Shadowmarch reading order

A plan for the whole series

4 volumes, 2,875 pages, about 55 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 10 weeks.

• The thickest volume runs 909 pages. One volume is one stage: a break after it, not the next volume.

Stages

4 stages, with 3 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around January 25, 2027, 17 days later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 117 habout 3 weeksby November 20, 2026

   • 1. Shadowmarch2004 · 909 pages · 17 h
2. BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.05 h, by November 29, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 212 h16 daysby December 16, 2026

   • 2. Shadowplay2007 · 672 pages · 12 h
4. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by December 20, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 310 h14 daysby January 3, 2027

   • 3. Shadowrise2010 · 564 pages · 10 h
6. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by January 7, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
7. 4
   Stage 413 h18 daysby January 25, 2027

   • 4. Shadowheart2011 · 730 pages · 13 h
8. The end of the series

   January 25, 2027

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