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L.A. Quartet books in order

James Ellroy

L.A. Quartet is a series of 4 books by James Ellroy: 860 pages in the 2 with a known length, about 16 hours of reading. Shown in publication order; no numbering is on record.

4
books
860
pages in 2 of them
16 hours
to read those 2
32 days
at 30 minutes a day
The Black Dahlia 1987 8.1 h
The Big Nowhere 1988 length not known
L.A. Confidential 1990 length not known
White Jazz 1992 7.6 h

Bar height shows length. Books without a number have no number in our records.

The books

  1. The Black Dahlia 1987 8.1 h

    The Black Dahlia is a roman noir on an epic scale: a classic period piece that provides a startling conclusion to America's most infamous unsolved murder mystery--the murder of…

  2. The Big Nowhere 1988 length not known

  3. L.A. Confidential 1990 length not known

  4. White Jazz 1992 7.6 h

    The internationally acclaimed author of the L.A. Quartet and The Underworld USA Trilogy, James Ellroy, presents another literary noir masterpiece of historical paranoia.

How much is left

After The Black Dahlia about 8 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After The Big Nowhere about 8 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After L.A. Confidential about 8 hours left

Reading the whole series

About 15 hours 46 minutes

2 of 4 books, 860 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.

32 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.