The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel reading order

A plan for the whole series

7 volumes, 3,150 pages, about 60 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 3 months.

Stages

4 stages, with 3 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around January 26, 2027, 12 days later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 116 h21 daysby November 19, 2026

   • 1. The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel2007 · 390 pages · 7 h
   • 2. The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel2008 · 464 pages · 9 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 217 habout 3 weeksby December 15, 2026

   • 3. The Sorceress2009 · 502 pages · 9 h
   • 4. The Necromancer: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel2010 · 416 pages · 8 h
4. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by December 19, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 317 habout 3 weeksby January 11, 2027

   • 5. The Warlock: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel2011 · 400 pages · 7 h
   • 6. The Enchantress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel2012 · 528 pages · 10 h
6. Short breakAnimal Farm · George Orwell · 128 pp. · score 8.32 h, by January 15, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
7. 4
   Stage 48 h11 daysby January 26, 2027

   • 7. The Lost Stories · ≈ 450 pages · 8 h
8. The end of the series

   January 26, 2027

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≈ next to a page count: a volume with no page count in our data is counted at this series’s average.

Does the series hold up

Shape of the series: uneven. Scores jump by 0.4 points with no clear direction.

Best volume: The Enchantress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel (8.0, 151 ratings). Weakest: The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel (7.6). The series is complete; you can read it start to finish with no waiting. The last volume (8.0) scores close to the series average or above it.