Pendragon: Journal of an Adventure through Time and Space reading order

A plan for the whole series

11 volumes, 4,729 pages, about 85 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 14, 2027, 20 days later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 114 h19 daysby November 17, 2026

   • 1. The Merchant of Death2002 · 384 pages · 7 h
   • 2. The Lost City of Faar2003 · 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 213 h17 daysby December 8, 2026

   • 3. The Never War2003 · 336 pages · 6 h
   • 4. The Reality Bug2003 · 375 pages · 7 h
4. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by December 13, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 315 h20 daysby January 2, 2027

   • 5. Black Water2004 · 427 pages · 8 h
   • 6. The Rivers of Zadaa2005 · 405 pages · 7 h
6. Short breakAnimal Farm · George Orwell · 128 pp. · score 8.32 h, by January 6, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
7. 4
   Stage 49 h12 daysby January 18, 2027

   • 7. The Quillan Games2006 · 504 pages · 9 h
8. Short breakThe Importance of Being Earnest · Oscar Wilde · 102 pp. · score 8.22 h, by January 22, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
9. 5
   Stage 520 habout 4 weeksby February 18, 2027

   • 8. The Pilgrims of Rayne2007 · 547 pages · 10 h
   • 9. Raven Rise2008 · 544 pages · 10 h
10. Short breakA Room of One's Own · Virginia Woolf · 144 pp. · score 8.23 h, by February 22, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
11. 6
    Stage 615 h20 daysby March 14, 2027

    • 10. The Soldiers of Halla2009 · 594 pages · 11 h
    • 11. Pendragon: Before the War2009 · 213 pages · 4 h
12. The end of the series

    March 14, 2027

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Does the series hold up

Shape of the series: uneven. Scores jump by 0.3 points with no clear direction.

Best volume: The Soldiers of Halla (8.0, 75 ratings). Weakest: The Merchant of Death (7.7). The series is complete; you can read it start to finish with no waiting. The last volume (8.0) scores close to the series average or above it.