Waverley books in order
Waverley is a series of 19 books by Sir Walter Scott: 4,177 pages in the 10 with a known length, about 77 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.
- 19
- books
- 4,177
- pages in 10 of them
- 77 hours
- to read those 10
- 154 days
- at 30 minutes a day
Waverley 8.6 h 2 
Guy Mannering 8.4 h 3 
The Antiquary 8.0 h 4 
Rob Roy 8.1 h 5 
Ivanhoe 9.0 h 
The Fortunes of Nigel 6.4 h 
Redgauntlet 8.7 h 
The Talisman 6.8 h 22 
The Fair Maid of Perth 8.6 h Bar height shows length. Books without a number have no number in our records.
The books
- 1
Waverley 1814 8.6 h
"The story of Edward Waverley, a naïve, sensitive young man who is posted to Scotland with his regiment, and becomes caught between the clans of the Jacobite Rising and the forces…
- 2
Guy Mannering 1815 8.4 h
A novel by Sir Walter Scott, published anonymously in 1815.
- 3
The Antiquary 1816 8.0 h
"The third of Sir Walter Scott's acclaimed Waverley Novels, a series that included Rob Roy and Ivanhoe, The Antiquary is set in Scotland in the last years of the eighteenth…
- 4
Rob Roy 1817 8.1 h
A historical novel first published in 1817, this was one of the first popular novels to attempt the use of regional dialect, in this case both Scottish highland and lowland…
- 5
Ivanhoe 1819 9.0 h
The father of the historical novel, Sir Walter Scott invented a literary form that has remained popular for over one hundred and fifty years.
- 6
Kenilworth 1821 length not known
- 7
The Pirate 1822 length not known
- 8
The Fortunes of Nigel 1822 6.4 h
This new edition of The Bride of Lammermoor restores the action to 1703, before the Union of Scotland and England in 1707 rather than after it, which is where Scott's revisions of…
- 9
Peveril of the Peak 1823 length not known
- 10
Quentin Durward 1823 4.0 h
- 10
Quentin Durward (1912 edition) 1823 length not known
- 11
St. Ronan's Well 1823 length not known
- 12
Redgauntlet 1824 8.7 h
xlvi, 467p.
- 13
Woodstock 1826 length not known
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Anne of Geierstein 1829 length not known
- 14
The Siege of Malta 2008 length not known
- 15
Bizarro 2008 length not known
- 20
The Talisman 1800 6.8 h
- 22
The Fair Maid of Perth 1828 8.6 h
How much is left
| After book 1, Waverley | about 68 hours left, not counting 9 books of unknown length |
| After book 2, Guy Mannering | about 60 hours left, not counting 9 books of unknown length |
| After book 3, The Antiquary | about 52 hours left, not counting 9 books of unknown length |
| After book 4, Rob Roy | about 43 hours left, not counting 9 books of unknown length |
| After book 5, Ivanhoe | about 34 hours left, not counting 9 books of unknown length |
| After book 6, Kenilworth | about 34 hours left, not counting 8 books of unknown length |
| After book 7, The Pirate | about 34 hours left, not counting 7 books of unknown length |
| After book 8, The Fortunes of Nigel | about 28 hours left, not counting 7 books of unknown length |
| After book 9, Peveril of the Peak | about 28 hours left, not counting 6 books of unknown length |
| After book 10, Quentin Durward | about 24 hours left, not counting 6 books of unknown length |
| After book 10, Quentin Durward (1912 edition) | about 24 hours left, not counting 5 books of unknown length |
| After book 11, St. Ronan's Well | about 24 hours left, not counting 4 books of unknown length |
| After book 12, Redgauntlet | about 15 hours left, not counting 4 books of unknown length |
| After book 13, Woodstock | about 15 hours left, not counting 3 books of unknown length |
| After Anne of Geierstein | about 15 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 14, The Siege of Malta | about 15 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After book 15, Bizarro | about 15 hours left |
| After book 20, The Talisman | about 9 hours left |
Reading the whole series
About 76 hours 35 minutes
10 of 19 books, 4,177 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.
154 days (about 22 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.