Reading Plans
Every plan reads its books in the order the Bible has them, and the days are balanced by how much there is to read rather than by how many chapters.
The Apocrypha in 90 DaysThe fifteen books the 1611 King James printed between the testaments.The Maccabees in a MonthThe revolt against the Greek kings, and what it cost the people who fought it.Four Stories From the ApocryphaTobit, Judith, Susanna, and Bel and the Dragon. Four short tales in two weeks.The Apocrypha's Wisdom Books in 45 DaysWisdom of Solomon and Ecclesiasticus, the long sayings collections.1 Enoch in a MonthWatchers, giants, tours of heaven and a calendar of the stars, over 30 days.The Whole Bible in a YearEvery chapter, in the order the Bible has them, over 365 days.The New Testament in 90 DaysMatthew through Revelation in three months.The Four Gospels in a MonthMatthew, Mark, Luke and John. Four accounts of one life, in 30 days.Psalms and Proverbs in 60 DaysThe songs and the sayings, side by side, over two months.The Old Testament in a YearGenesis through Malachi across 365 days, at a gentler pace.The Whole Bible in 90 DaysThe entire Bible in three months. Around forty minutes a day.John in Three WeeksOne chapter a day. The Gospel that opens with a claim rather than a genealogy.Proverbs in a MonthA chapter a day for thirty-one days, which is how the book is built.The Psalms in 60 DaysAll hundred and fifty, at two or three a day.The Books of Moses in 60 DaysGenesis through Deuteronomy. Where everything after it starts.The Letters in 90 DaysRomans through Jude, written to particular people about particular trouble.The Prophets in 120 DaysIsaiah through Malachi, the hardest stretch of the Old Testament, unhurried.The Wisdom Books in 90 DaysJob, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song. Suffering, prayer and sense.The New Testament, a Chapter a DayMatthew through Revelation, one chapter at a time, over 260 days.