Leatherstocking Tales books in order
Leatherstocking Tales is a series of 5 books by James Fenimore Cooper: 2,367 pages, about 43 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.
- 5
- books
- 2,367
- pages
- 43 hours
- to read them all
- 87 days
- at 30 minutes a day
The Deerslayer 9.6 h 2 
The Last of the Mohicans 7.7 h 3 
The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea 9.1 h 4 
The Pioneers 8.8 h 5 
The Prairie 8.3 h Bar height shows length.
The books
- 1
The Deerslayer 1841 9.6 h
The Deerslayer is the last book in Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy, but acts as a prequel to the other novels.
- 2
The Last of the Mohicans 1824 7.7 h
The classic tale of Hawkeye—Natty Bumppo—the frontier scout who turned his back on "civilization," and his friendship with a Mohican warrior as they escort two sisters through the…
- 3
The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea 1840 9.1 h
Vigorous, self-reliant, amazingly resourceful, and moral, Natty Bumppo is the prototype of the Western hero.
- 4
The Pioneers 1823 8.8 h
MEET NATTY BUMPPO The first volume in the famous Leatherstocking Tales, The Pioneers introduces Natty Bumppo, the quintessential American hunter and frontiersman who struggles to…
- 5
The Prairie 1827 8.3 h
Deep in the heart of the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase, five hundred miles beyond the Mississippi River, a group of travelers in the year 1805 pushes yet farther westward over…
How much is left
| After book 1, The Deerslayer | about 34 hours left |
| After book 2, The Last of the Mohicans | about 26 hours left |
| After book 3, The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea | about 17 hours left |
| After book 4, The Pioneers | about 8 hours left |
Reading the whole series
About 43 hours 24 minutes
All 5 books, 2,367 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.
87 days (about 13 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.