Earth's Children hexalogy books in order
Earth's Children hexalogy is a series of 6 books by Jean M. Auel: 4,371 pages, about 80 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.
- 6
- books
- 4,371
- pages
- 80 hours
- to read them all
- 161 days
- at 30 minutes a day
The Clan of the Cave Bear 9.8 h 2 
The Valley of Horses 10.7 h 3 
The Mammoth Hunters 13.2 h 4 
The Plains of Passage 16.8 h 5 
The Shelters of Stone 15.3 h 6 
The Land of Painted Caves 14.4 h Bar height shows length.
The books
- 1
The Clan of the Cave Bear 1980 9.8 h
The Clan of the Cave Bear is a 1980 novel and epic work of prehistoric fiction by Jean M. Auel about prehistoric times.
- 2
The Valley of Horses 1982 10.7 h
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.
- 3
The Mammoth Hunters 1985 13.2 h
Once again Jean M. Auel opens the door of a time long past to reveal an age of wonder and danger at the dawn of the modern human race.
- 4
The Plains of Passage 1990 16.8 h
This is "The Plains of Passage."
- 5
The Shelters of Stone 2002 15.3 h
The Shelters of Stone opens as Ayla and Jondalar, along with their animal friends, Wolf, Whinney, and Racer, complete their epic journey across Europe and are greeted by…
- 6
The Land of Painted Caves 2011 14.4 h
In The land of Painted Caves, Jean M. Auel brings the ice-age epic Earth's Children series to an extraordinary conclusion.
How much is left
| After book 1, The Clan of the Cave Bear | about 70 hours left |
| After book 2, The Valley of Horses | about 60 hours left |
| After book 3, The Mammoth Hunters | about 46 hours left |
| After book 4, The Plains of Passage | about 30 hours left |
| After book 5, The Shelters of Stone | about 14 hours left |
Reading the whole series
About 80 hours 8 minutes
All 6 books, 4,371 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.
161 days (about 23 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.