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Ready Player One Reading Order
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline has 2 main books (2011–2020). Start with Ready Player One (2011) and read the numbered books in order.
By Ernest Cline
Ready Player One books in order
Your reading speed
- 8 h 5 min
- 8 h 7 min
Main books together: 926 pages, about 16 h 12 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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Ready Player One: common questions
- How many books are in the Ready Player One series?
- There are 2 main books in Ready Player One. The most recent main book listed here is Ready Player Two (2020).
- What order should I read Ready Player One in?
- Read Ready Player One in its numbered order: Ready Player One, Ready Player Two.
- What is the first Ready Player One book?
- The first book is Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, published in 2011.
- How long does it take to read the whole Ready Player One series?
- The 2 main books add up to about 926 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 16 hours of reading, or about 33 days at 30 minutes a day.