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Diane Duane

Young Wizards is a series of 12 books by Diane Duane: 5,145 pages, about 94 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.

12
books
5,145
pages
94 hours
to read them all
189 days
at 30 minutes a day
1 So You Want to Be a Wizard 1983 7.1 h 2 Deep Wizardry 1985 6.8 h 3 High Wizardry 1990 6.5 h 4 A Wizard Abroad 1993 6.4 h The Book of Night with Moon 1997 7.2 h To Visit the Queen 1998 6.8 h 5 The Wizard's Dilemma 2001 7.6 h 6 A Wizard Alone 2002 6.1 h 7 Wizard's Holiday 2003 7.8 h Wizards at War 2005 10.2 h A Wizard of Mars 2010 10.3 h Games Wizards Play 2016 11.7 h

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The books

  1. 1

    So You Want to Be a Wizard 1983 7.1 h

    Thirteen-year-old Nita, tormented by a gang of bullies because she won't fight back, finds the help she needs in a library book on wizardry which guides her into another dimension.

  2. 2

    Deep Wizardry 1985 6.8 h

    During a summer vacation at the beach, thirteen-year-old wizard Nita and her friend Kit assist the whale-wizard S'reee in combating an evil power.

  3. 3

    High Wizardry 1990 6.5 h

    When her younger sister uses the family computer with its special wizard software to travel to worlds light years away, Nita uses her wizardry to try to find her.

  4. 4

    A Wizard Abroad 1993 6.4 h

    Sent on vacation to her aunt's home in Ireland, teenage wizard Nita becomes entangled in a magic battle to save the country from the ghosts of its past.

  5. The Book of Night with Moon 1997 7.2 h

    Rhiow seems a typical New York City cat: pampered by her Upper East Side owners, permitted in good weather to lounge on the apartment balcony, never allowed to run free.

  6. To Visit the Queen 1998 6.8 h

    The cat heroes of The Book of Night with Moon are called out of our time and into the year 1874 to help prevent an assassination plot against Queen Victoria in this delightful…

  7. 5

    The Wizard's Dilemma 2001 7.6 h

    Teenage wizard Nita travels to other universes to find a cure for her mother who has brain cancer.

  8. 6

    A Wizard Alone 2002 6.1 h

    While Nita mourns her mother's death, teenage wizard Kit and his dog Ponch set out to find a young autistic boy who vanished in the middle of his Ordeal, pursued by the Lone Power.

  9. 7

    Wizard's Holiday 2003 7.8 h

    While Nita's sister and her dad host three young alien wizards, teenage wizards Nita and Kit travel halfway across the galaxy as part of an exchange program and find themselves…

  10. Wizards at War 2005 10.2 h

    Nita and Kit rejoin forces when a strange darkness of the mind overcomes the older wizards, stealing away their power, and forcing the younger wizards to go to war to save the…

  11. A Wizard of Mars 2010 10.3 h

    Young wizards Kit Rodriguez and Nita Callahan manage to wangle their way onto an elite team sent to investigate the mysterious, long-sought "message in a bottle" that holds the…

  12. Games Wizards Play 2016 11.7 h

    In the exciting tenth installment in the Young Wizards series, Nita and Kit take part in a planetwide wizardry competition.

How much is left

After book 1, So You Want to Be a Wizard about 87 hours left
After book 2, Deep Wizardry about 80 hours left
After book 3, High Wizardry about 74 hours left
After book 4, A Wizard Abroad about 68 hours left
After The Book of Night with Moon about 60 hours left
After To Visit the Queen about 54 hours left
After book 5, The Wizard's Dilemma about 46 hours left
After book 6, A Wizard Alone about 40 hours left
After book 7, Wizard's Holiday about 32 hours left
After Wizards at War about 22 hours left
After A Wizard of Mars about 12 hours left

Reading the whole series

About 94 hours 20 minutes

All 12 books, 5,145 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.

189 days (about 27 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.