The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books in order
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a series of 6 books by Douglas Adams: 1,111 pages in the 5 with a known length, about 20 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.
- 6
- books
- 1,111
- pages in 5 of them
- 20 hours
- to read those 5
- 41 days
- at 30 minutes a day
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 4.0 h 2 
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe 4.1 h 3 
Life, the Universe and Everything 3.9 h 4 
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish 3.7 h 5 
Mostly Harmless 4.8 h Bar height shows length.
The books
- 1
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1979 4.0 h
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the first of six books in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction "hexalogy" by Douglas Adams.
- 2
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe 1980 4.1 h
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is the second book in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction "trilogy" by Douglas Adams, and is a sequel.
- 3
Life, the Universe and Everything 1982 3.9 h
Life, the Universe and Everything is the third book in the five-volume Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy science fiction "trilogy" by British writer Douglas Adams.
- 4
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish 1984 3.7 h
Preceded by: Life, the Universe and Everything So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish is the fourth book of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "trilogy" written by Douglas Adams.
- 5
Mostly Harmless 1992 4.8 h
In the fifth volume of the Hitchhiker series, Random, the daughter of Arthur Dent, leaves her remote home planet on the edge of the universe to set out a cross-galactic odyssey in…
- 6
And Another Thing... 2009 length not known
How much is left
| After book 1, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | about 16 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After book 2, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe | about 12 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After book 3, Life, the Universe and Everything | about 8 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After book 4, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish | about 5 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
Reading the whole series
About 20 hours 22 minutes
5 of 6 books, 1,111 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.
41 days (about 6 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.