The Merchant Princes books in order
The Merchant Princes is a series of 9 books by Charles Stross: 3,190 pages, about 58 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.
- 9
- books
- 3,190
- pages
- 58 hours
- to read them all
- 117 days
- at 30 minutes a day
The Family Trade 8.8 h 2 
The Hidden Family 5.8 h 3 
The Clan Corporate 5.9 h 4 
The Merchants' War 6.2 h 5 
The Revolution Business 6.3 h 6 
The Trade of Queens 5.6 h 7 
Empire Games 6.2 h 8 
Dark State 6.5 h 9 
Invisible Sun 7.3 h Bar height shows length.
The books
- 1
The Family Trade 2004 8.8 h
- 2
The Hidden Family 2005 5.8 h
Miriam, a hip tech journalist from Boston, discovered her alternate world relatives in The Family Trade, and with them an elite identity she didn't know was hers.
- 3
The Clan Corporate 2006 5.9 h
- 4
The Merchants' War 2007 6.2 h
- 5
The Revolution Business 2009 6.3 h
- 6
The Trade of Queens 2010 5.6 h
After a nuclear explosion in Washington, D.C., kills the president, a dissident faction of the Clan from an alternate universe joins a faction of the U.S. government in a…
- 7
Empire Games 2017 6.2 h
331 pages ; 24 cm
- 8
Dark State 2018 6.5 h
Hugo Award-winning author Charlie Stross dives deep into the underbelly of paratime espionage, nuclear warfare, and state surveillance in this provocative techno-thriller set in…
- 9
Invisible Sun 2021 7.3 h
How much is left
| After book 1, The Family Trade | about 50 hours left |
| After book 2, The Hidden Family | about 44 hours left |
| After book 3, The Clan Corporate | about 38 hours left |
| After book 4, The Merchants' War | about 32 hours left |
| After book 5, The Revolution Business | about 26 hours left |
| After book 6, The Trade of Queens | about 20 hours left |
| After book 7, Empire Games | about 14 hours left |
| After book 8, Dark State | about 7 hours left |
Reading the whole series
About 58 hours 29 minutes
All 9 books, 3,190 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.
117 days (about 17 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.