The Morganville Vampires reading order

A plan for the whole series

14 volumes, 5,034 pages, about 90 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 4 months.

Stages

6 stages, with 5 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around March 21, 2027, 20 days later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 116 habout 3 weeksby November 19, 2026

   • 1. Glass Houses2006 · 284 pages · 5 h
   • 2. The Dead Girls' Dance2007 · 350 pages · 6 h
   • 3. Midnight Alley2007 · 245 pages · 4 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 216 habout 3 weeksby December 15, 2026

   • 4. Feast of Fools2008 · 242 pages · 4 h
   • 5. Lord of Misrule2008 · 244 pages · 4 h
   • 6. Carpe Corpus2009 · 382 pages · 7 h
4. Short breakThe Emperor's Soul · Brandon Sanderson · 96 pp. · score 8.82 h, by December 18, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 311 h15 daysby January 2, 2027

   • 7. Fade Out2009 · 348 pages · 6 h
   • 8. Kiss of Death2010 · 256 pages · 5 h
6. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by January 6, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
7. 4
   Stage 417 habout 3 weeksby January 29, 2027

   • 9. Ghost Town2010 · 480 pages · 9 h
   • 10. Bite Club2011 · 448 pages · 8 h
8. Short breakAnimal Farm · George Orwell · 128 pp. · score 8.32 h, by February 2, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
9. 5
   Stage 516 h21 daysby February 23, 2027

   • 11. Last Breath2011 · 350 pages · 6 h
   • 12. Black Dawn2012 · 507 pages · 9 h
10. Short breakTo Be Taught, If Fortunate · Becky Chambers · 153 pp. · score 8.33 h, by February 27, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
11. 6
    Stage 616 habout 3 weeksby March 21, 2027

    • 13. Bitter Blood2012 · 540 pages · 10 h
    • 15. Daylighters2013 · 358 pages · 7 h
12. The end of the series

    March 21, 2027

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