Reading order · Kids & middle grade
Time Quintet Reading Order
Time Quintet by Madeleine L'Engle has 5 main books (1962–1989). Start with A Wrinkle in Time (1962) and read the numbered books in order.
Time Quintet books in order
Your reading speed
- 3 h 43 min
- 3 h 42 min
- 4 h 52 min
- Track your Time Quintet reading in Bookwisp — it shows the next book you’re missing.
- 5 h 26 min
- 6 h 16 min
Main books together: 1,369 pages, about 23 h 59 min at 238 words per minute.
Page counts: median across editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
Reading a series?
Bookwisp lines your series up and shows the next book you’re missing.
Add the books you own or have read and they sort themselves by number. Your Goodreads shelves come over for free, series numbers included.
Time Quintet: common questions
- How many books are in the Time Quintet series?
- There are 5 main books in Time Quintet. The most recent main book listed here is An Acceptable Time (1989).
- What order should I read Time Quintet in?
- Read Time Quintet in its numbered order: A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and so on.
- What is the first Time Quintet book?
- The first book is A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, published in 1962.
- How long does it take to read the whole Time Quintet series?
- The 5 main books add up to about 1,369 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 24 hours of reading, or about 48 days at 30 minutes a day.