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The Atlas reading order

Olivie Blake

  1. The Atlas Six2020
  2. The Atlas Paradox2022
  3. The Atlas Complex2024
7.17.1 / 10
872 ratings
Score
3 volumes
Volumes
2020–2024
Published
about 25 h
Reading time
Ongoing
Status
Fantasy
Genre

Quick answer

The Atlas Six
Start withThe Atlas Six2020 · Volume 1 of 3
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Publication order

3 volumes2020–2024Ongoing

  • Dark academia about six young magicians competing for a place in a secret society guarding the Library of Alexandria.
  • Read in order — The Atlas Six ends mid-story, and the trilogy closes with The Atlas Complex (2024).
  • Readers are split: it rates around 7 here.

A plan for the whole series

3 volumes, 1,331 pages, about 25 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 5 weeks.

  • The series is still running; the last volume came out in 2024. You will wait for the next one anyway, so no need to rush.

Stages

2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 4, 2026, 4 days later than in one go.

  1. Stage 115 h21 daysby November 19, 2026
  2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 23, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  3. Stage 29 h12 daysby December 4, 2026
    • 3. The Atlas Complex2024 · 489 pages · 9 h
  4. The end of the series
    December 4, 2026
In one goDecember 1, 2026about 5 weeks
In stages, with breaksDecember 4, 2026about 5 weeks · +2 h of other books

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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

Read: 0 of 3
  1. The Atlas Six
    The Atlas Six2020 · 595 ratingsStart here
    7.17.1 / 10
  2. The Atlas Paradox
    The Atlas Paradox2022 · 181 ratings · Not ranked yetBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  3. The Atlas Complex
    The Atlas Complex2024 · 96 ratings · Not ranked yetBuy
    –Not ranked yet

Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Which The Atlas book is the longest?

“The Atlas Complex” is the longest at 489 pages; the shortest is “The Atlas Six” with 410 pages.