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The Legendborn Cycle reading order

Tracy Deonn

  1. Legendborn2020
  2. Bloodmarked2022
  3. Oathbound2025
8.38.3 / 10
772 ratings
Score
3 volumes
Volumes
2020–2025
Published
about 35 h
Reading time
Ongoing
Status
Young adult#10
Genre

Quick answer

Legendborn
Start withLegendborn2020 · Volume 1 of 3
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Publication order

3 volumes2020–2025Ongoing

  • Bree Matthews, grieving her mother, uncovers a secret society of King Arthur’s heirs at the University of North Carolina — and the history of Black women it has buried.
  • Legendborn is the best-rated; Bloodmarked continues directly and Oathbound closes the trilogy.
  • Read in order.

A plan for the whole series

3 volumes, 1,776 pages, about 35 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 6 weeks.

44%

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

  • Readers scored volume 3, “Oathbound”, below its predecessor (7.9 after 8.2). If you slow down there, that is on the book, not on you.
  • The series is still running; the last volume came out in 2025. You will wait for the next one anyway, so no need to rush.

Stages

3 stages, with 2 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around December 19, 2026, 8 days later than in one go.

  1. Stage 19 h13 daysby November 11, 2026
  2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 14, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  3. Stage 211 h15 daysby November 29, 2026
  4. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by December 3, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  5. Stage 312 h16 daysby December 19, 2026
  6. The end of the series
    December 19, 2026
In one goDecember 11, 2026about 6 weeks
In stages, with breaksDecember 19, 2026about 7 weeks · +5 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

7.58.08.5
8.48.4 / 10
8.28.2 / 10
7.97.9 / 10
202020222025
7.58.08.5
202020222025
8.48.4 / 10
8.28.2 / 10
7.97.9 / 10
Score per volume3 volumes on a timeline, 2020 to 2025 · Best-rated volume: Legendborn

Shape of the series: a drop at the end. The last scored volume (7.9) has the lowest score in the series.

Best volume: Legendborn (8.4, 490 ratings). Weakest: Oathbound (7.9). The series is not finished; the last volume came out in 2025.

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 3
  1. Legendborn
    Legendborn2020 · 490 ratingsStart here
    8.48.4 / 10
  2. Bloodmarked
    Bloodmarked2022 · 215 ratings
    8.28.2 / 10
  3. Oathbound
    Oathbound2025 · 67 ratings
    7.97.9 / 10

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

The Legendborn Cycle books ranked, best to worst

  1. 1.LegendbornBook 1 · 20208.4
  2. 2.BloodmarkedBook 2 · 20228.2
  3. 3.OathboundBook 3 · 20257.9
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Frequently asked questions

Which Legendborn Cycle book is the best?

By reader score, Legendborn (8.4/10). The lowest-rated is Oathbound (7.9/10).

Which The Legendborn Cycle book is the longest?

“Oathbound” is the longest at 656 pages; the shortest is “Legendborn” with 512 pages.