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title: "How long to get through — book series"
description: "9 book series ranked by how long they take, with what each figure assumes about reading or viewing rate."
url: https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/series/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Book series

9 book series, longest first.

| What | How long | Covers |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The Wheel of Time | 12 days 20 hours | 15 books, about 4,410,000 words |
| The Stormlight Archive | 6 days 9 hours | 5 published books, about 2,187,000 words |
| A Song of Ice and Fire | 5 days 1 hour | 5 published books, 1,736,054 words |
| The Harry Potter series | about 76 hours | 7 books, 1,084,170 words |
| The Twilight saga | about 41 hours | 4 books, 587,246 words |
| The Lord of the Rings | about 32 hours | 3 volumes, about 455,000 words |
| Percy Jackson and the Olympians | about 28 hours | 5 books, 398,275 words |
| The Chronicles of Narnia | about 24 hours | 7 books, about 345,000 words |
| The Hunger Games trilogy | about 21 hours | 3 books, 301,583 words |

- [The Wheel of Time](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/the-wheel-of-time/) — 12 days 20 hours
- [The Stormlight Archive](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/the-stormlight-archive/) — 6 days 9 hours
- [A Song of Ice and Fire](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/a-song-of-ice-and-fire/) — 5 days 1 hour
- [The Harry Potter series](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/harry-potter-series/) — about 76 hours
- [The Twilight saga](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/twilight-books/) — about 41 hours
- [The Lord of the Rings](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/lord-of-the-rings-books/) — about 32 hours
- [Percy Jackson and the Olympians](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/percy-jackson/) — about 28 hours
- [The Chronicles of Narnia](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/the-chronicles-of-narnia/) — about 24 hours
- [The Hunger Games trilogy](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/the-hunger-games-books/) — about 21 hours