Reading order
The Pathfinder trilogy reading order
1
2
3- 7.77.7 / 10185 ratings
- Score
- 3 volumes
- Volumes
- 2010–2014
- Published
- about 30 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Science fiction#96
- Genre
Quick answer
Publication order
3 volumes2010–2014Completed
- Orson Scott Card’s young adult science fiction about Rigg, a boy who can see the trails people left through time, and who learns he can travel back along them.
- Full of time-travel puzzles and long conversations working out their rules.
- One story — read in order: Pathfinder, Ruins, Visitors.
- Pathfinder rates highest; Ruins rates lower.
A plan for the whole series
3 volumes, 1,665 pages, about 30 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 6 weeks.
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 13, 2026, 4 days later than in one go.
- Stage 119 habout 4 weeksby November 24, 2026
- Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.8
- Stage 211 h15 daysby December 13, 2026
- The end of the series
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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
Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026
Frequently asked questions
Which Pathfinder trilogy book is the best?
By reader score, Pathfinder (7.8/10). The lowest-rated is Ruins (7.6/10).
Which The Pathfinder trilogy book is the longest?
“Visitors” is the longest at 608 pages; the shortest is “Pathfinder” with 512 pages.
What should I read after The Pathfinder trilogy?
Other series by Orson Scott Card: Ender's Saga, Homecoming Saga, The Tales of Alvin Maker.
