The Borrowers books in order
The Borrowers is a series of 6 books by Mary Norton: 908 pages in the 5 with a known length, about 17 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.
- 6
- books
- 908
- pages in 5 of them
- 17 hours
- to read those 5
- 34 days
- at 30 minutes a day
The Borrowers 3.3 h 2 
The Borrowers Afield 3.8 h 3 
The Borrowers Afloat 3.5 h 
Poor Stainless 35 min 5 
The Borrowers Avenged 5.5 h Bar height shows length. Books without a number have no number in our records.
The books
- 1
The Borrowers 1952 3.3 h
This book is full of fun and adventure, explaining the life of not exactly normal people.
- 2
The Borrowers Afield 1955 3.8 h
The further adventures of the family of miniature people who, after losing their home under the kitchen floor of an old English house, are forced to move out to the fields.
- 3
The Borrowers Afloat 1959 3.5 h
The Borrowers, a family of miniature people, journey down a drain, live briefly in a teakettle, and are swept away in a flood before finding a new home.
- 4
The Borrowers Aloft 1961 length not known
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Poor Stainless 1971 35 min
Tragedy is feared when the youngest of a family of miniature people is discovered missing.
- 5
The Borrowers Avenged 1982 5.5 h
Escaping from an attic where they had been held captive over the long, dark winter, a family of tiny people sets up house in an old rectory.
How much is left
| After book 1, The Borrowers | about 13 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After book 2, The Borrowers Afield | about 10 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After book 3, The Borrowers Afloat | about 6 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After book 4, The Borrowers Aloft | about 6 hours left |
| After Poor Stainless | about 5 hours left |
Reading the whole series
About 16 hours 39 minutes
5 of 6 books, 908 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.
34 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.