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Lockwood & Co. Reading Order

Lockwood & Co. by Jonathan Stroud has 5 main books (2013–2017). Start with The Screaming Staircase (2013) and read the numbered books in order.

By Jonathan Stroud

Lockwood & Co. books in order

Your reading speed

  1. #1

    The Screaming Staircase

    2013 · 418 pages

    7 h 19 min
  2. #2

    The Whispering Skull

    2014 · 464 pages

    8 h 7 min
  3. #3

    The Hollow Boy

    2015 · 448 pages

    7 h 51 min
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  5. #4

    The Creeping Shadow

    2016 · 512 pages

    8 h 58 min
  6. #5

    The Empty Grave

    2017 · 480 pages

    8 h 24 min

Main books together: 2,322 pages, about 40 h 39 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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Lockwood & Co.: common questions

How many books are in the Lockwood & Co. series?
There are 5 main books in Lockwood & Co.. The most recent main book listed here is The Empty Grave (2017).
What order should I read Lockwood & Co. in?
Read Lockwood & Co. in its numbered order: The Screaming Staircase, The Whispering Skull, The Hollow Boy, The Creeping Shadow, and so on.
What is the first Lockwood & Co. book?
The first book is The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud, published in 2013.
How long does it take to read the whole Lockwood & Co. series?
The 5 main books add up to about 2,322 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 40½ hours of reading, or about 82 days at 30 minutes a day.

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