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Reading order

The Mirror Visitor reading order

Christelle Dabos

  1. A Winter's Promise2013
  2. The Missing of Clairdelune2015
  3. The Memory of Babel2017
  4. The Storm of Echoes2019
7.97.9 / 10
456 ratings
Score
4 volumes
Volumes
2013–2019
Published
about 40 h
Reading time
Completed
Status
Fantasy#128
Genre

Quick answer

A Winter's Promise
Start withA Winter's Promise2013 · Volume 1 of 4
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Publication order

4 volumes2013–2019Completed

  • A French fantasy quartet: Ophelia, who can read the past of objects and travel through mirrors, is sent to a floating ark to marry a cold stranger.
  • Read in order — it is one story.
  • A Winter’s Promise starts slowly and rates lowest; The Missing of Clairdelune, the second, rates highest.

A plan for the whole series

4 volumes, 2,064 pages, about 40 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 7 weeks.

33%

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

Stages

2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 22, 2026, 4 days later than in one go.

  1. Stage 120 habout 4 weeksby November 24, 2026
  2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 28, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  3. Stage 218 habout 3 weeksby December 22, 2026
  4. The end of the series
    December 22, 2026
In one goDecember 18, 2026about 7 weeks
In stages, with breaksDecember 22, 2026about 8 weeks · +2 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
7.87.8 / 10
8.28.2 / 10
8.18.1 / 10
7.87.8 / 10
2013201520172019
7.58.08.5
2013201520172019
7.87.8 / 10
8.28.2 / 10
8.18.1 / 10
7.87.8 / 10
Score per volume4 volumes on a timeline, 2013 to 2019 · Best-rated volume: The Missing of Clairdelune

Shape of the series: peak in the middle. The middle volumes (8.1) are the best; the ending (7.8) does not match them.

Best volume: The Missing of Clairdelune (8.2, 102 ratings). Weakest: A Winter's Promise (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.

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 4
  1. A Winter's Promise
    A Winter's Promise2013 · 201 ratingsStart here
    7.87.8 / 10
  2. The Missing of Clairdelune
    The Missing of Clairdelune2015 · 102 ratings
    8.28.2 / 10
  3. The Memory of Babel
    The Memory of Babel2017 · 86 ratings
    8.18.1 / 10
  4. The Storm of Echoes
    The Storm of Echoes2019 · 67 ratings
    7.87.8 / 10

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

The Mirror Visitor books ranked, best to worst

  1. 1.The Missing of ClairdeluneBook 2 · 20158.2
  2. 2.The Memory of BabelBook 3 · 20178.1
  3. 3.The Storm of EchoesBook 4 · 20197.8
  4. 3.A Winter's PromiseBook 1 · 20137.8
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Frequently asked questions

Which Mirror Visitor book is the best?

By reader score, The Missing of Clairdelune (8.2/10). The lowest-rated is A Winter's Promise (7.8/10).

Which The Mirror Visitor book is the longest?

“The Missing of Clairdelune” is the longest at 578 pages; the shortest is “The Memory of Babel” with 456 pages.