Little House on the Prairie books in order
Little House on the Prairie is a series of 9 books by Laura Ingalls Wilder: 2,615 pages, about 48 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.
- 9
- books
- 2,615
- pages
- 48 hours
- to read them all
- 96 days
- at 30 minutes a day
Little House in the Big Woods 4.2 h 2 
Farmer Boy 6.8 h 3 
Little House on the Prairie 5.7 h 4 
On the Banks of Plum Creek 6.2 h 5 
By the Shores of Silver Lake 5.3 h 6 
The Long Winter 6.2 h 7 
Little Town on the Prairie 5.6 h 8 
These Happy Golden Years 5.6 h 9 
The First Four Years 2.5 h Bar height shows length.
The books
- 1
Little House in the Big Woods 1932 4.2 h
The first in a series of truly charming tales of life on the early American frontier, Little House in the Big Woods introduces us to Laura Ingalls, her Ma and Pa, big sister Mary…
- 2
Farmer Boy 1933 6.8 h
The first in the 'Little House' books.
- 3
Little House on the Prairie 1935 5.7 h
When Laura Ingalls and her family leave their little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin, they head west for the open prairie skies of Kansas Territory.
- 4
On the Banks of Plum Creek 1937 6.2 h
Laura and her family move to Minnesota where they live in a dugout until a new house is built and face misfortunes caused by flood, blizzard, and grasshoppers.
- 5
By the Shores of Silver Lake 1939 5.3 h
The Ingalls family had fared badly in Plum Creek, Minnesota.
- 6
The Long Winter 1940 6.2 h
After an October blizzard, Laura's family moves from the claim shanty into town for the winter, a winter that an Indian has predicted will be seven months of bad weather.
- 7
Little Town on the Prairie 1941 5.6 h
Pa's homestead thrives, Laura gets her first job in town, blackbirds eat the corn and oats crops, Mary goes to college, and Laura gets into trouble at school, but becomes a…
- 8
These Happy Golden Years 1943 5.6 h
The Ingalls family homesteads on their claim in DeSmet, South Dakota.
- 9
The First Four Years 1971 2.5 h
Laura and Almanzo are married and work together on their homestead.
How much is left
| After book 1, Little House in the Big Woods | about 44 hours left |
| After book 2, Farmer Boy | about 37 hours left |
| After book 3, Little House on the Prairie | about 31 hours left |
| After book 4, On the Banks of Plum Creek | about 25 hours left |
| After book 5, By the Shores of Silver Lake | about 20 hours left |
| After book 6, The Long Winter | about 14 hours left |
| After book 7, Little Town on the Prairie | about 8 hours left |
| After book 8, These Happy Golden Years | about 2 hours left |
Reading the whole series
About 47 hours 57 minutes
All 9 books, 2,615 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.
96 days (about 14 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.