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Bridgerton Reading Order
Bridgerton by Julia Quinn has 8 main books (2000–2006), plus 1 novella or companion. Start with The Duke and I (2000) and read the numbered books in order.
By Julia Quinn
Bridgerton books in order
Your reading speed
- 7 h 34 min
- 6 h 52 min
- 7 h
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- 6 h 56 min
- 6 h 43 min
- 7 h
- 6 h 27 min
- 7 h 2 min
Companion
The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After
2013
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Main books together: 3,174 pages, about 55 h 34 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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Bridgerton: common questions
- How many books are in the Bridgerton series?
- There are 8 main books in Bridgerton, plus 1 novella or companion book. The most recent main book listed here is On the Way to the Wedding (2006).
- What order should I read Bridgerton in?
- Read Bridgerton in its numbered order: The Duke and I, The Viscount Who Loved Me, An Offer from a Gentleman, Romancing Mister Bridgerton, and so on.
- What is the first Bridgerton book?
- The first book is The Duke and I by Julia Quinn, published in 2000.
- How long does it take to read the whole Bridgerton series?
- The 8 main books add up to about 3,174 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 55½ hours of reading, or about 112 days at 30 minutes a day.
- Do I need to read the Bridgerton novellas?
- The 1 novella or companion book (The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After) sit outside the main numbering. You can follow the main story without them; their numbers (like 0.5 or 2.5) show where they fit between the main books.