The main problem is that the execution of the character arcs fell a little flat in the last book of the series, but I’ll get into more detail about that in my review of The Land of Painted Caves. The overall story arc of the Earth’s Children series is brilliant! My Overall Impressions of Earth’s Children Look forward to reading part 2 which will include my reviews of The Valley of Horses, The Mammoth Hunters, and The Plains of Passage and reading part 3 which will include my reviews of The Shelters of Stone and The Land of Painted Caves. There will be two more posts after this one, discussing the other books in this series. This review will be broken down into parts for ease of reading and writing. Quite a bit of the books read like textbooks because they are packed with so much information, but the human aspects of the stories that Auel creates feel so real, tangible, and justified that it makes up for all the dry data dumps. The first book was published in 1980 and the last published in 2011.Įach book is packed with dense information about paleolithic man, neanderthals, the ice age, and various aspects of life during that time period ranging from hunting and gathering practices and tools to potential social structure and interactions. The Earth’s Children Series consists of six books:

If you are interested in a deep, moving story about humanity and its potential evolution in the time of pre-history then this could be a series for you.

The Earth’s Children Series by Jean M Auel is a series outside my usual genre, but historical fiction turned historical romance series is amazing! This is a series that I feel is worth sharing with the world, no matter what genres you tend to read. Earth’s Children Series by Jean M Auel Book Reviews Part 1

Clan of the cave bear series in order