While more books have been published, the original Red Rising trilogy is a complete story and only three books – approxinately 880K words.
Leviathan Wakes is a much longer series. According to wikipedia, the series totals 5062 pages across the 9 novels, 467 across the other 9 short stories and novellas, and a total of 5529 pages in its entirety. The audiobook collections are approximately 178 hours, 17 hours, and 195 hours long respectively.
Start with Red Rising.
SonofSeth13 on
If you prefer Star Trek go with Leviathan Wakes, if you prefer Star Wars go with Red Rising.
BeastOfMars on
Red Rising reads a lot more YA. I started it but it wasn’t my jam. The Expanse series on the other hand is very engrossing and I couldn’t get enough of it. Obvi depends on your personal tastes.
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While more books have been published, the original Red Rising trilogy is a complete story and only three books – approxinately 880K words.
Leviathan Wakes is a much longer series. According to wikipedia, the series totals 5062 pages across the 9 novels, 467 across the other 9 short stories and novellas, and a total of 5529 pages in its entirety. The audiobook collections are approximately 178 hours, 17 hours, and 195 hours long respectively.
Start with Red Rising.
If you prefer Star Trek go with Leviathan Wakes, if you prefer Star Wars go with Red Rising.
Red Rising reads a lot more YA. I started it but it wasn’t my jam. The Expanse series on the other hand is very engrossing and I couldn’t get enough of it. Obvi depends on your personal tastes.