Les Rougon-Macquart books in order
Les Rougon-Macquart is a series of 21 books by Émile Zola: 8,328 pages in the 19 with a known length, about 153 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.
- 21
- books
- 8,328
- pages in 19 of them
- 153 hours
- to read those 19
- 306 days
- at 30 minutes a day
The Fortune of the Rougons 6.9 h 2 
La Curée 7.0 h 3 
Le Ventre de Paris 7.5 h 4 
La Conquête de Plassans 7.1 h 5 
La Faute de l'Abbé Mouret 8.0 h 
L'Assommoir 9.4 h 8 
Une Page d'amour 7.5 h 9 
Nana 8.6 h 10 
Pot-Bouille 8.9 h 11 
The Ladies' Paradise 8.5 h 12 
La Joie de vivre 8.1 h 13 
Germinal 9.1 h 
La Terre 9.2 h 16 
Le Rêve 4.5 h 17 
La Bête humaine 9.2 h 
Bête Humaine 7.6 h 18 
L'Argent 8.2 h 19 
La Débâcle 10.2 h 20 
Doctor Pascal 7.3 h Bar height shows length. Books without a number have no number in our records.
The books
- 1
The Fortune of the Rougons 1871 6.9 h
- 2
La Curée 1871 7.0 h
- 3
Le Ventre de Paris 1873 7.5 h
Au milieu du grand silence, et dans le desert de l'avenue, les voitures de maraichers montaient vers Paris, avec les cahots rythmes de leurs roues, dont les echos battaient les…
- 4
La Conquête de Plassans 1874 7.1 h
- 5
La Faute de l'Abbé Mouret 1875 8.0 h
La Teuse, en entrant, posa son balai et son plumeau contre l'autel.
- 6
Son Excellence Eugène Rougon 1876 length not known
- 7
L'Assommoir 1876 9.4 h
- 8
Une Page d'amour 1879 7.5 h
Je me decide a joindre a ce volume l'arbre genealogique des Rougon-Macquart.
- 9
Nana 1880 8.6 h
Overview: Prompted by his theories of heredity and environment, Zola set out to show Nana, "the golden fly", rising out of the underworld to feed on society--a predetermined…
- 10
Pot-Bouille 1882 8.9 h
Pot-Bouille is the tenth novel in the Rougon-Macquart series by Émile Zola.
- 11
The Ladies' Paradise 1883 8.5 h
Translated into English titled "The Ladies Paradise".
- 12
La Joie de vivre 1884 8.1 h
- 13
Germinal 1885 9.1 h
The thirteenth novel in Emile Zola's great Rougon-Macquart sequence, Germinal expresses outrage at the exploitation of the many by the few, but also shows humanity's capacity for…
- 14
L'Œuvre 1886 length not known
- 15
La Terre 1887 9.2 h
Jean, ce matin-la, un semoir de toile bleue noue sur le ventre, en tenait la poche ouverte de la main gauche, et de la droite, tous les trois pas, il y prenait une poignee de ble…
- 16
Le Rêve 1888 4.5 h
- 17
La Bête humaine 1890 9.2 h
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Bête Humaine 1890 7.6 h
Did possessing and killing amount to the same thing deep within the dark recesses of the human beast?
- 18
L'Argent 1891 8.2 h
Aristide Rougon, known as Saccard, is a failed property speculator determined to make his way once more in Paris.
- 19
La Débâcle 1892 10.2 h
646 p. ; 19 cm
- 20
Doctor Pascal 1893 7.3 h
Dans la chaleur de l'ardente apres-midi de juillet, la salle, aux volets soigneusement clos, etait pleine d'un grand calme.
How much is left
| After book 1, The Fortune of the Rougons | about 146 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 2, La Curée | about 139 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 3, Le Ventre de Paris | about 131 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 4, La Conquête de Plassans | about 124 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 5, La Faute de l'Abbé Mouret | about 116 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 6, Son Excellence Eugène Rougon | about 116 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After book 7, L'Assommoir | about 107 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After book 8, Une Page d'amour | about 99 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After book 9, Nana | about 91 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After book 10, Pot-Bouille | about 82 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After book 11, The Ladies' Paradise | about 73 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After book 12, La Joie de vivre | about 65 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After book 13, Germinal | about 56 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After book 14, L'Œuvre | about 56 hours left |
| After book 15, La Terre | about 47 hours left |
| After book 16, Le Rêve | about 42 hours left |
| After book 17, La Bête humaine | about 33 hours left |
| After Bête Humaine | about 26 hours left |
| After book 18, L'Argent | about 17 hours left |
| After book 19, La Débâcle | about 7 hours left |
Reading the whole series
About 152 hours 41 minutes
19 of 21 books, 8,328 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.
306 days (about 44 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.