Young Wizards reading order

A plan for the whole series

12 volumes, 5,120 pages, about 95 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 4 months.

Stages

6 stages, with 5 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around April 3, 2027, about 4 weeks later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 120 habout 4 weeksby November 25, 2026

   • 1. So You Want to Be a Wizard1983 · 385 pages · 7 h
   • 2. Deep Wizardry1985 · 371 pages · 7 h
   • 3. High Wizardry1990 · 353 pages · 6 h
2. BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.05 h, by December 4, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 214 h19 daysby December 23, 2026

   • 4. A Wizard Abroad1993 · 368 pages · 7 h
   • 5. The Book of Night with Moon1997 · 390 pages · 7 h
4. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by December 27, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 320 habout 4 weeksby January 23, 2027

   • 6. To Visit the Queen1998 · 369 pages · 7 h
   • 7. The Wizard's Dilemma2001 · 403 pages · 7 h
   • 8. A Wizard Alone2002 · 333 pages · 6 h
6. BreakBorn a Crime · Trevor Noah · 304 pp. · score 8.96 h, by February 1, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
7. 4
   Stage 48 h10 daysby February 11, 2027

   • 9. Wizard's Holiday2003 · 416 pages · 8 h
8. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by February 16, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
9. 5
   Stage 520 habout 4 weeksby March 15, 2027

   • 10. Wizards at War2005 · 552 pages · 10 h
   • 11. A Wizard of Mars2010 · 560 pages · 10 h
10. Short breakAnimal Farm · George Orwell · 128 pp. · score 8.32 h, by March 19, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
11. 6
    Stage 611 h15 daysby April 3, 2027

    • 12. Games Wizards Play2016 · 620 pages · 11 h
12. The end of the series

    April 3, 2027

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