Reading order
Lyra reading order
- Shadow Magic1982
- Daughter of Witches1983
- The Harp of Imach Thyssel1985
- Caught in Crystal1987
- The Raven Ring1994
- 5 volumes
- Volumes
- 1982–1994
- Published
- about 25 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
Quick answer
Publication order
5 volumes1982–1994Completed
A plan for the whole series
5 volumes, 1,448 pages, about 25 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 5 weeks.
Stages
2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 13, 2026, 9 days later than in one go.
- Stage 120 habout 4 weeksby November 25, 2026
- 1. Shadow Magic
- 2. Daughter of Witches
- 3. The Harp of Imach Thyssel
- 4. Caught in Crystal
- BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.0
- Stage 26 h8 daysby December 13, 2026
- The end of the series
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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.
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
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 Lyra book is the longest?
“The Raven Ring” is the longest at 332 pages; the shortest is “Daughter of Witches” with 254 pages.
What should I read after Lyra?
Other series by Patricia Wrede: Enchanted Forest Chronicles.
