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Wild Cards books in order

George R. R. Martin

Wild Cards is a series of 11 books by George R. R. Martin: 3,544 pages in the 8 with a known length, about 65 hours of reading. Shown in publication order; no numbering is on record.

11
books
3,544
pages in 8 of them
65 hours
to read those 8
130 days
at 30 minutes a day
Aces High 1987 7.3 h Jokers Wild 1987 7.6 h
Shell Games 1987 length not known
Wild Cards 1987 9.1 h Aces Abroad 1988 9.1 h
Down and Dirty 1988 length not known
Ace in the Hole 1990 7.6 h Dead Man's Hand 1990 6.5 h Jokertown Shuffle 1991 9.4 h One-Eyed Jacks 1991 8.5 h
The Sleeper length not known

Bar height shows length. Books without a number have no number in our records.

The books

  1. Aces High 1987 7.3 h

    "After the alien virus struck humanity in the wake of World War II, a handful of the survivors found they possessed superhuman powers.

  2. Jokers Wild 1987 7.6 h

    The streets of New York have erupted in celebration of Wild Card Day - the annual event held every September 15th to remember the dead and cherish the living.

  3. Shell Games 1987 length not known

  4. Wild Cards 1987 9.1 h

    The alien virus arrived on Earth just after World War II - and the world was never the same.

  5. Aces Abroad 1988 9.1 h

    Return to the early days of the Wild Cards series, as a group of super-powered Aces set off on a fact-finding tour of the world.

  6. Down and Dirty 1988 length not known

  7. Ace in the Hole 1990 7.6 h

  8. Dead Man's Hand 1990 6.5 h

    The brutal murder of Chrysalis, the glass-skinned queen of the Joker underworld, leads Ace private investigator Jay Ackroyd and the Yeoman, who has been framed for the crime, to…

  9. Jokertown Shuffle 1991 9.4 h

  10. One-Eyed Jacks 1991 8.5 h

  11. The Sleeper length not known

How much is left

After Aces High about 58 hours left, not counting 3 books of unknown length
After Jokers Wild about 50 hours left, not counting 3 books of unknown length
After Shell Games about 50 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After Wild Cards about 41 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After Aces Abroad about 32 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length
After Down and Dirty about 32 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After Ace in the Hole about 24 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After Dead Man's Hand about 18 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After Jokertown Shuffle about 9 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length

Reading the whole series

About 64 hours 58 minutes

8 of 11 books, 3,544 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.

130 days (about 19 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.