Travis McGee books in order
Travis McGee is a series of 18 books by John D. MacDonald: 3,405 pages in the 14 with a known length, about 62 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.
- 18
- books
- 3,405
- pages in 14 of them
- 62 hours
- to read those 14
- 125 days
- at 30 minutes a day
The Deep Blue Goodbye 3.7 h 2 
A Purple Place for Dying 4.1 h 4 
Nightmare in Pink 4.0 h 
Bright Orange for the Shroud 3.7 h 7 
Darker than Amber 3.7 h 8 
One Fearful Yellow Eye 4.2 h 10 
The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper 5.5 h 
The Long Lavender Look 4.8 h 12 
A Tan and Sandy Silence 4.8 h 13 
Dress Her in Indigo 4.7 h 14 
The Scarlet Ruse 5.8 h 15 
The Turquoise Lament 4.7 h 
The Green Ripper 4.2 h 21 
The Lonely Silver Rain 4.7 h Bar height shows length. Books without a number have no number in our records.
The books
- 1
The Deep Blue Goodbye 1964 3.7 h
TRAVIS MCGEE #1
- 2
A Purple Place for Dying 1964 4.1 h
Travis McGee #3 Travis McGee is summoned to Arizona by a rich, beautiful arrogant woman.
- 4
Nightmare in Pink 1964 4.0 h
Travis McGee #2
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The Quick Red Fox 1964 length not known
- 6
Bright Orange for the Shroud 1965 3.7 h
Travis McGee #6
- 7
Darker than Amber 1966 3.7 h
- 8
One Fearful Yellow Eye 1966 4.2 h
Travis McGee #8 How do you extort $600,000 from a dying man?
- 10
The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper 1968 5.5 h
Travis McGee #10 He had done a big favor for her husband, then for the lady herself.
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Pale Gray for Guilt 1968 length not known
- 11
The Long Lavender Look 1970 4.8 h
Travis McGee #12
- 12
A Tan and Sandy Silence 1971 4.8 h
Travis McGee #13
- 13
Dress Her in Indigo 1969 4.7 h
Travis McGee #11 In "Dress Her In Indigo", Travis McGee promises lovely Bix Bowie's father that he will find out the details of her death.
- 14
The Scarlet Ruse 1972 5.8 h
Travis McGee #14
- 15
The Turquoise Lament 1973 4.7 h
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The Dreadful Lemon Sky 1975 length not known
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The Empty Copper Sea 1978 length not known
- 18
The Green Ripper 1979 4.2 h
Travis McGee #18
- 21
The Lonely Silver Rain 1600 4.7 h
Travis McGee #21
How much is left
| After book 1, The Deep Blue Goodbye | about 59 hours left, not counting 4 books of unknown length |
| After book 2, A Purple Place for Dying | about 55 hours left, not counting 4 books of unknown length |
| After book 4, Nightmare in Pink | about 51 hours left, not counting 4 books of unknown length |
| After The Quick Red Fox | about 51 hours left, not counting 3 books of unknown length |
| After book 6, Bright Orange for the Shroud | about 47 hours left, not counting 3 books of unknown length |
| After book 7, Darker than Amber | about 43 hours left, not counting 3 books of unknown length |
| After book 8, One Fearful Yellow Eye | about 39 hours left, not counting 3 books of unknown length |
| After book 10, The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper | about 34 hours left, not counting 3 books of unknown length |
| After Pale Gray for Guilt | about 34 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 11, The Long Lavender Look | about 29 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 12, A Tan and Sandy Silence | about 24 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 13, Dress Her in Indigo | about 19 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 14, The Scarlet Ruse | about 14 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 15, The Turquoise Lament | about 9 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After The Dreadful Lemon Sky | about 9 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After The Empty Copper Sea | about 9 hours left |
| After book 18, The Green Ripper | about 5 hours left |
Reading the whole series
About 62 hours 26 minutes
14 of 18 books, 3,405 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.
125 days (about 18 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.