Mercy Thompson series reading order

A plan for the whole series

14 volumes, 4,753 pages, about 85 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 4 months.

• From volume 2 on, the number of ratings falls most before volume 14, “Winter Lost” (by 38%).
• The series is still running; the last volume came out in 2024. You will wait for the next one anyway, so no need to rush.

Stages

5 stages, with 4 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around March 16, 2027, about 3 weeks later than in one go.

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

   • 1. Moon Called2006 · 308 pages · 6 h
   • 2. Blood Bound2007 · 342 pages · 6 h
   • 3. Iron Kissed2008 · 320 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 218 habout 3 weeksby December 20, 2026

   • 4. Bone Crossed2009 · 320 pages · 6 h
   • 5. Silver Borne2010 · 342 pages · 6 h
   • 6. River Marked2011 · 324 pages · 6 h
4. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by December 24, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 318 habout 3 weeksby January 17, 2027

   • 7. Frost Burned2013 · 290 pages · 5 h
   • 8. Night Broken2014 · 341 pages · 6 h
   • 9. Fire Touched2016 · 342 pages · 6 h
6. Short breakAnimal Farm · George Orwell · 128 pp. · score 8.32 h, by January 21, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
7. 4
   Stage 419 habout 4 weeksby February 16, 2027

   • 10. Silence Fallen2017 · 352 pages · 6 h
   • 11. Storm Cursed2019 · 368 pages · 7 h
   • 12. Smoke Bitten2020 · 336 pages · 6 h
8. BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.05 h, by February 25, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
9. 5
   Stage 514 h19 daysby March 16, 2027

   • 13. Soul Taken2022 · 352 pages · 6 h
   • 14. Winter Lost2024 · 416 pages · 8 h
10. The end of the series

    March 16, 2027

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Does the series hold up

Shape of the series: uneven. Scores jump by 0.4 points with no clear direction.

Best volume: Night Broken (8.2, 172 ratings). Weakest: Moon Called (7.8). From volume 2 on, the biggest drop in the number of ratings is between volume 13 and 14: 38%. The series is not finished; the last volume came out in 2024. The last volume (8.0) scores close to the series average or above it.