Reading order
Wolf Hall reading order
1
2
3- 8.28.2 / 10638 ratings
- Score
- 3 volumes
- Volumes
- 2009–2020
- Published
- about 35 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Historical fiction#6
- Genre
Quick answer
Publication order
3 volumes2009–2020Completed
- A trilogy about Thomas Cromwell, one continuous life told across three books — read in order from Wolf Hall (2009).
- The first two each won the Booker; the third arrived eleven years later and finishes the story.
A plan for the whole series
3 volumes, 1,968 pages, about 35 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 7 weeks.
Share of volume 1’s readers who reach the last volume. Chance of reaching the last volume: medium
Stages
2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 25, 2026, 9 days later than in one go.
- Stage 120 habout 4 weeksby November 25, 2026
- BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.0
- Stage 216 habout 3 weeksby December 25, 2026
- The end of the series
We count 1.1 min per page, the pace of an average novel reader. Faster? Move the slider.
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 Wolf Hall book is the best?
By reader score, Bring Up the Bodies (8.5/10). The lowest-rated is Wolf Hall (8.0/10).
Which Wolf Hall book is the longest?
“The Mirror and the Light” is the longest at 864 pages; the shortest is “Bring Up the Bodies” with 432 pages.