Lockwood & Co. reading order

A plan for the whole series

5 volumes, 2,355 pages, about 45 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 8 weeks.

Stages

3 stages, with 2 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around January 3, 2027, 8 days later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 116 habout 3 weeksby November 20, 2026

   • 1. The Screaming Staircase2013 · 419 pages · 8 h
   • 2. The Whispering Skull2014 · 464 pages · 9 h
2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 24, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 28 h11 daysby December 4, 2026

   • 3. The Hollow Boy2015 · 448 pages · 8 h
4. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by December 9, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 319 habout 4 weeksby January 3, 2027

   • 4. The Creeping Shadow2016 · 544 pages · 10 h
   • 5. The Empty Grave2017 · 480 pages · 9 h
6. The end of the series

   January 3, 2027

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