Reading order

The Edge Chronicles reading order

Paul Stewart

Beyond the Deepwoods1998
Stormchaser1999
Midnight Over Sanctaphrax2000
The Curse of the Gloamglozer2001
The Last of the Sky Pirates2002
Vox2003
Freeglader2004
The Winter Knights2005
Clash of the Sky Galleons2006
The Lost Barkscrolls2007
The Immortals2009

8.08.0 / 10
65 ratings
Score: 11 volumes
Volumes: 1998–2009
Published: about 75 h
Reading time: Completed
Status: Fantasy
Genre

Children’s books

Quick answer

Start withBeyond the Deepwoods1998

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Publication order

11 volumes1998–2009Completed

Thirteen books in four trilogies, and the publication order below is not the order of the story.
Quint's trilogy comes first in time and third in print; Twig's is the one that starts the series; Rook's follows.
The usual advice is to read them as published — Beyond the Deepwoods first — because the prequels are written for readers who already know what the Edge is, and The Curse of the Gloamglozer gives away who somebody becomes.
The illustrations are half the point: Riddell drew every page, and the maps and cutaways are why children reread these.

A plan for the whole series

11 volumes, 4,016 pages, about 75 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 3 months.

Per day: 45 min

Stages

5 stages, with 4 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around February 26, 2027, about 3 weeks later than in one go.

1
Stage 118 habout 3 weeksby November 22, 2026
Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 26, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
2
Stage 220 habout 4 weeksby December 22, 2026
BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.05 h, by December 31, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3
Stage 314 h19 daysby January 19, 2027
- 7. Freeglader2004 · 389 pages · 7 h
- 8. The Winter Knights2005 · 384 pages · 7 h
Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by January 23, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
4
Stage 415 h20 daysby February 12, 2027
- 9. Clash of the Sky Galleons2006 · 384 pages · 7 h
- 10. The Lost Barkscrolls2007 · 437 pages · 8 h
Short breakAnimal Farm · George Orwell · 128 pp. · score 8.32 h, by February 16, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5
Stage 57 h9 daysby February 26, 2027
- 11. The Immortals2009 · 384 pages · 7 h
The end of the series
February 26, 2027

In one goFebruary 4, 2027about 3 months

In stages, with breaksFebruary 26, 2027about 4 months · +12 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

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

Frequently asked questions

Which The Edge Chronicles book is the longest?

“The Lost Barkscrolls” is the longest at 437 pages; the shortest is “Beyond the Deepwoods” with 288 pages.