Reading order
Machineries of Empire reading order
1
2
3- 3 volumes
- Volumes
- 2016–2018
- Published
- about 18 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Science fiction#87
- Genre
Quick answer
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Publication order
3 volumes2016–2018Completed
- Military space opera in which the empire’s technology runs on its calendar — physics depends on what the population believes.
- Ninefox Gambit throws you in with little explanation and rates lowest; Raven Stratagem and Revenant Gun rate clearly higher.
- Read in order.
A plan for the whole series
3 volumes, 996 pages, about 18 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 3 weeks.
Share of volume 1’s readers who reach the last volume. Chance of reaching the last volume: medium
Stages
This series fits in one stage. You finish around November 22, 2026.
- Stage 118 habout 3 weeksby November 22, 2026
- The end of the series
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Does the series hold up
Shape of the series: it gets better. Readers scored the opening (7.5) below the ending (8.1). After the first volume you do not yet know how good this series is.
Best volume: Revenant Gun (8.1, 139 ratings). Weakest: Ninefox Gambit (7.5). The series is complete; you can read it start to finish with no waiting. The last volume (8.1) scores close to the series average or above it.
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
Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026
Machineries of Empire books ranked, best to worst
- 1.Revenant GunBook 3 · 20188.1
- 2.Raven StratagemBook 2 · 20178.0
- 3.Ninefox GambitBook 1 · 20167.5
Frequently asked questions
Which Machineries of Empire book is the best?
By reader score, Revenant Gun (8.1/10). The lowest-rated is Ninefox Gambit (7.5/10).
Which Machineries of Empire book is the longest?
“Revenant Gun” is the longest at 427 pages; the shortest is “Raven Stratagem” with 201 pages.