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The Books of the Named books in order

Clare Bell

The Books of the Named is a series of 5 books by Clare Bell: 1,360 pages, about 25 hours of reading. Shown in publication order; no numbering is on record.

5
books
1,360
pages
25 hours
to read them all
50 days
at 30 minutes a day
Ratha's Creature 1983 5.0 h Clan Ground 1984 4.7 h Ratha and Thistle-chaser 1990 4.9 h Ratha's Challenge 1994 4.5 h Ratha's Courage 2008 5.9 h

Bar height shows length. Books without a number have no number in our records.

The books

  1. Ratha's Creature 1983 5.0 h

    Ratha and her clan are the Named, a band of intelligent wild cats whose society is based on herding deer.

  2. Clan Ground 1984 4.7 h

    When Ratha admits an Un-Named stranger to the clan, he brings a change as great as Ratha's taming of fire.

  3. Ratha and Thistle-chaser 1990 4.9 h

    Drought has come to the prehistoric world of the Named.

  4. Ratha's Challenge 1994 4.5 h

    As Ratha struggles to reconcile with Thistle-chaser, the daughter she once tried to kill, the Named are locked in another struggle when they confront a strange clan of hunter cats…

  5. Ratha's Courage 2008 5.9 h

    Ratha returns in the first new book in the Named series since 1994!

How much is left

After Ratha's Creature about 20 hours left
After Clan Ground about 15 hours left
After Ratha and Thistle-chaser about 10 hours left
After Ratha's Challenge about 6 hours left

Reading the whole series

About 24 hours 56 minutes

All 5 books, 1,360 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.

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

Estimate based on 275 words per page.