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Little Women Reading Order
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott has 3 main books (1868–1886). Start with Little Women (1868) and read the numbered books in order.
Little Women books in order
Your reading speed
- 6 h 57 min
- 5 h
- 5 h 45 min
Main books together: 1,011 pages, about 17 h 42 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 Women: common questions
- How many books are in the Little Women series?
- There are 3 main books in Little Women. The most recent main book listed here is Jo's Boys (1886).
- What order should I read Little Women in?
- Read Little Women in its numbered order: Little Women, Little Men, Jo's Boys.
- What is the first Little Women book?
- The first book is Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, published in 1868.
- How long does it take to read the whole Little Women series?
- The 3 main books add up to about 1,011 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 17½ hours of reading, or about 36 days at 30 minutes a day.