Reading order
Witch & Wizard reading order
1- 7.47.4 / 10116 ratings
- Score
- 5 volumes
- Volumes
- 2009–2014
- Published
- about 35 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
Quick answer
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Publication order
5 volumes2009–2014Completed
- James Patterson’s young adult dystopia, written with co-authors: siblings Whit and Wisty Allgood are dragged from their beds by a totalitarian regime that bans books, music and imagination, and discover in prison that they are a wizard and a witch.
- Short chapters and constant action, but thin characters, and the ratings are low.
- Read in order if the first one grabs you.
A plan for the whole series
5 volumes, 1,791 pages, about 35 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 21, 2026, 9 days later than in one go.
- Stage 119 habout 4 weeksby November 23, 2026
- 1. Witch & Wizard
- 2. The Gift
- 3. The Fire
- BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.0
- Stage 214 h18 daysby December 21, 2026
- 4. The Kiss
- 5. The Lost
- 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 Witch & Wizard book is the longest?
“The Lost” is the longest at 384 pages; the shortest is “Witch & Wizard” with 336 pages.
What should I read after Witch & Wizard?
Other series by James Patterson: Maximum Ride, Alex Cross, Women's Murder Club.
