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The Founders Trilogy Reading Order
The Founders Trilogy by Robert Jackson Bennett has 3 main books (2018–2022). Start with Foundryside (2018) and read the numbered books in order.
The Founders Trilogy books in order
Your reading speed
- 8 h 48 min
- 7 h 59 min
- 11 h 58 min
Main books together: 1,643 pages, about 28 h 45 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 Founders Trilogy: common questions
- How many books are in the The Founders Trilogy series?
- There are 3 main books in The Founders Trilogy. The most recent main book listed here is Locklands (2022).
- What order should I read The Founders Trilogy in?
- Read The Founders Trilogy in its numbered order: Foundryside, Shorefall, Locklands.
- What is the first The Founders Trilogy book?
- The first book is Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett, published in 2018.
- How long does it take to read the whole The Founders Trilogy series?
- The 3 main books add up to about 1,643 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 29 hours of reading, or about 58 days at 30 minutes a day.