The Keys to the Kingdom reading order

A plan for the whole series

7 volumes, 2,266 pages, about 40 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 8 weeks.

Stages

3 stages, with 2 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around January 6, 2027, 13 days later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 119 habout 4 weeksby November 24, 2026

   • 1. Mister Monday2003 · 361 pages · 7 h
   • 2. Grim Tuesday2004 · 301 pages · 6 h
   • 3. Drowned Wednesday2005 · 395 pages · 7 h
2. BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.05 h, by December 3, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 216 habout 3 weeksby December 24, 2026

   • 4. Sir Thursday2006 · 315 pages · 6 h
   • 5. Lady Friday2007 · 266 pages · 5 h
   • 6. Superior Saturday2008 · 290 pages · 5 h
4. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by December 28, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 36 h8 daysby January 6, 2027

   • 7. Lord Sunday2010 · 338 pages · 6 h
6. The end of the series

   January 6, 2027

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Does the series hold up

Shape of the series: even. Volume scores differ by at most 0.2 points. You get the same level from the first page to the last.

Best volume: Sir Thursday (7.9, 101 ratings). Weakest: Mister Monday (7.7). The series is complete; you can read it start to finish with no waiting. The last volume (7.9) scores close to the series average or above it.