The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels reading order

A plan for the whole series

9 volumes, 5,158 pages, about 95 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 4 months.

• The thickest volume runs 903 pages. One volume is one stage: a break after it, not the next volume.
• The series is still running; the last volume came out in 2025. You will wait for the next one anyway, so no need to rush.

Stages

7 stages, with 6 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around April 7, 2027, about 5 weeks later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 18 h11 daysby November 9, 2026

   • 2. The White Queen2009 · 441 pages · 8 h
2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 13, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 219 habout 4 weeksby December 8, 2026

   • 3. The Red Queen2010 · 552 pages · 10 h
   • 6. The Constant Princess2005 · 490 pages · 9 h
4. BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.05 h, by December 17, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 317 habout 3 weeksby January 8, 2027

   • 7. The King's Curse2014 · 903 pages · 17 h
6. BreakBorn a Crime · Trevor Noah · 304 pp. · score 8.96 h, by January 18, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
7. 4
   Stage 414 h18 daysby February 5, 2027

   • 9. The Other Boleyn Girl2001 · 756 pages · 14 h
8. Short breakThe Emperor's Soul · Brandon Sanderson · 96 pp. · score 8.82 h, by February 9, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
9. 5
   Stage 510 h14 daysby February 22, 2027

   • 10. The Boleyn Inheritance2003 · 561 pages · 10 h
10. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by February 27, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
11. 6
    Stage 617 habout 3 weeksby March 21, 2027

    • 11. Boleyn Traitor2025 · 496 pages · 9 h
    • 13. The Virgin's Lover2004 · 441 pages · 8 h
12. Short breakAnimal Farm · George Orwell · 128 pp. · score 8.32 h, by March 26, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
13. 7
    Stage 79 h13 daysby April 7, 2027

    • 14. The Last Tudor2017 · 518 pages · 9 h
14. The end of the series

    April 7, 2027

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