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Little House Reading Order

Little House by Laura Ingalls Wilder has 9 main books (1932–1971). Start with Little House in the Big Woods (1932) and read the numbered books in order.

By Laura Ingalls Wilder

Little House books in order

Your reading speed

  1. 3 h 59 min
  2. #2

    Farmer Boy

    1933 · 372 pages

    6 h 31 min
  3. #3

    Little House on the Prairie

    1935 · 309 pages

    5 h 25 min
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  5. #4

    On the Banks of Plum Creek

    1937 · 338 pages

    5 h 55 min
  6. #5

    By the Shores of Silver Lake

    1939 · 290 pages

    5 h 5 min
  7. #6

    The Long Winter

    1940 · 335 pages

    5 h 52 min
  8. #7

    Little Town on the Prairie

    1941 · 305 pages

    5 h 20 min
  9. #8

    These Happy Golden Years

    1943 · 304 pages

    5 h 19 min
  10. #9

    The First Four Years

    1971 · 134 pages

    2 h 21 min

Main books together: 2,615 pages, about 45 h 47 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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Little House: common questions

How many books are in the Little House series?
There are 9 main books in Little House. The most recent main book listed here is The First Four Years (1971).
What order should I read Little House in?
Read Little House in its numbered order: Little House in the Big Woods, Farmer Boy, Little House on the Prairie, On the Banks of Plum Creek, and so on.
What is the first Little House book?
The first book is Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder, published in 1932.
How long does it take to read the whole Little House series?
The 9 main books add up to about 2,615 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 46 hours of reading, or about 92 days at 30 minutes a day.

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