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The Inheritance Trilogy Reading Order
The Inheritance Trilogy by N. K. Jemisin has 3 main books (2010–2011). Start with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (2010) and read the numbered books in order.
The Inheritance Trilogy books in order
Your reading speed
- 6 h 57 min
- 6 h 57 min
- 8 h 19 min
Main books together: 1,269 pages, about 22 h 13 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 Inheritance Trilogy: common questions
- How many books are in the The Inheritance Trilogy series?
- There are 3 main books in The Inheritance Trilogy. The most recent main book listed here is The Kingdom of Gods (2011).
- What order should I read The Inheritance Trilogy in?
- Read The Inheritance Trilogy in its numbered order: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, The Broken Kingdoms, The Kingdom of Gods.
- What is the first The Inheritance Trilogy book?
- The first book is The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin, published in 2010.
- How long does it take to read the whole The Inheritance Trilogy series?
- The 3 main books add up to about 1,269 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 22 hours of reading, or about 45 days at 30 minutes a day.