Commissioner Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg books in order
Commissioner Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg is a series of 10 books by Fred Vargas: 3,270 pages in the 9 with a known length, about 60 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.
- 10
- books
- 3,270
- pages in 9 of them
- 60 hours
- to read those 9
- 120 days
- at 30 minutes a day
The Chalk Circle Man 4.2 h 2 
L'Homme à l'envers 5.5 h 
The Four Rivers 4.1 h 3 
Pars vite et reviens tard 6.4 h 4 
Sous les vents de Neptune 8.1 h 5 
Dans les bois éternels 7.6 h 6 
An Uncertain Place 7.0 h 7 
L'Armée furieuse 8.1 h 8 Temps glaciaires 9.0 h Bar height shows length. Books without a number have no number in our records.
The books
- 1
The Chalk Circle Man 1991 4.2 h
- 2
L'Homme à l'envers 1999 5.5 h
Le mardi, il y eut quatre brebis égorgées à Ventebrune, dans les Alpes.
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The Four Rivers 2000 4.1 h
- 3
Pars vite et reviens tard 2001 6.4 h
Ce sont des signes étranges, tracés à la peinture noire sur des portes d'appartements, dans des immeubles situés d'un bout à l'autre de Paris.
- 4
Sous les vents de Neptune 2004 8.1 h
- 5
Dans les bois éternels 2006 7.6 h
On the outskirts of Paris, two men have been found with their throats cut, and despite the common assumption that the crime is a drug-related incident, Commissaire Adamsberg…
- 6
An Uncertain Place 2008 7.0 h
- 7
L'Armée furieuse 2011 8.1 h
- 8
Temps glaciaires 2015 9.0 h
- 9
This Poison Will Remain 2017 length not known
How much is left
| After book 1, The Chalk Circle Man | about 56 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After book 2, L'Homme à l'envers | about 50 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After The Four Rivers | about 46 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After book 3, Pars vite et reviens tard | about 40 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After book 4, Sous les vents de Neptune | about 32 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After book 5, Dans les bois éternels | about 24 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After book 6, An Uncertain Place | about 17 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After book 7, L'Armée furieuse | about 9 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
Reading the whole series
About 59 hours 57 minutes
9 of 10 books, 3,270 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.
120 days (about 18 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.