Symphony of Ages reading order

A plan for the whole series

6 volumes, 2,866 pages, about 55 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 10 weeks.

Stages

4 stages, with 3 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around January 19, 2027, 12 days later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 111 h15 daysby November 13, 2026

   • 1. Rhapsody: Child of Blood1999 · 624 pages · 11 h
2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 17, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 219 habout 4 weeksby December 12, 2026

   • 2. Prophecy: Child of Earth2000 · ≈ 478 pages · 9 h
   • 3. Destiny: Child of the Sky2002 · 556 pages · 10 h
4. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by December 17, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 315 h20 daysby January 5, 2027

   • 4. Requiem for the Sun2003 · 480 pages · 9 h
   • 5. Elegy for a Lost Star2004 · 320 pages · 6 h
6. Short breakAnimal Farm · George Orwell · 128 pp. · score 8.32 h, by January 9, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
7. 4
   Stage 47 h10 daysby January 19, 2027

   • 6. The Assassin King2006 · 408 pages · 7 h
8. The end of the series

   January 19, 2027

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