status

Quick answer

Blood on the Moon
Start withBlood on the Moon1984

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Publication order

3 volumes1984–1987Completed

Volume numbering in the sources is incomplete — the order below follows publication years.

A plan for the whole series

3 volumes, 879 pages, about 16 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 3 weeks.

Stages

This series fits in one stage. You finish around November 19, 2026.

  1. The end of the series
    November 19, 2026

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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

No volume in this series has enough ratings to enter a ranking yet, so the list carries no scores — the order and the volumes are still complete.

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

Frequently asked questions

Which Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy book is the longest?

“Because the Night” is the longest at 319 pages; the shortest is “Blood on the Moon” with 272 pages.

What should I read after Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy?

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