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Twilight Reading Order
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer has 4 main books (2005–2008), plus 2 novella or companions. Start with Twilight (2005) and read the numbered books in order.
Twilight books in order
Your reading speed
- 8 h 43 min
- 9 h 51 min
- 11 h 1 min
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- 3 h 22 min
- 13 h 14 min
- 11 h 49 min
Main books together: 2,446 pages, about 42 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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Twilight: common questions
- How many books are in the Twilight series?
- There are 4 main books in Twilight, plus 2 novella or companion books. The most recent main book listed here is Breaking Dawn (2008).
- What order should I read Twilight in?
- Read Twilight in its numbered order: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn.
- What is the first Twilight book?
- The first book is Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, published in 2005.
- How long does it take to read the whole Twilight series?
- The 4 main books add up to about 2,446 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 43 hours of reading, or about 86 days at 30 minutes a day.
- Do I need to read the Twilight novellas?
- The 2 novella or companion books (The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, Midnight Sun) sit outside the main numbering. You can follow the main story without them; their numbers (like 0.5 or 2.5) show where they fit between the main books.