Reading order
The Berrybender Narratives reading order
- 4 volumes
- Volumes
- 2002–2004
- Published
- about 25 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
Quick answer
Publication order
4 volumes2002–2004Completed
A plan for the whole series
4 volumes, 1,312 pages, about 25 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 5 weeks.
Stages
2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 9, 2026, 9 days later than in one go.
- Stage 119 habout 4 weeksby November 24, 2026
- BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.0
- Stage 25 h6 daysby December 9, 2026
- 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
No volume in this series has enough ratings to enter a ranking yet, so the list carries no scores — the order and the volumes are still complete.
Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026
Frequently asked questions
Which The Berrybender Narratives book is the longest?
“By Sorrow's River” is the longest at 400 pages; the shortest is “Folly and Glory” with 256 pages.
What should I read after The Berrybender Narratives?
Other series by Larry McMurtry: Lonesome Dove series.
