Wayward Children books in order
Wayward Children is a series of 8 books by Seanan McGuire: 1,127 pages in the 6 with a known length, about 21 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.
- 8
- books
- 1,127
- pages in 6 of them
- 21 hours
- to read those 6
- 42 days
- at 30 minutes a day
Every Heart a Doorway 3.2 h 2 
Down Among the Sticks and Bones 3.4 h 3 
Beneath the Sugar Sky 3.5 h 4 
In an Absent Dream 3.8 h 
Across the Green Grass Fields 3.8 h Bar height shows length.
The books
- 1
Every Heart a Doorway 2016 3.2 h
Children have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells…
- 2
Down Among the Sticks and Bones 2017 3.4 h
"Twin sisters Jack and Jill were seventeen when they found their way home and were packed off to Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children ... Jacqueline was her mother's perfect…
- 3
Beneath the Sugar Sky 2018 3.5 h
Beneath the Sugar Sky, the third book in McGuire's Wayward Children series, returns to Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children in a standalone contemporary fantasy for fans of…
- 4
In an Absent Dream 2019 3.8 h
This fourth entry and prequel tells the story of Lundy, a very serious young girl who would rather study and dream than become a respectable housewife and live up to the…
- 5
Come Tumbling Down 2020 length not known
- 6
Across the Green Grass Fields 2021 3.8 h
- 7
Where the Drowned Girls Go 2022 length not known
- 8
Lost in the Moment and Found 2023 2.9 h
How much is left
| After book 1, Every Heart a Doorway | about 17 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 2, Down Among the Sticks and Bones | about 14 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 3, Beneath the Sugar Sky | about 11 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 4, In an Absent Dream | about 7 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 5, Come Tumbling Down | about 7 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After book 6, Across the Green Grass Fields | about 3 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After book 7, Where the Drowned Girls Go | about 3 hours left |
Reading the whole series
About 20 hours 40 minutes
6 of 8 books, 1,127 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.
42 days (about 6 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.