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Richard Hannay books in order

John Buchan

Richard Hannay is a series of 6 books by John Buchan: 1,254 pages in the 5 with a known length, about 23 hours of reading. Shown in publication order; no numbering is on record.

6
books
1,254
pages in 5 of them
23 hours
to read those 5
46 days
at 30 minutes a day
The Thirty-nine Steps 1915 2.1 h Greenmantle 1916 4.6 h Mr Standfast 1919 5.8 h The Three Hostages 1924 5.9 h
The Courts of the Morning 1929 length not known
The Island of Sheep 1936 4.6 h

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

The books

  1. The Thirty-nine Steps 1915 2.1 h

    Richard Hannay has just returned to England after years in South Africa and is thoroughly bored with his life in London.

  2. Greenmantle 1916 4.6 h

    In Greenmantle (1916) Richard Hannay, hero of The Thirty-Nine Steps, travels across war-torn Europe in search of a German plot and an Islamic Messiah.

  3. Mr Standfast 1919 5.8 h

  4. The Three Hostages 1924 5.9 h

    Major General Sir Richard Hannay thought that his life of adventure and danger was behind him with the end of the Great War.

  5. The Courts of the Morning 1929 length not known

  6. The Island of Sheep 1936 4.6 h

    Richard Hannay is now in his fifties but once more must throw himself into an adventure to uphold a an oath he made in his youth to protect the son of a man he once knew, the son…

How much is left

After The Thirty-nine Steps about 21 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After Greenmantle about 16 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After Mr Standfast about 10 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After The Three Hostages about 5 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After The Courts of the Morning about 5 hours left

Reading the whole series

About 22 hours 59 minutes

5 of 6 books, 1,254 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.

46 days (about 7 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.