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Noughts & Crosses books in order

Malorie Blackman

Noughts & Crosses is a series of 4 books by Malorie Blackman: 1,715 pages, about 31 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.

4
books
1,715
pages
31 hours
to read them all
63 days
at 30 minutes a day
1 Noughts & Crosses 2001 7.3 h 2 Knife Edge 2003 6.8 h 3 Checkmate 2005 8.7 h 4 Double Cross 2008 8.7 h

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The books

  1. 1

    Noughts & Crosses 2001 7.3 h

    Callum is a Nought - an inferior white citizen in a society controlled by the black Crosses.

  2. 2

    Knife Edge 2003 6.8 h

    A razor-sharp and intensely moving novel, the second in the Noughts & Crosses trilogy.Sephy is a Cross, one of the privileged in a society where the ruling Crosses treat the…

  3. 3

    Checkmate 2005 8.7 h

    Roman psychologique (intime).

  4. 4

    Double Cross 2008 8.7 h

    The fourth novel in the award-winning Noughts & Crosses sequence - this powerful thriller also tackles new territory as its characters are caught up not just in race but also gang…

How much is left

After book 1, Noughts & Crosses about 24 hours left
After book 2, Knife Edge about 17 hours left
After book 3, Checkmate about 9 hours left

Reading the whole series

About 31 hours 27 minutes

All 4 books, 1,715 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.

63 days (about 9 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.