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Riverworld Reading Order
Riverworld by Philip José Farmer has 5 main books (1971–1983). Start with To Your Scattered Bodies Go (1971) and read the numbered books in order.
Riverworld books in order
Your reading speed
- 3 h 52 min
- 4 h 26 min
- 7 h 59 min
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- 7 h 15 min
- 5 h 48 min
Main books together: 1,675 pages, about 29 h 20 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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Riverworld: common questions
- How many books are in the Riverworld series?
- There are 5 main books in Riverworld. The most recent main book listed here is Gods of Riverworld (1983).
- What order should I read Riverworld in?
- Read Riverworld in its numbered order: To Your Scattered Bodies Go, The Fabulous Riverboat, The Dark Design, The Magic Labyrinth, and so on.
- What is the first Riverworld book?
- The first book is To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer, published in 1971.
- How long does it take to read the whole Riverworld series?
- The 5 main books add up to about 1,675 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 29½ hours of reading, or about 59 days at 30 minutes a day.