The Trials of Apollo reading order

A plan for the whole series

5 volumes, 2,128 pages, about 40 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 7 weeks.

Stages

3 stages, with 2 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around December 28, 2026, 8 days later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 115 h20 daysby November 18, 2026

   • 1. The Hidden Oracle2016 · 384 pages · 7 h
   • 2. The Dark Prophecy2017 · 432 pages · 8 h
2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 22, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 216 habout 3 weeksby December 14, 2026

   • 3. The Burning Maze2018 · 448 pages · 8 h
   • 4. The Tyrant's Tomb2019 · 448 pages · 8 h
4. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by December 18, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 38 h10 daysby December 28, 2026

   • 5. The Tower of Nero2020 · 416 pages · 8 h
6. The end of the series

   December 28, 2026

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Does the series hold up

Shape of the series: it gets better. Readers scored the opening (8.0) below the ending (8.4). After the first volume you do not yet know how good this series is.

Best volume: The Tower of Nero (8.4, 204 ratings). Weakest: The Hidden Oracle (8.0). The series is complete; you can read it start to finish with no waiting. The last volume (8.4) scores close to the series average or above it.