Reading order
The Naturals reading order
1
2
3
4- 4 volumes
- Volumes
- 2013–2016
- Published
- about 25 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Crime & mystery#5
- Genre
Quick answer
Publication order
4 volumes2013–2016Completed
- Four novels about an FBI programme that trains teenagers with a gift for reading people.
- Read them in order: each book carries on the cases and relationships of the one before, and the story ends with Bad Blood (2016).
A plan for the whole series
4 volumes, 1,448 pages, about 25 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 5 weeks.
Share of volume 1’s readers who reach the last volume. Chance of reaching the last volume: high
Stages
2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 13, 2026, 9 days later than in one go.
- Stage 120 habout 4 weeksby November 24, 2026
- BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.0
- Stage 27 h9 daysby December 13, 2026
- The end of the series
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Does the series hold up
Shape of the series: even. Volume scores differ by at most 0.3 points. You get the same level from the first page to the last.
Best volume: Bad Blood (8.2, 196 ratings). Weakest: The Naturals (7.9). The series is complete; you can read it start to finish with no waiting. The last volume (8.2) 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
Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026
Coming next in the series
The Naturals books ranked, best to worst
- 1.Bad BloodBook 4 · 20168.2
- 2.All InBook 3 · 20158.1
- 3.Killer InstinctBook 2 · 20147.9
- 3.The NaturalsBook 1 · 20137.9
Frequently asked questions
Which Naturals book is the best?
By reader score, Bad Blood (8.2/10). The lowest-rated is The Naturals (7.9/10).
Which The Naturals book is the longest?
“Bad Blood” is the longest at 384 pages; the shortest is “The Naturals” with 310 pages.
What should I read after The Naturals?
Other series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes: The Grandest Game, The inheritance Games.
