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Earth's Children Reading Order
Earth's Children by Jean M. Auel has 6 main books (1980–2011). Start with The Clan of the Cave Bear (1980) and read the numbered books in order.
By Jean M. Auel
Earth's Children books in order
Your reading speed
- 9 h 10 min
- 13 h 27 min
- 12 h 35 min
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- 16 h 3 min
- 14 h 34 min
- 13 h 45 min
Main books together: 4,545 pages, about 79 h 34 min at 238 words per minute.
Page counts: median across editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
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Earth's Children: common questions
- How many books are in the Earth's Children series?
- There are 6 main books in Earth's Children. The most recent main book listed here is The Land of Painted Caves (2011).
- What order should I read Earth's Children in?
- Read Earth's Children in its numbered order: The Clan of the Cave Bear, The Valley of Horses, The Mammoth Hunters, The Plains of Passage, and so on.
- What is the first Earth's Children book?
- The first book is The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel, published in 1980.
- How long does it take to read the whole Earth's Children series?
- The 6 main books add up to about 4,545 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 79½ hours of reading, or about 160 days at 30 minutes a day.