The Baroque Cycle books in order
The Baroque Cycle is a series of 3 books by Neal Stephenson: 2,634 pages, about 48 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.
- 3
- books
- 2,634
- pages
- 48 hours
- to read them all
- 97 days
- at 30 minutes a day
Bar height shows length.
The books
- 1
Quicksilver 2003 17.0 h
Volume One of The Baroque Cycle (Not to be confused with Quicksilver: The Baroque Cycle #1) Quicksilver is a massive, exuberant and wildly ambitious historical novel that's also…
- 2
The Confusion 2004 15.0 h
Continuing the epic adventure begun in the bestselling QUICKSILVER!In the year 1689, a cabal of Barbary galley slaves -- including one Jack Shaftoe, a.k.a. King of the Vagabonds…
- 3
The System of the World 2004 16.4 h
'Tis done.The world is a most confused and unsteady place -- especially London, center of finance, innovation, and conspiracy -- in the year 1714, when Daniel Waterhouse makes his…
How much is left
| After book 1, Quicksilver | about 31 hours left |
| After book 2, The Confusion | about 16 hours left |
Reading the whole series
About 48 hours 17 minutes
All 3 books, 2,634 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.
97 days (about 14 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.