The Walking Dead books in order
The Walking Dead is a series of 32 books by Robert Kirkman: 1,636 pages in the 12 with a known length, about 30 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.
- 32
- books
- 1,636
- pages in 12 of them
- 30 hours
- to read those 12
- 60 days
- at 30 minutes a day
Safety Behind Bars 2.5 h 
This Sorrowful Life 2.6 h 7 
The Calm Before 2.5 h 8 
Made to Suffer 2.5 h 9 
Here We Remain 2.5 h 10 
What We Become 2.5 h 
We Find Ourselves 2.4 h 16 
A Larger World 2.5 h 
A New Beginning 2.5 h 
A Certain Doom 2.5 h 29 
Lines We Cross 2.5 h 
The rotten core 2.5 h Bar height shows length.
The books
- 1
Days Gone Bye length not known
- 2
Miles Behind Us length not known
- 3
Safety Behind Bars 2005 2.5 h
An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living.
- 4
The Heart's Desire length not known
- 5
The Best Defense length not known
- 6
This Sorrowful Life 2007 2.6 h
Trapped in a town surrounded by madmen, Rick must find a way out or die trying.
- 7
The Calm Before 2007 2.5 h
In a world ruled by the dead, the survivors are forced to finally start living.
- 8
Made to Suffer 2008 2.5 h
The world we knew is gone.
- 9
Here We Remain 2009 2.5 h
In the last volume we learned that no one is safe.
- 10
What We Become 2009 2.5 h
Out on their own, danger lurking around every corner, our ragged band of survivors tries to live long enough to reach Washington, D.C... but at what cost?
- 11
Fear the Hunters length not known
- 12
Life Among Them length not known
- 13
Too Far Gone length not known
- 14
No Way Out length not known
- 15
We Find Ourselves 2011 2.4 h
The events of the previous volume, "No Way Out," have affected everyone in the community, and not everyone has survived to pick up the pieces.
- 16
A Larger World 2012 2.5 h
Rick discovers that there are communities of survivors nearby, and begins to explore a larger world.
- 17
Something to Fear length not known
- 18
What Comes After length not known
- 19
March to War length not known
- 20
All Out War (Part One) length not known
- 21
All Out War (Part Two) length not known
- 22
A New Beginning 2014 2.5 h
The world we knew is gone.
- 23
Whispers into Screams length not known
- 24
Life and Death length not known
- 25
No Turning Back length not known
- 26
Call to Arms length not known
- 27
The Whisperer War length not known
- 28
A Certain Doom 2017 2.5 h
In the aftermath of The Whisperer War -- ALL IS LOST as Rick and all of Alexandria fight for survival against the largest horde of walkers they've ever faced.
- 29
Lines We Cross 2018 2.5 h
Recent events have thrown Alexandria into turmoil, and now Rick, Dwight, Eugene and Negan all have something to prove.
- 30
New World Order length not known
- 31
The rotten core 2019 2.5 h
Rick leads the Commonwealth's Governor, Pamela Milton, on a tour of the various communities Alexandria is aligned with.
- 32
Rest in peace length not known
How much is left
| After book 1, Days Gone Bye | about 30 hours left, not counting 19 books of unknown length |
| After book 2, Miles Behind Us | about 30 hours left, not counting 18 books of unknown length |
| After book 3, Safety Behind Bars | about 28 hours left, not counting 18 books of unknown length |
| After book 4, The Heart's Desire | about 28 hours left, not counting 17 books of unknown length |
| After book 5, The Best Defense | about 28 hours left, not counting 16 books of unknown length |
| After book 6, This Sorrowful Life | about 25 hours left, not counting 16 books of unknown length |
| After book 7, The Calm Before | about 22 hours left, not counting 16 books of unknown length |
| After book 8, Made to Suffer | about 20 hours left, not counting 16 books of unknown length |
| After book 9, Here We Remain | about 17 hours left, not counting 16 books of unknown length |
| After book 10, What We Become | about 15 hours left, not counting 16 books of unknown length |
| After book 11, Fear the Hunters | about 15 hours left, not counting 15 books of unknown length |
| After book 12, Life Among Them | about 15 hours left, not counting 14 books of unknown length |
| After book 13, Too Far Gone | about 15 hours left, not counting 13 books of unknown length |
| After book 14, No Way Out | about 15 hours left, not counting 12 books of unknown length |
| After book 15, We Find Ourselves | about 12 hours left, not counting 12 books of unknown length |
| After book 16, A Larger World | about 10 hours left, not counting 12 books of unknown length |
| After book 17, Something to Fear | about 10 hours left, not counting 11 books of unknown length |
| After book 18, What Comes After | about 10 hours left, not counting 10 books of unknown length |
| After book 19, March to War | about 10 hours left, not counting 9 books of unknown length |
| After book 20, All Out War (Part One) | about 10 hours left, not counting 8 books of unknown length |
| After book 21, All Out War (Part Two) | about 10 hours left, not counting 7 books of unknown length |
| After book 22, A New Beginning | about 7 hours left, not counting 7 books of unknown length |
| After book 23, Whispers into Screams | about 7 hours left, not counting 6 books of unknown length |
| After book 24, Life and Death | about 7 hours left, not counting 5 books of unknown length |
| After book 25, No Turning Back | about 7 hours left, not counting 4 books of unknown length |
| After book 26, Call to Arms | about 7 hours left, not counting 3 books of unknown length |
| After book 27, The Whisperer War | about 7 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 28, A Certain Doom | about 5 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 29, Lines We Cross | about 3 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 30, New World Order | about 3 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
Reading the whole series
About 30 hours
12 of 32 books, 1,636 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.
60 days (about 9 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.