How long does it take to read The Valley of Horses?
The Valley of Horses by Jean M. Auel takes about 10 hours 40 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of Earth's Children hexalogy
Previous: The Clan of the Cave Bear Next: The Mammoth Hunters
About 10 hours 40 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1899. 582 pages, about 160,050 words.
22 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 40 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 40 minutes |
The page count is the median across 88 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Cast out of the Clan that is all she has ever known, Ayla, a Cro-Magnon woman raised by Neanderthals, ventures forth alone into a strange world. Resourceful and inventive, Ayla is able to craft a comfortable life for herself, but her loneliness and longing for the family she once knew is almost unbearable. As the harsh winter turns to spring, into Ayla's valley comes a new group of people with faces like her own, and to whom the peculiarities that once set her apart are accepted and celebrated. Among them, Ayla may find a second home and a first love.
Subjects: Ayla (Fictitious character), Glacial epoch, Pueblos prehistóricos, Períodos glaciales, Prehistoric peoples, Ficción
