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The Red Queen's War Reading Order
The Red Queen's War by Mark Lawrence has 3 main books (2014–2016). Start with Prince of Fools (2014) and read the numbered books in order.
The Red Queen's War books in order
Your reading speed
- 8 h 47 min
- 10 h 4 min
- 8 h 1 min
Main books together: 1,535 pages, about 26 h 52 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 Red Queen's War: common questions
- How many books are in the The Red Queen's War series?
- There are 3 main books in The Red Queen's War. The most recent main book listed here is The Wheel of Osheim (2016).
- What order should I read The Red Queen's War in?
- Read The Red Queen's War in its numbered order: Prince of Fools, The Liar's Key, The Wheel of Osheim.
- What is the first The Red Queen's War book?
- The first book is Prince of Fools by Mark Lawrence, published in 2014.
- How long does it take to read the whole The Red Queen's War series?
- The 3 main books add up to about 1,535 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 27 hours of reading, or about 54 days at 30 minutes a day.