Voyages Extraordinaires reading order

A plan for the whole series

54 volumes, 14,238 pages, about 260 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 11 months.

• Readers scored volume 4, “From the Earth to the Moon”, below its predecessor (7.6 after 7.9). If you slow down there, that is on the book, not on you. From volume 6 the form returns.

Stages

15 stages, with 14 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around January 6, 2028, about 3 months later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 120 habout 4 weeksby November 24, 2026

   • 1. Cinq Semaines en ballon1863 · 350 pages · 6 h
   • 2. The Adventures of Captain Hatteras1864 · 467 pages · 9 h
   • 3. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth1864 · 248 pages · 5 h
2. BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.05 h, by December 3, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 217 habout 3 weeksby December 27, 2026

   • 4. From the Earth to the Moon1865 · 169 pages · 3 h
   • 5. In Search of the Castaways1864 · 458 pages · 8 h
   • 6. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea1869 · 325 pages · 6 h
4. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by December 30, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 320 habout 4 weeksby January 26, 2027

   • 7. Around the Moon1870 · 192 pages · 4 h
   • 8. A Floating City1871 · 189 pages · 3 h
   • 9. The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa1872 · 202 pages · 4 h
   • 10. The Fur Country1873 · 268 pages · 5 h
   • 11. Around the World in Eighty Days1872 · 224 pages · 4 h
6. BreakBorn a Crime · Trevor Noah · 304 pp. · score 8.96 h, by February 4, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
7. 4
   Stage 420 habout 4 weeksby March 3, 2027

   • 12. The Mysterious Island1888 · 493 pages · 9 h
   • 13. The Survivors of the Chancellor1875 · 62 pages · 1 h
   • 14. Michael Strogoff1876 · 160 pages · 3 h
   • 15. Off on a Comet · 308 pages · 6 h
   • 16. The Child of the Cavern1877 · 74 pages · 1 h
8. BreakI'm Glad My Mom Died · Jennette McCurdy · 320 pp. · score 8.96 h, by March 13, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
9. 5
   Stage 517 habout 3 weeksby April 5, 2027

   • 17. Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen1878 · 290 pages · 5 h
   • 18. The Begum's Fortune1879 · 224 pages · 4 h
   • 19. Tribulations of a Chinaman in China1879 · 271 pages · 5 h
   • 20. The Steam House1880 · 160 pages · 3 h
10. Short breakThe Emperor's Soul · Brandon Sanderson · 96 pp. · score 8.82 h, by April 8, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
11. 6
    Stage 619 habout 4 weeksby May 3, 2027

    • 21. Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon1881 · 238 pages · 4 h
    • 22. Godfrey Morgan1882 · 170 pages · 3 h
    • 23. The Green Ray1882 · 191 pages · 4 h
    • 24. Kéraban the Inflexible1883 · 140 pages · 3 h
    • 25. The Vanished Diamond1884 · 272 pages · 5 h
12. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by May 7, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
13. 7
    Stage 719 habout 4 weeksby June 2, 2027

    • 26. The Archipelago on Fire1884 · 198 pages · 4 h
    • 27. Mathias Sandorf1885 · 469 pages · 9 h
    • 28. The Lottery Ticket1886 · 196 pages · 4 h
    • 29. Robur the Conqueror1886 · 191 pages · 4 h
14. BreakJames · Percival Everett · 320 pp. · score 8.76 h, by June 12, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
15. 8
    Stage 89 h12 daysby June 24, 2027

    • 30. Texar's Revenge, or, North Against South1887 · 308 pages · 6 h
    • 31. The Flight to France1887 · 191 pages · 4 h
16. Short breakA Room of One's Own · Virginia Woolf · 144 pp. · score 8.23 h, by June 28, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
17. 9
    Stage 920 habout 4 weeksby July 25, 2027

    • 32. Two Years' Vacation1888 · 472 pages · 9 h
    • 33. Family Without a Name1889 · 198 pages · 4 h
    • 34. The Purchase of the North Pole1889 · 144 pages · 3 h
    • 35. César Cascabel1890 · 294 pages · 5 h
18. BreakHomegoing · Yaa Gyasi · 320 pp. · score 8.76 h, by August 4, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
19. 10
    Stage 1017 habout 3 weeksby August 27, 2027

    • 36. Mistress Branican1891 · 497 pages · 9 h
    • 37. The Castle From Carpathians1892 · 199 pages · 4 h
    • 38. Claudius Bombarnac1892 · 236 pages · 4 h
20. Short breakThe Screwtape letters · C. S. Lewis · 106 pp. · score 8.22 h, by August 31, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
21. 11
    Stage 1117 habout 3 weeksby September 22, 2027

    • 39. Foundling Mick1893 · 303 pages · 6 h
    • 40. Captain Antifer1894 · 324 pages · 6 h
    • 41. Propeller Island1895 · 192 pages · 4 h
    • 42. Facing the Flag1896 · 110 pages · 2 h
22. Short breakA Short Stay in Hell · Steven L. Peck · 80 pp. · score 8.21 h, by September 25, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
23. 12
    Stage 1216 habout 3 weeksby October 17, 2027

    • 43. Clovis Dardentor1896 · 244 pages · 4 h
    • 44. An Antarctic Mystery1897 · 242 pages · 4 h
    • 45. The Mighty Orinoco1898 · 411 pages · 8 h
24. Short breakThornhedge · Ursula Vernon · 122 pp. · score 8.22 h, by October 21, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
25. 13
    Stage 1320 habout 4 weeksby November 17, 2027

    • 46. The Will of an Eccentric1899 · 472 pages · 9 h
    • 47. The Castaways of the Flag1900 · 242 pages · 4 h
    • 48. The Village in the Treetops1901 · 191 pages · 4 h
    • 49. The Sea Serpent1901 · 191 pages · 4 h
26. BreakWhen Breath Becomes Air · Paul Kalanithi · 232 pp. · score 8.64 h, by November 25, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
27. 14
    Stage 1418 habout 4 weeksby December 19, 2027

    • 50. The Kip Brothers1902 · 475 pages · 9 h
    • 51. Traveling Scholarships1903 · ≈ 264 pages · 5 h
    • 52. A Drama in Livonia1904 · ≈ 264 pages · 5 h
28. Short breakSmall Things Like These · Claire Keegan · 112 pp. · score 8.12 h, by December 23, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
29. 15
    Stage 1511 h14 daysby January 6, 2028

    • 53. Master of the World1904 · 317 pages · 6 h
    • 54. Invasion of the Sea1905 · 258 pages · 5 h
30. The end of the series

    January 6, 2028

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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 0.3 points with no clear direction.

Best volume: A Journey to the Centre of the Earth (7.9, 91 ratings). Weakest: From the Earth to the Moon (7.6). The series is complete; you can read it start to finish with no waiting. The last volume (7.8) scores close to the series average or above it.