Reading order
Ring reading order
1
2
3- 7.57.5 / 10220 ratings
- Score
- 6 volumes
- Volumes
- 1991–2013
- Published
- about 35 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Horror
- Genre
Quick answer
Publication order
6 volumes1991–2013Completed
- Japanese horror built around a cursed videotape that kills anyone who watches it within seven days, the basis of the 1998 film Ringu and its American remake.
- The novels differ from the films, and from Spiral onwards the series turns towards medical mystery and science fiction.
- Ring is the most read; Spiral, the sequel, rates a little higher.
- Read in order.
A plan for the whole series
6 volumes, 1,924 pages, about 35 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 7 weeks.
Share of volume 1’s readers who reach the last volume. Chance of reaching the last volume: medium
Stages
2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 19, 2026, 4 days later than in one go.
- Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.8
- Stage 217 habout 3 weeksby December 19, 2026
- 4. The Birthday
- 5. S
- 6. Tide
- 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
Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026
Frequently asked questions
Which Ring book is the best?
By reader score, Spiral (7.5/10). The lowest-rated is Ring (7.5/10).
Which Ring book is the longest?
“Loop” is the longest at 431 pages; the shortest is “The Birthday” with 262 pages.