Department Q books in order
Department Q is a series of 9 books by Jussi Adler-Olsen: 2,832 pages in the 5 with a known length, about 52 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.
- 9
- books
- 2,832
- pages in 5 of them
- 52 hours
- to read those 5
- 104 days
- at 30 minutes a day
The Keeper of Lost Causes 7.6 h 
The Purity of Vengeance 11.1 h 5 
The Marco Effect 13.5 h 6 
The Hanging Girl 10.9 h 7 
The Scarred Woman 8.8 h Bar height shows length.
The books
- 1
The Keeper of Lost Causes 2007 7.6 h
- 2
The Absent One 2008 length not known
- 3
A Conspiracy of Faith length not known
- 4
The Purity of Vengeance 2010 11.1 h
- 5
The Marco Effect 2017 13.5 h
- 6
The Hanging Girl 2015 10.9 h
- 7
The Scarred Woman 2017 8.8 h
"Detective Carl Mørck of Department Q, Copenhagen's cold cases division, meets his toughest challenge yet when the dark, troubled past of one of his own team members collides with…
- 8
Victim 2117 length not known
- 9
The Shadow Murders length not known
How much is left
| After book 1, The Keeper of Lost Causes | about 44 hours left, not counting 4 books of unknown length |
| After book 2, The Absent One | about 44 hours left, not counting 3 books of unknown length |
| After book 3, A Conspiracy of Faith | about 44 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 4, The Purity of Vengeance | about 33 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 5, The Marco Effect | about 20 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 6, The Hanging Girl | about 9 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
Reading the whole series
About 51 hours 55 minutes
5 of 9 books, 2,832 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.
104 days (about 15 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.