The Heroes of Olympus reading order

A plan for the whole series

5 volumes, 2,776 pages, about 50 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 10 weeks.

• Readers scored volume 5, “The Blood of Olympus”, below its predecessor (8.4 after 8.7). 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 17, 2027, 12 days later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 110 h14 daysby November 12, 2026

   • 1. The Lost Hero2010 · 556 pages · 10 h
2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 16, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 220 habout 4 weeksby December 12, 2026

   • 2. The Son of Neptune2011 · 513 pages · 9 h
   • 3. The Mark of Athena2012 · 582 pages · 11 h
4. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by December 16, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 311 h15 daysby December 31, 2026

   • 4. The House of Hades2013 · 597 pages · 11 h
6. Short breakAnimal Farm · George Orwell · 128 pp. · score 8.32 h, by January 4, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
7. 4
   Stage 410 h13 daysby January 17, 2027

   • 5. The Blood of Olympus2014 · 528 pages · 10 h
8. The end of the series

   January 17, 2027

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Does the series hold up

Shape of the series: uneven. Scores jump by 0.5 points with no clear direction.

Best volume: The House of Hades (8.7, 1,043 ratings). Weakest: The Lost Hero (8.2). The series is complete; you can read it start to finish with no waiting. The last volume (8.4) scores close to the series average or above it.