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Left Behind Reading Order
Left Behind by Tim LaHaye has 12 main books (1995–2004). Start with Left Behind (1995) and read the numbered books in order.
By Tim LaHaye with Jerry B. Jenkins
Left Behind books in order
Your reading speed
- 6 h 42 min
- 6 h 22 min
- 7 h 21 min
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- 7 h 27 min
- 7 h 3 min
- 7 h 17 min
- 7 h 35 min
- 6 h 40 min
- 7 h 8 min
- 7 h 32 min
- 7 h 43 min
- 7 h 55 min
Main books together: 4,956 pages, about 86 h 45 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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Left Behind: common questions
- How many books are in the Left Behind series?
- There are 12 main books in Left Behind. The most recent main book listed here is Glorious Appearing (2004).
- What order should I read Left Behind in?
- Read Left Behind in its numbered order: Left Behind, Tribulation Force, Nicolae, Soul Harvest, and so on.
- What is the first Left Behind book?
- The first book is Left Behind by Tim LaHaye, published in 1995.
- How long does it take to read the whole Left Behind series?
- The 12 main books add up to about 4,956 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 87 hours of reading, or about 174 days at 30 minutes a day.