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The Drowning Empire Reading Order
The Drowning Empire by Andrea Stewart has 3 main books (2020–2023). Start with The Bone Shard Daughter (2020) and read the numbered books in order.
The Drowning Empire books in order
Your reading speed
- 7 h 51 min
- 9 h 48 min
- 7 h 17 min
Main books together: 1,424 pages, about 24 h 56 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 Drowning Empire: common questions
- How many books are in the The Drowning Empire series?
- There are 3 main books in The Drowning Empire. The most recent main book listed here is The Bone Shard War (2023).
- What order should I read The Drowning Empire in?
- Read The Drowning Empire in its numbered order: The Bone Shard Daughter, The Bone Shard Emperor, The Bone Shard War.
- What is the first The Drowning Empire book?
- The first book is The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart, published in 2020.
- How long does it take to read the whole The Drowning Empire series?
- The 3 main books add up to about 1,424 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 25 hours of reading, or about 50 days at 30 minutes a day.