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Glen Cook

The Black Company is a series of 29 books by Glen Cook: 7,312 pages in the 16 with a known length, about 134 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.

29
books
7,312
pages in 16 of them
134 hours
to read those 16
269 days
at 30 minutes a day
1 The Black Company 1984 5.9 h
1 Books of the North length not known
2 Shadows Linger 1984 5.9 h Annals of the Black Company 1986 12.9 h
2 Books of the South 1989 length not known
The Black Company: Glittering Stone I 2000 12.3 h The Black Company: Glittering Stone II 2000 14.4 h The Black Company Goes South 2002 12.3 h
On the Long Run 2013 length not known
2.1 Cranky Bitch 2021 length not known
2.2 Leta of the Thousand Sorrows 2022 length not known
2.3 Wet Dream Fish Story 2023 length not known
2.4 Those Who Went Before 2024 length not known
2.5 Shaggy Dog Bridge 2013 length not known
2.6 Bone Eaters 2015 length not known
2.7 Chasing Midnight 2019 length not known
3 The White Rose 1985 5.9 h
3 Books of Glittering Stone 1996 length not known
3.5 The Silver Spike 1989 5.9 h 4 Shadow Games 1989 5.9 h
4 A Pitiless Rain 2025 length not known
5 Dreams of Steel 1990 6.8 h 6 Bleak Seasons 1996 5.9 h 7 She Is the Darkness 1997 7.0 h 8 Water Sleeps 1999 8.5 h 9 Soldiers Live 2000 10.4 h 10 Port of Shadows 2018 7.3 h 11 Lies Weeping 2025 7.0 h
12 They Cry length not known

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

The books

  1. 1

    The Black Company 1984 5.9 h

    Some feel the Lady, newly risen from centuries in thrall, stands between humankind and evil.

  2. 1

    Books of the North length not known

  3. 2

    Shadows Linger 1984 5.9 h

    When the Black Company discovers the mute girl they have rescued and sheltered is the White Rose, they strive to protect her from the evil mercenary soldiers who are out to…

  4. Annals of the Black Company 1986 12.9 h

  5. 2

    Books of the South 1989 length not known

  6. The Black Company: Glittering Stone I 2000 12.3 h

  7. The Black Company: Glittering Stone II 2000 14.4 h

  8. The Black Company Goes South 2002 12.3 h

    Marching south after the ghastly battle at the Tower of Charm, the Black Company is hounded by shadowy figures every inch of the way.

  9. On the Long Run 2013 length not known

  10. 2.1

    Cranky Bitch 2021 length not known

  11. 2.2

    Leta of the Thousand Sorrows 2022 length not known

  12. 2.3

    Wet Dream Fish Story 2023 length not known

  13. 2.4

    Those Who Went Before 2024 length not known

  14. 2.5

    Shaggy Dog Bridge 2013 length not known

  15. 2.6

    Bone Eaters 2015 length not known

  16. 2.7

    Chasing Midnight 2019 length not known

  17. 3

    The White Rose 1985 5.9 h

  18. 3

    Books of Glittering Stone 1996 length not known

  19. 3.5

    The Silver Spike 1989 5.9 h

  20. 4

    Shadow Games 1989 5.9 h

  21. 4

    A Pitiless Rain 2025 length not known

  22. 5

    Dreams of Steel 1990 6.8 h

  23. 6

    Bleak Seasons 1996 5.9 h

  24. 7

    She Is the Darkness 1997 7.0 h

  25. 8

    Water Sleeps 1999 8.5 h

  26. 9

    Soldiers Live 2000 10.4 h

  27. 10

    Port of Shadows 2018 7.3 h

    "The soldiers of the Black Company don't ask questions, they get paid.

  28. 11

    Lies Weeping 2025 7.0 h

  29. 12

    They Cry length not known

How much is left

After book 1, The Black Company about 128 hours left, not counting 13 books of unknown length
After book 1, Books of the North about 128 hours left, not counting 12 books of unknown length
After book 2, Shadows Linger about 122 hours left, not counting 12 books of unknown length
After Annals of the Black Company about 109 hours left, not counting 12 books of unknown length
After book 2, Books of the South about 109 hours left, not counting 11 books of unknown length
After The Black Company: Glittering Stone I about 97 hours left, not counting 11 books of unknown length
After The Black Company: Glittering Stone II about 83 hours left, not counting 11 books of unknown length
After The Black Company Goes South about 70 hours left, not counting 11 books of unknown length
After On the Long Run about 70 hours left, not counting 10 books of unknown length
After book 2.1, Cranky Bitch about 70 hours left, not counting 9 books of unknown length
After book 2.2, Leta of the Thousand Sorrows about 70 hours left, not counting 8 books of unknown length
After book 2.3, Wet Dream Fish Story about 70 hours left, not counting 7 books of unknown length
After book 2.4, Those Who Went Before about 70 hours left, not counting 6 books of unknown length
After book 2.5, Shaggy Dog Bridge about 70 hours left, not counting 5 books of unknown length
After book 2.6, Bone Eaters about 70 hours left, not counting 4 books of unknown length
After book 2.7, Chasing Midnight about 70 hours left, not counting 3 books of unknown length
After book 3, The White Rose about 65 hours left, not counting 3 books of unknown length
After book 3, Books of Glittering Stone about 65 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After book 3.5, The Silver Spike about 59 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After book 4, Shadow Games about 53 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After book 4, A Pitiless Rain about 53 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After book 5, Dreams of Steel about 46 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After book 6, Bleak Seasons about 40 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After book 7, She Is the Darkness about 33 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After book 8, Water Sleeps about 25 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After book 9, Soldiers Live about 14 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After book 10, Port of Shadows about 7 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length

Reading the whole series

About 134 hours 3 minutes

16 of 29 books, 7,312 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.

269 days (about 39 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.