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55. 'Earth's Children' series by Jean Auel

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Thu Jan 22, 2026, 08:12 PM

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I read the first four quite a while ago:
The Clan of the Cave Bear (1980)
The Valley of Horses (1982)
The Mammoth Hunters (1985)
The Plains of Passage (1990)

And just now discovered there are two more... yippeeee!
The Shelters of Stone (2002)
The Land of Painted Caves (2011)

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