Reading order
The African Trilogy reading order
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- Score
- 3 volumes
- Volumes
- 1958–1964
- Published
- about 11 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Historical fiction
- Genre
Quick answer
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Publication order
3 volumes1958–1964Completed
- Things Fall Apart (1958), about Okonkwo and the arrival of colonial rule in an Igbo village, is the book nearly everyone reads, often at school.
- No Longer at Ease follows his grandson in 1950s Lagos; Arrow of God is a separate story from the same region.
- Each can be read alone.
A plan for the whole series
3 volumes, 627 pages, about 11 hours. At 45 min a day that is 15 days.
Stages
This series fits in one stage. You finish around November 13, 2026.
- Stage 111 h15 daysby November 13, 2026
- 1. Things Fall Apart
- 2. No Longer at Ease
- 3. Arrow of God
- 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 The African Trilogy book is the longest?
“Arrow of God” is the longest at 266 pages; the shortest is “No Longer at Ease” with 169 pages.
What should I read after The African Trilogy?
Other series by Chinua Achebe: African Writers Series.