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The Forever War books in order

Joe Haldeman

The Forever War is a series of 4 books by Joe Haldeman: 898 pages in the 3 with a known length, about 16 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.

4
books
898
pages in 3 of them
16 hours
to read those 3
33 days
at 30 minutes a day
1 The Forever War 1974 5.0 h 2 Forever Peace 1997 6.6 h 3 Forever Free 1999 4.9 h
Peace and War 2006 length not known

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

The books

  1. 1

    The Forever War 1974 5.0 h

    "The legendary novel of extraterrestrial war in an uncaring universe comes to comics, in a stunningly realized vision of Joe Haldeman's Vietnam War parable epic war story spanning…

  2. 2

    Forever Peace 1997 6.6 h

    Joe Haldeman returns with a story about the horrors of war -- and how we might move past them.

  3. 3

    Forever Free 1999 4.9 h

    From back cover Ace paperback November 2000: A veteran of The Forever War, William Mandella lives on the snow-covered planet set aside for his kind, supporting his family by…

  4. Peace and War 2006 length not known

How much is left

After book 1, The Forever War about 11 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After book 2, Forever Peace about 5 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length

Reading the whole series

About 16 hours 28 minutes

3 of 4 books, 898 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.

33 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.