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Logan family books in order

Mildred D. Taylor

Logan family is a series of 5 books by Mildred D. Taylor: 1,378 pages, about 25 hours of reading. Shown in publication order; no numbering is on record.

5
books
1,378
pages
25 hours
to read them all
51 days
at 30 minutes a day
Song of the Trees 1975 58 min Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry 1976 5.1 h Let the Circle Be Unbroken 1981 7.0 h The Road to Memphis 1992 5.3 h The Land 2001 6.9 h

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The books

  1. Song of the Trees 1975 58 min

    During the Depression, a rural black family deeply attached to the forest on their land tries to save it from being cut down by an unscrupulous white man.

  2. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry 1976 5.1 h

    Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, it is the story of one family's struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and independence.

  3. Let the Circle Be Unbroken 1981 7.0 h

    Let the Circle Be Unbroken is a story of a small Mississippi town in the 1930s, and the troubles that plague its black community.

  4. The Road to Memphis 1992 5.3 h

    In 1941 a black youth, sadistically teased by two white boys in rural Mississippi, severely injures one of them with a tire iron and enlists Cassie's help in trying to flee the…

  5. The Land 2001 6.9 h

    The son of a prosperous landowner and a former slave, Paul-Edward Logan is unlike any other boy he knows.

How much is left

After Song of the Trees about 24 hours left
After Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry about 19 hours left
After Let the Circle Be Unbroken about 12 hours left
After The Road to Memphis about 7 hours left

Reading the whole series

About 25 hours 16 minutes

All 5 books, 1,378 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.

51 days (about 8 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.