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The Saxon Stories Reading Order
The Saxon Stories by Bernard Cornwell has 13 main books (2004–2020). Start with The Last Kingdom (2004) and read the numbered books in order.
The Saxon Stories books in order
Your reading speed
- 8 h 18 min
- 7 h
- 6 h 24 min
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- 6 h 43 min
- 6 h 10 min
- 7 h
- 5 h 36 min
- 5 h 53 min
- 6 h 1 min
- 5 h 19 min
- 6 h 10 min
- 7 h
- 6 h 15 min
Main books together: 4,789 pages, about 83 h 49 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 Saxon Stories: common questions
- How many books are in the The Saxon Stories series?
- There are 13 main books in The Saxon Stories. The most recent main book listed here is War Lord (2020).
- What order should I read The Saxon Stories in?
- Read The Saxon Stories in its numbered order: The Last Kingdom, The Pale Horseman, The Lords of the North, Sword Song, and so on. The series was adapted for television as The Last Kingdom.
- What is the first The Saxon Stories book?
- The first book is The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell, published in 2004.
- How long does it take to read the whole The Saxon Stories series?
- The 13 main books add up to about 4,789 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 84 hours of reading, or about 168 days at 30 minutes a day.