Reading order
Tarzan reading order
- Tarzan of the Apes1912
- The Return of Tarzan1915
- The Beasts of Tarzan1914
- The Son of Tarzan1915
- Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar1916
- Jungle Tales of Tarzan1919
- Tarzan the Untamed1920
- Tarzan the Terrible1921
- Tarzan and the Golden Lion1922
- Tarzan and the Ant Men1924
- Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle1927
- Tarzan and the Lost Empire1928
- Every volume in order (24) ↓
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12- 7.67.6 / 10108 ratings
- Score
- 24 volumes
- Volumes
- 1912–1965
- Published
- about 100 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Adventure
- Genre
Quick answer
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Publication order
24 volumes1912–1965Completed
- Edgar Rice Burroughs’s pulp adventure series, begun in 1912: Tarzan, the son of an English lord, is raised by apes in the African jungle, teaches himself to read from his dead parents’ books and falls in love with Jane Porter.
- Tarzan of the Apes is the only one most readers know and the only one here with enough ratings.
- The later books, more than twenty, turn to lost cities and pulp thrills, and carry the colonial and racial attitudes of their time.
A plan for the whole series
24 volumes, 5,349 pages, about 100 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 April 8, 2027, about 4 weeks later than in one go.
- Stage 119 habout 4 weeksby November 23, 2026
- Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.8
- Stage 219 habout 4 weeksby December 22, 2026
- BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.0
- Stage 317 habout 3 weeksby January 23, 2027
- Short breakThe Emperor's Soul · Brandon Sanderson · 96 pp. · score 8.8
- Stage 419 habout 4 weeksby February 21, 2027
- BreakBorn a Crime · Trevor Noah · 304 pp. · score 8.9
- Stage 518 habout 3 weeksby March 26, 2027
- Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.4
- Stage 66 h9 daysby April 8, 2027
- 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
Extras, short stories and spin-offs
Not needed to follow the main story — read them after the series or skip them.
- The Adventures of Tarzan1921
- Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins1927
- Tarzan and the Valley of Gold1966
- Tarzan: The Lost Adventure1995
- The Dark Heart of Time1999
- Tarzan: The Greystoke Legacy2011
Frequently asked questions
Which Tarzan book is the longest?
“Tarzan and the Ant Men” is the longest at 346 pages; the shortest is “Tarzan and the Madman” with 156 pages.
What should I read after Tarzan?
After the main series: The Adventures of Tarzan, Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins, Tarzan and the Valley of Gold, Tarzan: The Lost Adventure.
