Reading order
The Captive's War reading order
1
2- 2 volumes
- Volumes
- 2024
- Published
- about 17 h
- Reading time
- Ongoing
- Status
- Science fiction#38
- Genre
Quick answer
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Publication order
2 volumes2024Ongoing
- Start with The Mercy of Gods, the first novel.
- Livesuit came out in the same year and lists sort the two by year alone, but it is a novella from the far edge of the same war — it costs an evening and takes nothing away if you read it after the novel instead.
- The series is unfinished: the third entry has no publication date yet.
A plan for the whole series
3 volumes, 901 pages, about 17 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 3 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
This series fits in one stage. You finish around November 20, 2026.
- Stage 117 habout 3 weeksby November 20, 2026
- The end of the series
We count 1.1 min per page, the pace of an average novel reader. Faster? Move the slider.
Does the series hold up
Shape of the series: even. Volume scores differ by at most 0.1 points. You get the same level from the first page to the last.
Best volume: The Mercy of Gods (8.1, 544 ratings). Weakest: The Faith of Beasts (8.1). The series is not finished; the last volume came out in 2024. The last volume (8.1) 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
Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026
The Captive's War books ranked, best to worst
- 1.The Mercy of GodsBook 1 · 20248.1
- 1.LivesuitBook 1.5 · 20248.1
- 1.The Faith of BeastsBook 28.1
Frequently asked questions
Which Captive's War book is the best?
By reader score, The Mercy of Gods (8.1/10). The lowest-rated is The Faith of Beasts (8.1/10).
Which The Captive's War book is the longest?
“The Faith of Beasts” is the longest at 448 pages; the shortest is “Livesuit” with 65 pages.
What should I read after The Captive's War?
Other series by James S. A. Corey: The Expanse.
