Reading order

The Morgaine Stories reading order

C. J. Cherryh

  1. Gate of Ivrel1976
  2. Well of Shiuan1978
  3. Fires of Azeroth1979
  4. Exile's Gate1988
4 volumes
Volumes
1976–1988
Published
about 22 h
Reading time
Completed
Status

Quick answer

Gate of Ivrel
Start withGate of Ivrel1976

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Publication order

4 volumes1976–1988Completed

A plan for the whole series

4 volumes, 1,173 pages, about 22 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 4 weeks.

Stages

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

  1. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 21, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  2. Stage 27 h9 daysby December 1, 2026
  3. The end of the series
    December 1, 2026
In one goNovember 27, 2026about 4 weeks
In stages, with breaksDecember 1, 2026about 5 weeks · +2 h of other books

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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

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No volume in this series has enough ratings to enter a ranking yet, so the list carries no scores — the order and the volumes are still complete.

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

Frequently asked questions

Which The Morgaine Stories book is the longest?

“Exile's Gate” is the longest at 380 pages; the shortest is “Fires of Azeroth” with 236 pages.

What should I read after The Morgaine Stories?

Other series by C. J. Cherryh: The Faded Sun Trilogy, Foreigner series, The Fortress Series.

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