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The Courtney Novels books in order

Wilbur Smith

The Courtney Novels is a series of 13 books by Wilbur Smith: 5,496 pages in the 9 with a known length, about 101 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.

13
books
5,496
pages in 9 of them
101 hours
to read those 9
202 days
at 30 minutes a day
1 When the Lion Feeds 1964 10.5 h 2 The Sound of Thunder 1966 8.5 h 3 A Sparrow Falls 1977 10.8 h The Burning Shore 1985 8.0 h Power of the Sword 1986 16.1 h 6 Rage 1987 16.4 h
A Time to Die 1989 length not known
Golden Fox 1990 length not known
Birds of Prey 1997 10.2 h 10 Monsoon 1999 11.4 h
Blue Horizon 2003 length not known
The Triumph of the Sun 2005 length not known
Assegai 2009 8.9 h

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

The books

  1. 1

    When the Lion Feeds 1964 10.5 h

    The book is all about the Courtney family based in South Africa, before the boa war.

  2. 2

    The Sound of Thunder 1966 8.5 h

  3. 3

    A Sparrow Falls 1977 10.8 h

  4. The Burning Shore 1985 8.0 h

  5. Power of the Sword 1986 16.1 h

  6. 6

    Rage 1987 16.4 h

  7. A Time to Die 1989 length not known

  8. Golden Fox 1990 length not known

  9. Birds of Prey 1997 10.2 h

  10. 10

    Monsoon 1999 11.4 h

  11. Blue Horizon 2003 length not known

  12. The Triumph of the Sun 2005 length not known

  13. Assegai 2009 8.9 h

    By 1913, Leon Courtney has become a big game hunter in British East Africa.

How much is left

After book 1, When the Lion Feeds about 90 hours left, not counting 4 books of unknown length
After book 2, The Sound of Thunder about 82 hours left, not counting 4 books of unknown length
After book 3, A Sparrow Falls about 71 hours left, not counting 4 books of unknown length
After The Burning Shore about 63 hours left, not counting 4 books of unknown length
After Power of the Sword about 47 hours left, not counting 4 books of unknown length
After book 6, Rage about 30 hours left, not counting 4 books of unknown length
After A Time to Die about 30 hours left, not counting 3 books of unknown length
After Golden Fox about 30 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After Birds of Prey about 20 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After book 10, Monsoon about 9 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After Blue Horizon about 9 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After The Triumph of the Sun about 9 hours left

Reading the whole series

About 100 hours 46 minutes

9 of 13 books, 5,496 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.

202 days (about 29 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.