Arkady Renko octology books in order
Arkady Renko octology is a series of 8 books by Martin Cruz Smith: 2,157 pages in the 6 with a known length, about 40 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.
- 8
- books
- 2,157
- pages in 6 of them
- 40 hours
- to read those 6
- 80 days
- at 30 minutes a day
Gorky Park 7.2 h 2 
Polar Star 7.1 h 
Havana Bay 6.8 h 5 
Wolves Eat Dogs 6.2 h 6 
Stalin's Ghost 6.5 h 7 
Three Stations 5.8 h Bar height shows length.
The books
- 1
Gorky Park 1981 7.2 h
A triple murder in a Moscow amusement center: three corpses found frozen in the snow, faces and fingers missing.
- 2
Polar Star 1989 7.1 h
Renko, a former Senior Investigator in the Moscow Prosecutor's Office, is appointed to investigate the death of a girl who surfaces in a ship's catch.
- 3
Red Square 1992 length not known
- 4
Havana Bay 1999 6.8 h
Een Moskouse rechercheur wordt naar Havana ontboden om de moord op een agent van de Russische geheime dienst op te lossen.
- 5
Wolves Eat Dogs 2004 6.2 h
In Wolves Eat Dogs, Renko returns for his most enigmatic and baffling case: the death of one of Russia's new billionaires, which leads him to Chernobyl and the Zone of Exclusion…
- 6
Stalin's Ghost 2007 6.5 h
Le fantôme de Staline apparaît sur le quai d'une station de métro de Moscou.
- 7
Three Stations 2010 5.8 h
Un tren de pasajeros cruza la noche a sacudidas.
- 8
Tatiana 2013 length not known
How much is left
| After book 1, Gorky Park | about 32 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 2, Polar Star | about 25 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 3, Red Square | about 25 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After book 4, Havana Bay | about 18 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After book 5, Wolves Eat Dogs | about 12 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After book 6, Stalin's Ghost | about 6 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
Reading the whole series
About 39 hours 33 minutes
6 of 8 books, 2,157 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.
80 days (about 12 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.