Magic Kingdom of Landover reading order

A plan for the whole series

6 volumes, 2,015 pages, about 35 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 7 weeks.

Stages

2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 21, 2026, 4 days later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 118 habout 3 weeksby November 22, 2026

   • 1. Magic Kingdom for Sale — SOLD!1986 · 352 pages · 6 h
   • 2. The Black Unicorn1987 · 320 pages · 6 h
   • 3. Wizard at Large1988 · 303 pages · 6 h
2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 26, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 219 habout 4 weeksby December 21, 2026

   • 4. The Tangle Box1994 · 341 pages · 6 h
   • 5. Witches' Brew1995 · 332 pages · 6 h
   • 6. A Princess of Landover2009 · 367 pages · 7 h
4. The end of the series

   December 21, 2026

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Does the series hold up

Shape of the series: even. Volume scores differ by at most 0.1 points. You get the same level from the first page to the last.

Best volume: Wizard at Large (7.7, 71 ratings). Weakest: The Black Unicorn (7.6). The series is complete; you can read it start to finish with no waiting. The last volume (7.7) scores close to the series average or above it.