Merry Gentry reading order

A plan for the whole series

9 volumes, 3,341 pages, about 60 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 3 months.

Stages

4 stages, with 3 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around January 31, 2027, 12 days later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 115 h20 daysby November 18, 2026

   • 1. A Kiss of Shadows2000 · 480 pages · 9 h
   • 2. A Caress of Twilight2002 · 326 pages · 6 h
2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 22, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 217 habout 3 weeksby December 14, 2026

   • 3. Seduced by Moonlight2004 · 384 pages · 7 h
   • 4. A Stroke of Midnight2005 · 366 pages · 7 h
   • 5. Mistral's Kiss2006 · 162 pages · 3 h
4. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by December 18, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 316 habout 3 weeksby January 9, 2027

   • 6. A Lick of Frost2007 · 464 pages · 9 h
   • 7. Swallowing Darkness2008 · 416 pages · 8 h
6. Short breakAnimal Farm · George Orwell · 128 pp. · score 8.32 h, by January 13, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
7. 4
   Stage 414 h18 daysby January 31, 2027

   • 8. Divine Misdemeanors2009 · 371 pages · 7 h
   • 9. A Shiver of Light2014 · 372 pages · 7 h
8. The end of the series

   January 31, 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: Seduced by Moonlight (7.8, 67 ratings). Weakest: A Kiss of Shadows (7.4). 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.