Reading order
Uplift Storm trilogy reading order
1- 7.67.6 / 1074 ratings
- Score
- 3 volumes
- Volumes
- 1995–1998
- Published
- about 30 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Science fiction
- Genre
Quick answer
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Publication order
3 volumes1995–1998Completed
- The second Uplift trilogy by David Brin, set in a galaxy where every intelligent species was “uplifted” by an older patron race, except perhaps humanity.
- On the forbidden world Jijo, six species of illegal refugees, humans among them, have built a fragile peace, until a starship arrives.
- Big, ambitious and told through many viewpoints; it follows on from Startide Rising and The Uplift War, which are better places to start.
- Only Brightness Reef has enough ratings.
- Read in order.
A plan for the whole series
3 volumes, 1,733 pages, about 30 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 6 weeks.
Stages
2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 14, 2026, 4 days later than in one go.
- Stage 112 h16 daysby November 14, 2026
- Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.8
- Stage 220 habout 4 weeksby December 14, 2026
- The end of the series
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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
Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026
Frequently asked questions
Which Uplift Storm trilogy book is the longest?
“Infinity's Shore” is the longest at 644 pages; the shortest is “Heaven's Reach” with 447 pages.