Reading order
Wind on Fire trilogy reading order
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2
3- 7.87.8 / 1059 ratings
- Score
- 3 volumes
- Volumes
- 2000–2002
- Published
- about 21 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Young adult
- Genre
Quick answer
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Publication order
3 volumes2000–2002Completed
- William Nicholson’s young adult fantasy trilogy, by the screenwriter of Gladiator and Shadowlands.
- The Wind Singer, which won the Smarties Prize, is set in Aramanth, a city where every family’s place is set by constant exams; when the rebellious Hath twins, Kestrel and Bowman, defy the system, they set out on a dangerous quest to restore the voice of the city’s silent Wind Singer.
- Later books turn darker.
- Only the first has enough ratings.
- Read in order.
A plan for the whole series
3 volumes, 1,133 pages, about 21 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 4 weeks.
Stages
2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around November 30, 2026, 4 days later than in one go.
- Stage 113 h17 daysby November 15, 2026
- Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.8
- Stage 28 h10 daysby November 30, 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 Wind on Fire trilogy book is the longest?
“Firesong” is the longest at 422 pages; the shortest is “The Wind Singer” with 352 pages.
What should I read after Wind on Fire trilogy?
Other series by William Nicholson: Noble Warriors.