Reading order · Young adult
Alex Rider Reading Order
Alex Rider by Anthony Horowitz has 13 main books (2000–2023). Start with Stormbreaker (2000) and read the numbered books in order.
Alex Rider books in order
Your reading speed
- 4 h 6 min
- 4 h 48 min
- 5 h 43 min
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- 5 h 45 min
- 6 h 22 min
- 5 h 48 min
- 7 h 6 min
- 6 h 48 min
- 7 h 18 min
- 6 h 43 min
- 6 h 7 min
- 7 h 22 min
- 6 h 10 min
Main books together: 4,575 pages, about 80 h 6 min at 238 words per minute.
Page counts: median across editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
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Alex Rider: common questions
- How many books are in the Alex Rider series?
- There are 13 main books in Alex Rider. The most recent main book listed here is Nightshade Revenge (2023).
- What order should I read Alex Rider in?
- Read Alex Rider in its numbered order: Stormbreaker, Point Blank, Skeleton Key, Eagle Strike, and so on. The second book was published in the UK as Point Blanc.
- What is the first Alex Rider book?
- The first book is Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz, published in 2000.
- How long does it take to read the whole Alex Rider series?
- The 13 main books add up to about 4,575 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 80 hours of reading, or about 161 days at 30 minutes a day.