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Virgil Flowers Reading Order
Virgil Flowers by John Sandford has 12 main books (2007–2019). Start with Dark of the Moon (2007) and read the numbered books in order.
Virgil Flowers books in order
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Main books together: 4,812 pages, about 84 h 14 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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Virgil Flowers: common questions
- How many books are in the Virgil Flowers series?
- There are 12 main books in Virgil Flowers. The most recent main book listed here is Bloody Genius (2019).
- What order should I read Virgil Flowers in?
- Read Virgil Flowers in its numbered order: Dark of the Moon, Heat Lightning, Rough Country, Bad Blood, and so on.
- What is the first Virgil Flowers book?
- The first book is Dark of the Moon by John Sandford, published in 2007.
- How long does it take to read the whole Virgil Flowers series?
- The 12 main books add up to about 4,812 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 84 hours of reading, or about 169 days at 30 minutes a day.