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The Black Company Reading Order
The Black Company by Glen Cook has 9 main books (1984–2000), plus 1 novella or companion. Start with The Black Company (1984) and read the numbered books in order.
By Glen Cook
The Black Company books in order
Your reading speed
- 5 h 35 min
- 6 h 56 min
- 5 h 36 min
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- 12 h 19 min
- 5 h 36 min
- 6 h 27 min
- 5 h 36 min
- 6 h 43 min
- 8 h 7 min
- 9 h 55 min
Main books together: 3,765 pages, about 65 h 54 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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The Black Company: common questions
- How many books are in the The Black Company series?
- There are 9 main books in The Black Company, plus 1 novella or companion book. The most recent main book listed here is Soldiers Live (2000).
- What order should I read The Black Company in?
- Read The Black Company in its numbered order: The Black Company, Shadows Linger, The White Rose, Shadow Games, and so on. Port of Shadows was published in 2018 but is set between books 1 and 2.
- What is the first The Black Company book?
- The first book is The Black Company by Glen Cook, published in 1984.
- How long does it take to read the whole The Black Company series?
- The 9 main books add up to about 3,765 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 66 hours of reading, or about 132 days at 30 minutes a day.
- Do I need to read the The Black Company novellas?
- The 1 novella or companion book (Port of Shadows) 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.