Shardlake books in order
Shardlake is a series of 7 books by C. J. Sansom: 3,287 pages in the 6 with a known length, about 60 hours of reading. Shown in publication order; no numbering is on record.
- 7
- books
- 3,287
- pages in 6 of them
- 60 hours
- to read those 6
- 121 days
- at 30 minutes a day
Dissolution 7.3 h 
Dark Fire 10.2 h 
Sovereign 7.3 h 
Revelation 12.0 h 
Heartstone 11.6 h 
Lamentation 11.9 h Bar height shows length. Books without a number have no number in our records.
The books
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Dissolution 2003 7.3 h
The book is a great read, the audio version should be avoided at all costs.
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Dark Fire 2004 10.2 h
It is 1540 and the hottest summer of the sixteenth cantury.
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Sovereign 2006 7.3 h
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Revelation 2008 12.0 h
The first three Shardlake mysteries have won over critics and readers alike.
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Heartstone 2010 11.6 h
Summer, 1545.
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Lamentation 2014 11.9 h
Summer, 1546.
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Tombland 2018 length not known
How much is left
| After Dissolution | about 53 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After Dark Fire | about 43 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After Sovereign | about 36 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After Revelation | about 24 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After Heartstone | about 12 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
Reading the whole series
About 60 hours 16 minutes
6 of 7 books, 3,287 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.
121 days (about 18 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.