Reading order
Night Tales reading order
- 5 volumes
- Volumes
- 1991–2000
- Published
- about 30 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
Quick answer
Publication order
5 volumes1991–2000Completed
A plan for the whole series
5 volumes, 1,547 pages, about 30 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 10, 2026, 4 days later than in one go.
- Stage 117 habout 3 weeksby November 21, 2026
- 1. Night Shift
- 2. Night Shadow
- 3. Nightshade
- Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.8
- Stage 211 h15 daysby December 10, 2026
- 4. Night Smoke
- 5. Night Shield
- The end of the series
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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 Night Tales book is the longest?
“Nightshade” is the longest at 331 pages; the shortest is “Night Shift” with 288 pages.
What should I read after Night Tales?
Other series by Nora Roberts: Chronicles of The One, The Circle Trilogy, In Death.
