The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant books in order
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant is a series of 11 books by Stephen R. Donaldson: 3,854 pages in the 8 with a known length, about 71 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.
- 11
- books
- 3,854
- pages in 8 of them
- 71 hours
- to read those 8
- 142 days
- at 30 minutes a day
Lord Foul's Bane 9.1 h 2 
The Illearth War 8.8 h 3 
The Power that Preserves 9.4 h 4 
The Wounded Land 9.1 h 
White Gold Wielder 9.1 h The Atlas of the Land 3.7 h 7 
The Runes of the Earth 9.8 h 8 
Fatal Revenant 11.7 h Bar height shows length. Books without a number have no number in our records.
The books
- 1
Lord Foul's Bane 1977 9.1 h
- 2
The Illearth War 1978 8.8 h
From back cover Del Rey paperback September 1979: WHILE THE EVIL DAYS COME After scant days in his "real" world, Thomas Covenant found himself again summoned to the Land -- the…
- 3
The Power that Preserves 1979 9.4 h
- 4
The Wounded Land 1980 9.1 h
- 5
The One Tree 1982 length not known
- 6
White Gold Wielder 1983 9.1 h
The conclusion to "The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant" finds a despairing Thomas Covenant deciding to do whatever must be done, at whatever cost, to at last defeat and…
-
The Atlas of the Land 1985 3.7 h
- 7
The Runes of the Earth 2004 9.8 h
Ten years after the death of Thomas Covenant, his one-time companion, Linden Avery, returns home to discover her child building images of the Land with blocks and is once again…
- 8
Fatal Revenant 2007 11.7 h
- 9
Against All Things Ending 2010 length not known
- 10
The Last Dark 2013 length not known
How much is left
| After book 1, Lord Foul's Bane | about 62 hours left, not counting 3 books of unknown length |
| After book 2, The Illearth War | about 53 hours left, not counting 3 books of unknown length |
| After book 3, The Power that Preserves | about 43 hours left, not counting 3 books of unknown length |
| After book 4, The Wounded Land | about 34 hours left, not counting 3 books of unknown length |
| After book 5, The One Tree | about 34 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 6, White Gold Wielder | about 25 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After The Atlas of the Land | about 21 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 7, The Runes of the Earth | about 12 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
Reading the whole series
About 70 hours 39 minutes
8 of 11 books, 3,854 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.
142 days (about 21 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.