The Sunday Philosophy Club reading order

A plan for the whole series

10 volumes, 2,631 pages, about 50 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 9 weeks.

Stages

3 stages, with 2 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around January 14, 2027, 13 days later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 120 habout 4 weeksby November 25, 2026

   • 1. The Sunday Philosophy Club2004 · 272 pages · 5 h
   • 2. Friends, Lovers, Chocolate2005 · 288 pages · 5 h
   • 3. The Right Attitude to Rain2006 · 283 pages · 5 h
   • 4. The Careful Use of Compliments2007 · 259 pages · 5 h
2. BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.05 h, by December 4, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 219 habout 4 weeksby December 29, 2026

   • 5. The Comfort of Saturdays2008 · 240 pages · 4 h
   • 6. The Lost Art of Gratitude2009 · 262 pages · 5 h
   • 7. The Charming Quirks of Others2007 · 256 pages · 5 h
   • 8. The Forgotten Affairs of Youth2011 · 256 pages · 5 h
4. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by January 2, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 39 h13 daysby January 14, 2027

   • 10. The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds2012 · 258 pages · 5 h
   • 11. The Novel Habits of Happiness2015 · 257 pages · 5 h
6. The end of the series

   January 14, 2027

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