The Malloreon reading order

A plan for the whole series

5 volumes, 2,040 pages, about 35 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 7 weeks.

Stages

3 stages, with 2 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around December 26, 2026, 8 days later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 116 h21 daysby November 19, 2026

   • 1. Guardians of the West1987 · 428 pages · 8 h
   • 2. King of the Murgos1988 · 418 pages · 8 h
2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 23, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 214 h18 daysby December 11, 2026

   • 3. The Demon Lord of Karanda1988 · 370 pages · 7 h
   • 4. Sorceress of Darshiva1989 · 381 pages · 7 h
4. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by December 15, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 38 h11 daysby December 26, 2026

   • 5. The Seeress of Kell1991 · 443 pages · 8 h
6. The end of the series

   December 26, 2026

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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: King of the Murgos (7.8, 196 ratings). Weakest: The Demon Lord of Karanda (7.8). The series is complete; you can read it start to finish with no waiting. The last volume (7.8) scores close to the series average or above it.