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The Handmaid's Tale Reading Order
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood has 2 main books (1985–2019). Start with The Handmaid's Tale (1985) and read the numbered books in order.
The Handmaid's Tale books in order
Your reading speed
- 6 h 10 min
- 8 h 19 min
Main books together: 827 pages, about 14 h 29 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 Handmaid's Tale: common questions
- How many books are in the The Handmaid's Tale series?
- There are 2 main books in The Handmaid's Tale. The most recent main book listed here is The Testaments (2019).
- What order should I read The Handmaid's Tale in?
- Read The Handmaid's Tale in its numbered order: The Handmaid's Tale, The Testaments.
- What is the first The Handmaid's Tale book?
- The first book is The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, published in 1985.
- How long does it take to read the whole The Handmaid's Tale series?
- The 2 main books add up to about 827 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 14½ hours of reading, or about 29 days at 30 minutes a day.