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The Chronicles of Amber Reading Order
The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny has 10 main books (1970–1991). Start with Nine Princes in Amber (1970) and read the numbered books in order.
The Chronicles of Amber books in order
Your reading speed
- 3 h 17 min
- 3 h 47 min
- 3 h 22 min
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- 3 h 17 min
- 3 h 12 min
- 3 h 50 min
- 3 h 46 min
- 3 h 52 min
- 4 h 29 min
- 4 h 13 min
Main books together: 2,119 pages, about 37 h 5 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 Chronicles of Amber: common questions
- How many books are in the The Chronicles of Amber series?
- There are 10 main books in The Chronicles of Amber. The most recent main book listed here is Prince of Chaos (1991).
- What order should I read The Chronicles of Amber in?
- Read The Chronicles of Amber in its numbered order: Nine Princes in Amber, The Guns of Avalon, Sign of the Unicorn, The Hand of Oberon, and so on. Books 1 to 5 follow Corwin and books 6 to 10 follow his son Merlin.
- What is the first The Chronicles of Amber book?
- The first book is Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny, published in 1970.
- How long does it take to read the whole The Chronicles of Amber series?
- The 10 main books add up to about 2,119 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 37 hours of reading, or about 75 days at 30 minutes a day.