Series

Hyperion Cantos series in reading order

There are 4 books in the Hyperion Cantos series.

Published between 1989 and 1997, in the same order they are meant to be read.

The Hyperion Cantos is Dan Simmons's science-fiction series of four novels: Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion and The Rise of Endymion. Hyperion follows seven pilgrims travelling to the Time Tombs and the Shrike, each telling their own story on the way. The four read as two linked pairs, and the Endymion books are set generations after the first two.

All 4 books, in reading order

• 1. Hyperion (1989) — Dan Simmons · 492 pages
• 2. The Fall of Hyperion (1989) — Dan Simmons · 530 pages
• 3. Endymion (1995) — Dan Simmons · 577 pages
• 4. The Rise of Endymion (1997) — Dan Simmons · 709 pages

All 4 books total 2,308 pages.

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