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The Vorkosigan Saga books in order

Lois McMaster Bujold

The Vorkosigan Saga is a series of 23 books by Lois McMaster Bujold: 5,337 pages in the 17 with a known length, about 98 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.

23
books
5,337
pages in 17 of them
98 hours
to read those 17
196 days
at 30 minutes a day
1 Shards of Honor 1986 5.0 h
2 The Warrior's Apprentice 1986 length not known
3 Ethan of Athos 1986 4.4 h 4 Falling Free 1988 5.6 h
5 Brothers in Arms 1989 length not known
6 Borders of Infinity 1989 length not known
6 The Mountains of Mourning 1989 length not known
7 The Vor Game 1990 6.4 h
7 Weatherman 1990 length not known
8 Barrayar 1991 7.1 h 9 Mirror Dance 1994 7.2 h 10 Cetaganda 1996 5.5 h
11 Labyrinth 1989 length not known
11 Dreamweaver's Dilemma 1996 4.6 h 12 Memory 1996 8.5 h 13 Komarr 1998 5.8 h 14 A Civil Campaign 1999 7.7 h 15 Winterfair Gifts 2004 1.4 h 16 Diplomatic Immunity 2002 6.1 h 17 Cryoburn 2010 6.4 h 18 Captain Vorpatril's Alliance 2012 7.9 h 19 Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen 2016 6.5 h 20 The Flowers of Vashnoi 2018 1.8 h

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The books

  1. 1

    Shards of Honor 1986 5.0 h

    Cordelia Naismith, captain of a Betan survey ship, is exploring a newly found planet when her camp comes under attack.

  2. 2

    The Warrior's Apprentice 1986 length not known

  3. 3

    Ethan of Athos 1986 4.4 h

    You'd think that an obstetrician on a planet forbidden to women would be underemployed...

  4. 4

    Falling Free 1988 5.6 h

    From the back cover: Leo Graf was just your average highly efficient engineer: mind your own business, fix what's wrong and move on to the next job.

  5. 5

    Brothers in Arms 1989 length not known

  6. 6

    Borders of Infinity 1989 length not known

  7. 6

    The Mountains of Mourning 1989 length not known

  8. 7

    The Vor Game 1990 6.4 h

  9. 7

    Weatherman 1990 length not known

  10. 8

    Barrayar 1991 7.1 h

    Sequel to "Shards of Honor".

  11. 9

    Mirror Dance 1994 7.2 h

    Mark Vorkosigan hijacks a ship of the Dendarii Mercenaries and flies to the outlaw planet, Jackson's Whole, to destroy the clone creches where he was raised.

  12. 10

    Cetaganda 1996 5.5 h

    The hero, Miles Vorkosigan, is sent to represent his planet at the funeral of the empress of the planet Cetaganda.

  13. 11

    Labyrinth 1989 length not known

  14. 11

    Dreamweaver's Dilemma 1996 4.6 h

  15. 12

    Memory 1996 8.5 h

    A disgraced space hero gets a second chance.

  16. 13

    Komarr 1998 5.8 h

    Agent Miles Vorkosigan investigates terrorism and financial speculation on the planet Komarr.

  17. 14

    A Civil Campaign 1999 7.7 h

    Miles Vorkosigan launches a campaign to win the heart of Ekatarina, whose former husband died as a result of Miles' investigations in the book Komarr, by the same author.

  18. 15

    Winterfair Gifts 2004 1.4 h

  19. 16

    Diplomatic Immunity 2002 6.1 h

  20. 17

    Cryoburn 2010 6.4 h

    When a Kibou-daini cryocorp--an immortal company whose job it is to shepherd its all-too-mortal frozen patrons into an unknown future--attempts to expand its franchise into the…

  21. 18

    Captain Vorpatril's Alliance 2012 7.9 h

    "Book Fourteen in the best-selling Vorkosigan series.

  22. 19

    Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen 2016 6.5 h

    The last volume of Bujold's award winning Vorkosigan saga, Cordelia needs to find a new direction for her life.

  23. 20

    The Flowers of Vashnoi 2018 1.8 h

How much is left

After book 1, Shards of Honor about 93 hours left, not counting 6 books of unknown length
After book 2, The Warrior's Apprentice about 93 hours left, not counting 5 books of unknown length
After book 3, Ethan of Athos about 88 hours left, not counting 5 books of unknown length
After book 4, Falling Free about 83 hours left, not counting 5 books of unknown length
After book 5, Brothers in Arms about 83 hours left, not counting 4 books of unknown length
After book 6, Borders of Infinity about 83 hours left, not counting 3 books of unknown length
After book 6, The Mountains of Mourning about 83 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After book 7, The Vor Game about 76 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After book 7, Weatherman about 76 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After book 8, Barrayar about 69 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After book 9, Mirror Dance about 62 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After book 10, Cetaganda about 57 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After book 11, Labyrinth about 57 hours left
After book 11, Dreamweaver's Dilemma about 52 hours left
After book 12, Memory about 44 hours left
After book 13, Komarr about 38 hours left
After book 14, A Civil Campaign about 30 hours left
After book 15, Winterfair Gifts about 29 hours left
After book 16, Diplomatic Immunity about 23 hours left
After book 17, Cryoburn about 16 hours left
After book 18, Captain Vorpatril's Alliance about 8 hours left
After book 19, Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen about 2 hours left

Reading the whole series

About 97 hours 51 minutes

17 of 23 books, 5,337 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.

196 days (about 28 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.