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The Long Earth books in order

Terry Pratchett

The Long Earth is a series of 5 books by Terry Pratchett: 2,155 pages, about 40 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.

5
books
2,155
pages
40 hours
to read them all
80 days
at 30 minutes a day
1 The Long Earth 2012 7.3 h 2 The Long War 2013 9.0 h 3 The Long Mars 2014 7.8 h 4 The Long Utopia 2015 7.3 h 5 The Long Cosmos 2016 8.2 h

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The books

  1. 1

    The Long Earth 2012 7.3 h

    Terry Pratchett, other than lending his name to this book, wasn't a part of it.

  2. 2

    The Long War 2013 9.0 h

    A generation after the events of The Long Earth, humankind has spread across the new worlds opened up by stepping.

  3. 3

    The Long Mars 2014 7.8 h

    "2040-2045: In the years after the cataclysmic Yellowstone eruption there is massive economic dislocation as populations flee Datum Earth to myriad Long Earth worlds.

  4. 4

    The Long Utopia 2015 7.3 h

    Sequel to The Long Mars.

  5. 5

    The Long Cosmos 2016 8.2 h

    The Next--the hyper-intelligent post-humans--realize that the missive they received from the center of the galaxy contains instructions for kick-starting the development of an…

How much is left

After book 1, The Long Earth about 32 hours left
After book 2, The Long War about 23 hours left
After book 3, The Long Mars about 15 hours left
After book 4, The Long Utopia about 8 hours left

Reading the whole series

About 39 hours 31 minutes

All 5 books, 2,155 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.

80 days (about 12 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.