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Mistborn books in order

The 7 books of Mistborn in series order, with the median page count of each across English print editions. The 2 books with page data add up to about 1,398 pages.

Books in order
7
numbered on Wikidata
Total pages
1,398
sum of medians, 2 books
Reading time
25h
at average speed
  1. 1
    The Final Empire
    10 editions
    612 pages
    10 h 47 min
  2. 2
    The Well of Ascension
    6 editions
    786 pages
    13 h 52 min
  3. 3
    Mistborn: The Hero of Ages
    2008 · too few editions with page counts to show a figure
    –
  4. 4
    Mistborn: The Alloy of Law
    2011 · too few editions with page counts to show a figure
    –
  5. 5
    Mistborn: Shadows of Self
    2015 · too few editions with page counts to show a figure
    –
  6. 6
    Mistborn: The Bands of Mourning
    2016 · too few editions with page counts to show a figure
    –
  7. 7
    Mistborn: The Lost Metal
    2022 · too few editions with page counts to show a figure
    –

Pages per book, in series order

Median page count across English print editions.

1. The Final Empire6112. The Well of Ascension786
1. The Final Empire6112. The Well of Ascen…786
Open Library edition records; order from Wikidata series numbers.

How long to read the whole series?

Based on 1,398 pages for the 2 books with page data.

Reading time
24 h 39 min
At 30 min a day
50 days
At 1 hour a day
25 days
Order follows the series number recorded on Wikidata. Novellas numbered with decimals (for example 2.5) sit between the main books.

Data: Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors); Open Library monthly data dumps (works, editions, authors, reading log, ratings) (Open Library / Internet Archive); How many words do we read per minute? A review and meta-analysis of reading rate (Marc Brysbaert, Journal of Memory and Language 109 (2019)).