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The Winternight Trilogy Reading Order

The Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden has 3 main books (2017–2019). Start with The Bear and the Nightingale (2017) and read the numbered books in order.

By Katherine Arden

The Winternight Trilogy books in order

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  1. #1

    The Bear and the Nightingale

    2017 · 368 pages

    6 h 27 min
  2. #2

    The Girl in the Tower

    2017 · 392 pages

    6 h 52 min
  3. #3

    The Winter of the Witch

    2019 · 384 pages

    6 h 43 min

Main books together: 1,144 pages, about 20 h 2 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 Winternight Trilogy: common questions

How many books are in the The Winternight Trilogy series?
There are 3 main books in The Winternight Trilogy. The most recent main book listed here is The Winter of the Witch (2019).
What order should I read The Winternight Trilogy in?
Read The Winternight Trilogy in its numbered order: The Bear and the Nightingale, The Girl in the Tower, The Winter of the Witch.
What is the first The Winternight Trilogy book?
The first book is The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden, published in 2017.
How long does it take to read the whole The Winternight Trilogy series?
The 3 main books add up to about 1,144 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 20 hours of reading, or about 41 days at 30 minutes a day.

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