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Ender's Saga books in order

Orson Scott Card

Ender's Saga is a series of 18 books by Orson Scott Card: 3,435 pages in the 9 with a known length, about 63 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.

18
books
3,435
pages in 9 of them
63 hours
to read those 9
126 days
at 30 minutes a day
1 Ender's Game 1985 6.1 h Ender's Shadow 1999 8.3 h
Shadow of the Hegemon 2001 length not known
First Meetings 2002 length not known
Shadow Puppets 2002 6.5 h
Mazer in Prison 2005 length not known
Shadow of the Giant 2005 length not known
1.5 A War of Gifts: An Ender Story 2007 2.4 h 2 Speaker for the Dead 1986 7.6 h 3 Xenocide 1991 10.4 h 4 Children of the Mind 1996 7.0 h 5 Ender in Exile 2008 7.3 h
Ender's Homecoming 2008 length not known
Shadows in Flight 2012 length not known
The Swarm 2016 length not known
Children of the Fleet 2017 length not known
The Hive 2019 7.3 h
6 The Last Shadow 2021 length not known

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The books

  1. 1

    Ender's Game 1985 6.1 h

    Ender's Game is a 1985 military science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card.

  2. Ender's Shadow 1999 8.3 h

    This is Bean's installment of Orson Scott Card's Ender's saga.

  3. Shadow of the Hegemon 2001 length not known

  4. First Meetings 2002 length not known

  5. Shadow Puppets 2002 6.5 h

    As the nations of the earth attempt to control the children trained at Battle School, Peter Wiggin continues to consolidate his power with the help of Bean and Petra.

  6. Mazer in Prison 2005 length not known

  7. Shadow of the Giant 2005 length not known

  8. 1.5

    A War of Gifts: An Ender Story 2007 2.4 h

    At the Battle School, there is only one purpose, only one curriculum: the strategy and tactics of war.

  9. 2

    Speaker for the Dead 1986 7.6 h

    Ender Wiggin, the young military genius, discovers that a second alien war is inevitable and that he must dismiss his fears to make peace with humanity's strange new brothers.

  10. 3

    Xenocide 1991 10.4 h

    On Lusitania, Ender finds a world where humans and pequeninos and the Hive Queen could all live together.

  11. 4

    Children of the Mind 1996 7.0 h

    The planet Lusitania is home to three sentient species: the Pequeninos; a large colony of humans; and the Hive Queen, brought there by Ender.

  12. 5

    Ender in Exile 2008 7.3 h

    After twenty-three years, Orson Scott Card returns to his acclaimed best-selling series with the first true, direct sequel to the classic Ender's Game.

  13. Ender's Homecoming 2008 length not known

  14. Shadows in Flight 2012 length not known

  15. The Swarm 2016 length not known

  16. Children of the Fleet 2017 length not known

  17. The Hive 2019 7.3 h

    A coalition of Earth’s nations barely fought off the Formics’ first scout ship.

  18. 6

    The Last Shadow 2021 length not known

How much is left

After book 1, Ender's Game about 57 hours left, not counting 9 books of unknown length
After Ender's Shadow about 49 hours left, not counting 9 books of unknown length
After Shadow of the Hegemon about 49 hours left, not counting 8 books of unknown length
After First Meetings about 49 hours left, not counting 7 books of unknown length
After Shadow Puppets about 42 hours left, not counting 7 books of unknown length
After Mazer in Prison about 42 hours left, not counting 6 books of unknown length
After Shadow of the Giant about 42 hours left, not counting 5 books of unknown length
After book 1.5, A War of Gifts: An Ender Story about 40 hours left, not counting 5 books of unknown length
After book 2, Speaker for the Dead about 32 hours left, not counting 5 books of unknown length
After book 3, Xenocide about 22 hours left, not counting 5 books of unknown length
After book 4, Children of the Mind about 15 hours left, not counting 5 books of unknown length
After book 5, Ender in Exile about 7 hours left, not counting 5 books of unknown length
After Ender's Homecoming about 7 hours left, not counting 4 books of unknown length
After Shadows in Flight about 7 hours left, not counting 3 books of unknown length
After The Swarm about 7 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After Children of the Fleet about 7 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length

Reading the whole series

About 62 hours 59 minutes

9 of 18 books, 3,435 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.

126 days (about 18 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.