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Love Comes Softly Reading Order
Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke has 8 main books (1979–1989). Start with Love Comes Softly (1979) and read the numbered books in order.
By Janette Oke
Love Comes Softly books in order
Your reading speed
- 4 h 28 min
- 5 h 3 min
- 4 h 9 min
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- 4 h 1 min
- 4 h 11 min
- 4 h 12 min
- 4 h 4 min
- 4 h 42 min
Main books together: 1,988 pages, about 34 h 50 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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Love Comes Softly: common questions
- How many books are in the Love Comes Softly series?
- There are 8 main books in Love Comes Softly. The most recent main book listed here is Love Finds a Home (1989).
- What order should I read Love Comes Softly in?
- Read Love Comes Softly in its numbered order: Love Comes Softly, Love's Enduring Promise, Love's Long Journey, Love's Abiding Joy, and so on.
- What is the first Love Comes Softly book?
- The first book is Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke, published in 1979.
- How long does it take to read the whole Love Comes Softly series?
- The 8 main books add up to about 1,988 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 35 hours of reading, or about 70 days at 30 minutes a day.