Books in order
Jean M. Auel books in order
Jean M. Auel's Earth's Children series has 6 main books, starting with The Clan of the Cave Bear (1980). Here they are in reading order, with page counts and reading times.
Earth's Children
6 books · 1980–2011 · 79 h 34 min- #1The Clan of the Cave Bear1980
- #2The Valley of Horses1982
- #3The Mammoth Hunters1985
- #4The Plains of Passage1990
- #5The Shelters of Stone2002
- #6The Land of Painted Caves2011
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Reading Jean M. Auel
- What order should I read Jean M. Auel's books in?
- Read Earth's Children in its numbered order, starting with The Clan of the Cave Bear.
- Which Jean M. Auel book should I read first?
- Most readers start with the first book of the earliest series: The Clan of the Cave Bear (1980), book 1 of Earth's Children.