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Edgar Rice Burroughs

Barsoom is a series of 12 books by Edgar Rice Burroughs: 1,653 pages in the 9 with a known length, about 30 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.

12
books
1,653
pages in 9 of them
30 hours
to read those 9
61 days
at 30 minutes a day
1 A Princess of Mars 1912 3.2 h
The Warlord of Mars 1913 length not known
2 The Gods of Mars 1918 3.7 h 3 The Warlord of Mars #3 1914 2.6 h 4 Thuvia, Maid of Mars 1920 3.2 h 5 The Chessmen of Mars 1922 4.3 h The Master Mind of Mars 1927 2.7 h 7 A Fighting Man of Mars 1930 4.2 h Swords of Mars 1936 4.2 h
Synthetic Men of Mars 1940 length not known
Llana of Gathol 1948 length not known
11 John Carter of Mars 1964 2.3 h

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The books

  1. 1

    A Princess of Mars 1912 3.2 h

    I am a very old man; how old I do not know.

  2. The Warlord of Mars 1913 length not known

  3. 2

    The Gods of Mars 1918 3.7 h

    After the long exile on Earth, John Carter finally returned to his beloved Mars.

  4. 3

    The Warlord of Mars #3 1914 2.6 h

    The Warlord of mars is the last book in the trilogy that Mr. Burroughs did not intend to write.

  5. 4

    Thuvia, Maid of Mars 1920 3.2 h

    Thuvia, Maid of Mars, is the next generation of Barsoomains.

  6. 5

    The Chessmen of Mars 1922 4.3 h

    SHEA had just beaten me at chess, as usual, and, also as usual, I had gleaned what questionable satisfaction I might by twitting him with this indication of failing mentality by…

  7. 7

    A Fighting Man of Mars 1930 4.2 h

    Tan Handron from the realm of Gatho encounters a wide range of enemies in this science fiction thriller of the 1930's.

  8. Swords of Mars 1936 4.2 h

    "Swords of Mars" is the eighth book in the Edgar Rice Burroughs' Martian series.

  9. Synthetic Men of Mars 1940 length not known

  10. Llana of Gathol 1948 length not known

  11. 11

How much is left

After book 1, A Princess of Mars about 27 hours left, not counting 3 books of unknown length
After The Warlord of Mars about 27 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After book 2, The Gods of Mars about 23 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After book 3, The Warlord of Mars #3 about 21 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After book 4, Thuvia, Maid of Mars about 18 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After book 5, The Chessmen of Mars about 13 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After The Master Mind of Mars about 11 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After book 7, A Fighting Man of Mars about 6 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After Swords of Mars about 2 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After Synthetic Men of Mars about 2 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After Llana of Gathol about 2 hours left

Reading the whole series

About 30 hours 18 minutes

9 of 12 books, 1,653 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.

61 days (about 9 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.