Reading order

The Riyria Revelations reading order

Michael J. Sullivan

  1. The Crown Conspiracy2008
  2. Avempartha2009
  3. Nyphron Rising2009
  4. The Emerald Storm2010
  5. Wintertide2010
  6. Percepliquis2011
6 volumes
Volumes
2008–2011
Published
about 35 h
Reading time
Completed
Status

Quick answer

The Crown Conspiracy
Start withThe Crown Conspiracy2008 · Volume 1 of 6

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Publication order

6 volumes2008–2011Completed

  • Six volumes, one continuous story, read in publication order and no other — each book opens where the last one closed.
  • Start with The Crown Conspiracy (2008): Hadrian and Royce take a job that looks routine.

A plan for the whole series

6 volumes, 2,020 pages, about 35 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 7 weeks.

Stages

2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 27, 2026, 4 days later than in one go.

  1. Stage 118 habout 3 weeksby November 28, 2026
  2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by December 2, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  3. Stage 219 habout 4 weeksby December 27, 2026
  4. The end of the series
    December 27, 2026
In one goDecember 23, 2026about 7 weeks
In stages, with breaksDecember 27, 2026about 8 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

Read: 0 of 6

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.

  1. Avempartha
    Avempartha2009Buy
    –Not ranked yet
  2. Wintertide
    Wintertide2010Buy
    –Not ranked yet
  3. Percepliquis
    Percepliquis2011Buy
    –Not ranked yet

Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 31, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Which The Riyria Revelations book is the longest?

“Wintertide” is the longest at 380 pages; the shortest is “Percepliquis” with 300 pages.

What should I read after The Riyria Revelations?

Other series by Michael J. Sullivan: The Riyria Chronicles, Legends of the First Empire, The Rise and Fall.

More series by Michael J. Sullivan

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