Reading order
Themis Files reading order
1
2
3- 3 volumes
- Volumes
- 2016–2018
- Published
- about 19 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Science fiction#102
- Genre
Quick answer
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Publication order
3 volumes2016–2018Completed
- Told entirely through interviews, files and logs, starting with a girl who falls onto a giant metal hand buried in South Dakota.
- Read Sleeping Giants, Waking Gods and Only Human in order; Waking Gods rates highest, the final book lowest.
A plan for the whole series
3 volumes, 1,024 pages, about 19 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 4 weeks.
Share of volume 1’s readers who reach the last volume. Chance of reaching the last volume: medium
- From volume 2 on, the number of ratings falls most before volume 3, “Only Human” (by 26%). Plan your break after volume 2, before the series plans it for you.
- Readers scored volume 3, “Only Human”, below its predecessor (7.5 after 7.9). If you slow down there, that is on the book, not on you.
Stages
2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 8, 2026, 9 days later than in one go.
- Stage 112 h16 daysby November 20, 2026
- BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.0
- Stage 26 h9 daysby December 8, 2026
- The end of the series
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Does the series hold up
Shape of the series: peak in the middle. The middle volumes (7.9) are the best; the ending (7.5) does not match them.
Best volume: Waking Gods (7.9, 395 ratings). Weakest: Only Human (7.5). From volume 2 on, the biggest drop in the number of ratings is between volume 2 and 3: 26%. The series is complete; you can read it start to finish with no waiting. The last volume (7.5) scores close to the series average or above it.
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
Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 31, 2026
Themis Files books ranked, best to worst
- 1.Waking GodsBook 2 · 20177.9
- 2.Sleeping GiantsBook 1 · 20167.6
- 3.Only HumanBook 3 · 20187.5
Frequently asked questions
Which Themis Files book is the best?
By reader score, Waking Gods (7.9/10). The lowest-rated is Only Human (7.5/10).
Which Themis Files book is the longest?
“Only Human” is the longest at 352 pages; the shortest is “Sleeping Giants” with 336 pages.
What should I read after Themis Files?
Other series by Sylvain Neuvel: Take Them to the Stars.
