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Peter O'Donnell

Modesty Blaise is a series of 13 books by Peter O'Donnell: 1,431 pages in the 5 with a known length, about 26 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.

13
books
1,431
pages in 5 of them
26 hours
to read those 5
53 days
at 30 minutes a day
Modesty Blaise 1965 length not known
Sabre-Tooth 1966 length not known
3 I, Lucifer 1967 5.3 h
A Taste for Death 1969 length not known
The Impossible Virgin 1971 length not known
Pieces of Modesty 1972 length not known
The Silver Mistress 1973 length not known
Last Day in Limbo 1976 length not known
9 Dragon's Claw 1978 5.6 h 10 The Xanadu Talisman 1981 5.3 h 11 The Night of Morningstar 1982 5.0 h
Dead Man's Handle 1985 length not known
13 Cobra Trap 1996 5.1 h

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

The books

  1. Modesty Blaise 1965 length not known

  2. Sabre-Tooth 1966 length not known

  3. 3

    I, Lucifer 1967 5.3 h

    This installment of the Modesty Blaise adventures finds Modesty and faithful friend Willie Garvin trying to get to the bottom of another of Seff's evil plots.

  4. A Taste for Death 1969 length not known

  5. The Impossible Virgin 1971 length not known

  6. Pieces of Modesty 1972 length not known

  7. The Silver Mistress 1973 length not known

  8. Last Day in Limbo 1976 length not known

  9. 9

    Dragon's Claw 1978 5.6 h

    This crime adventure begins when heroine Modesty Blaise finds Luke Fletcher, one of Britain's greatest artists, lost on a raft in the middle of the ocean.

  10. 10

    The Xanadu Talisman 1981 5.3 h

    In this classic return we see Modesty both at her most feminine and at her toughest.

  11. 11

    The Night of Morningstar 1982 5.0 h

    There have been few other female action heroines like Modesty Blaise—a tough orphan who became the leader of the Network, a crime syndicate specializing in art theft and…

  12. Dead Man's Handle 1985 length not known

  13. 13

    Cobra Trap 1996 5.1 h

    Each short story in this final installment of the Modesty Blaise series details a different, thrilling tale of international intrigue starring Modesty and her loyal deputy, Willie…

How much is left

After Modesty Blaise about 26 hours left, not counting 7 books of unknown length
After Sabre-Tooth about 26 hours left, not counting 6 books of unknown length
After book 3, I, Lucifer about 21 hours left, not counting 6 books of unknown length
After A Taste for Death about 21 hours left, not counting 5 books of unknown length
After The Impossible Virgin about 21 hours left, not counting 4 books of unknown length
After Pieces of Modesty about 21 hours left, not counting 3 books of unknown length
After The Silver Mistress about 21 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After Last Day in Limbo about 21 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After book 9, Dragon's Claw about 15 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After book 10, The Xanadu Talisman about 10 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After book 11, The Night of Morningstar about 5 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After Dead Man's Handle about 5 hours left

Reading the whole series

About 26 hours 14 minutes

5 of 13 books, 1,431 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.

53 days (about 8 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.