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Reading order

The Bridgerton Series reading order

Julia Quinn

  1. The Duke and I2000
  2. The Viscount Who Loved Me2000
  3. An Offer From a Gentleman2001
  4. Romancing Mister Bridgerton2002
  5. To Sir Phillip, With Love2003
  6. When He Was Wicked2004
  7. It's in His Kiss2005
  8. On the Way to the Wedding2006
7.37.3 / 10
2,956 ratings
Score
8 volumes
Volumes
2000–2006
Published
about 60 h
Reading time
Completed
Status
Romance#34
Genre

Quick answer

The Duke and I
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Publication order

8 volumes2000–2006Completed

  • One book per Bridgerton sibling, oldest to youngest, and that is the order they were written in: Daphne first in The Duke and I, then Anthony, Benedict, Colin, Eloise, Francesca, Hyacinth and Gregory.
  • Each is a complete romance, so a reader who came for a particular sibling can go straight there.
  • Read in order and you get something extra — the family's other courtships run in the background of each book, and a couple you met three books ago will be married with children by the time you reach the end.
  • The television series reorders freely; the books do not.

A plan for the whole series

8 volumes, 3,209 pages, about 60 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 3 months.

27%

Share of volume 1’s readers who reach the last volume. Chance of reaching the last volume: low

  • Readers scored volume 8, “On the Way to the Wedding”, below its predecessor (7.3 after 7.6). If you slow down there, that is on the book, not on you.

Stages

4 stages, with 3 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around January 27, 2027, 11 days later than in one go.

  1. Stage 114 h18 daysby November 16, 2026
  2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 20, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  3. Stage 216 habout 3 weeksby December 12, 2026
  4. Short breakThe Emperor's Soul · Brandon Sanderson · 96 pp. · score 8.82 h, by December 15, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  5. Stage 315 h20 daysby January 4, 2027
  6. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by January 8, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  7. Stage 414 h19 daysby January 27, 2027
  8. The end of the series
    January 27, 2027
In one goJanuary 15, 2027about 3 months
In stages, with breaksJanuary 27, 2027about 3 months · +6 h of other books

We count 1.1 min per page, the pace of an average novel reader. Faster? Move the slider.

Does the series hold up

6.57.38.0
6.96.9 / 10
7.67.6 / 10
7.47.4 / 10
7.37.3 / 10
7.27.2 / 10
7.57.5 / 10
7.67.6 / 10
7.37.3 / 10
20002000200120022003200420052006
6.57.38.0
20002000200120022003200420052006
6.96.9 / 10
7.67.6 / 10
7.47.4 / 10
7.37.3 / 10
7.27.2 / 10
7.57.5 / 10
7.67.6 / 10
7.37.3 / 10
Score per volume8 volumes on a timeline, 2000 to 2006 · Best-rated volume: The Viscount Who Loved Me

Shape of the series: it gets better. Readers scored the opening (7.3) below the ending (7.5). After the first volume you do not yet know how good this series is.

Best volume: The Viscount Who Loved Me (7.6, 516 ratings). Weakest: The Duke and I (6.9). The series is complete; you can read it start to finish with no waiting. The last volume (7.3) scores close to the series average or above it.

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 8
  1. The Duke and I
    The Duke and I2000 · 678 ratingsStart here
    6.96.9 / 10
  2. The Viscount Who Loved Me
    The Viscount Who Loved Me2000 · 516 ratings
    7.67.6 / 10
  3. An Offer From a Gentleman
    An Offer From a Gentleman2001 · 414 ratings
    7.47.4 / 10
  4. Romancing Mister Bridgerton
    Romancing Mister Bridgerton2002 · 399 ratings
    7.37.3 / 10
  5. To Sir Phillip, With Love
    To Sir Phillip, With Love2003 · 314 ratings
    7.27.2 / 10
  6. When He Was Wicked
    When He Was Wicked2004 · 247 ratings
    7.57.5 / 10
  7. It's in His Kiss
    It's in His Kiss2005 · 204 ratings
    7.67.6 / 10
  8. On the Way to the Wedding
    On the Way to the Wedding2006 · 184 ratings
    7.37.3 / 10

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

The Bridgerton books ranked, best to worst

  1. 1.The Viscount Who Loved MeBook 2 · 20007.6
  2. 1.It's in His KissBook 7 · 20057.6
  3. 3.When He Was WickedBook 6 · 20047.5
  4. 4.An Offer From a GentlemanBook 3 · 20017.4
  5. 5.Romancing Mister BridgertonBook 4 · 20027.3
  6. 5.On the Way to the WeddingBook 8 · 20067.3
  7. 7.To Sir Phillip, With LoveBook 5 · 20037.2
  8. 8.The Duke and IBook 1 · 20006.9
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Frequently asked questions

Which Bridgerton book is the best?

By reader score, The Viscount Who Loved Me (7.6/10). The lowest-rated is The Duke and I (6.9/10).

Which The Bridgerton Series book is the longest?

“Romancing Mister Bridgerton” is the longest at 468 pages; the shortest is “The Duke and I” with 339 pages.