The Border books in order
The Border is a series of 3 books by Cormac McCarthy: 1,037 pages, about 19 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.
- 3
- books
- 1,037
- pages
- 19 hours
- to read them all
- 39 days
- at 30 minutes a day
Bar height shows length.
The books
- 1
All the Pretty Horses 1992 5.6 h
In 1949, sixteen-year-old John Grady Cole, raised on his grandfather's Texas ranch and fluent in both Spanish and English, learns that the property is to be sold after the old…
- 2
The Crossing 1994 7.9 h
Following All the Pretty Horses in Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy is a novel whose force of language is matched only by its breadth of experience and depth of thought.
- 3
Cities of the Plain 1998 5.5 h
A Texas cowboy falls in love with a Mexican prostitute, only to discover he has a rival, her pimp.
How much is left
| After book 1, All the Pretty Horses | about 13 hours left |
| After book 2, The Crossing | about 5 hours left |
Reading the whole series
About 19 hours 1 minute
All 3 books, 1,037 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.
39 days (about 6 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.