The Lord of the Rings books in order
The Lord of the Rings is a series of 10 books by J. R. R. Tolkien: 1,596 pages in the 4 with a known length, about 29 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.
- 10
- books
- 1,596
- pages in 4 of them
- 29 hours
- to read those 4
- 59 days
- at 30 minutes a day
The Fellowship of the Ring 9.0 h 
The Two Towers 7.9 h 
The Treason of Isengard 9.0 h 
Appendices of The Lord of the Rings 3.3 h Bar height shows length. Books without a number have no number in our records.
The books
- 1
The Fellowship of the Ring 1954 9.0 h
- 1
The First Journey length not known
- 2
The Two Towers 1954 7.9 h
The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien's three-volume epic, is set in the imaginary world of Middle-earth -- home to many strange beings, and most notably hobbits, a peace-loving…
- 2
The Journey of the Nine Companions length not known
- 3
The Treason of Isengard 1950 9.0 h
THE RETURN OF THE KING, which brings to a close the great epic of war and adventure begun in The Fellowship of the Ring and continued in The Two Towers, is the third and final…
- 4
The Ring Goes East length not known
- 5
The War of the Ring length not known
- 6
The End of the Third Age length not known
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Appendices of The Lord of the Rings 1954 3.3 h
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Concerning Hobbits length not known
How much is left
| After book 1, The Fellowship of the Ring | about 20 hours left, not counting 6 books of unknown length |
| After book 1, The First Journey | about 20 hours left, not counting 5 books of unknown length |
| After book 2, The Two Towers | about 12 hours left, not counting 5 books of unknown length |
| After book 2, The Journey of the Nine Companions | about 12 hours left, not counting 4 books of unknown length |
| After book 3, The Treason of Isengard | about 3 hours left, not counting 4 books of unknown length |
| After book 4, The Ring Goes East | about 3 hours left, not counting 3 books of unknown length |
| After book 5, The War of the Ring | about 3 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 6, The End of the Third Age | about 3 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
Reading the whole series
About 29 hours 16 minutes
4 of 10 books, 1,596 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.
59 days (about 9 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.