October Daye reading order

A plan for the whole series

13 volumes, 4,916 pages, about 90 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 4 months.

Stages

6 stages, with 5 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around March 28, 2027, about 4 weeks later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 114 h19 daysby November 17, 2026

   • 1. Rosemary and Rue2009 · 370 pages · 7 h
   • 2. A Local Habitation2010 · 400 pages · 7 h
2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 21, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 220 habout 4 weeksby December 18, 2026

   • 3. An Artificial Night2010 · 376 pages · 7 h
   • 4. Late Eclipses2011 · 372 pages · 7 h
   • 5. One Salt Sea2011 · 368 pages · 7 h
4. BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.05 h, by December 27, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 320 habout 4 weeksby January 23, 2027

   • 6. Ashes of Honor2012 · 368 pages · 7 h
   • 7. Chimes at Midnight2013 · 368 pages · 7 h
   • 8. The Winter Long2014 · 358 pages · 7 h
6. BreakBorn a Crime · Trevor Noah · 304 pp. · score 8.96 h, by February 1, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
7. 4
   Stage 415 h20 daysby February 21, 2027

   • 9. A Rose Red Chain2015 · ≈ 378 pages · 7 h
   • 10. Once Broken Faith2016 · 420 pages · 8 h
8. Short breakThe Emperor's Soul · Brandon Sanderson · 96 pp. · score 8.82 h, by February 24, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
9. 5
   Stage 514 h19 daysby March 15, 2027

   • 11. The Brightest Fell2017 · 354 pages · 6 h
   • 12. Night and Silence2018 · 416 pages · 8 h
10. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by March 19, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
11. 6
    Stage 67 h9 daysby March 28, 2027

    • 13. The Unkindest Tide2019 · 368 pages · 7 h
12. The end of the series

    March 28, 2027

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