Best Pre-History Fiction
1 The Clan of the Cave Bear (...
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 103,685 ratings
2 The Valley of Horses (Earth...
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 33,410 ratings
3 The Mammoth Hunters (Earth'...
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3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 29,403 ratings
4 The Plains of Passage (Eart...
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3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 24,603 ratings
5 The Shelters of Stone (Eart...
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 20,240 ratings
6 She Who Remembers (Kwani, #1)
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 3,305 ratings
7 People of the Wolf (The Fir...
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3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 4,123 ratings
8 Beyond the Sea of Ice (The ...
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 939 ratings
9 Mother Earth Father Sky
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3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 3,526 ratings
10 People of the Lakes (The Fi...
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4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 1,166 ratings
11 The Land of Painted Caves (...
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2.99 of 5 stars 2.99 avg rating — 10,422 ratings
12 The Cahokian
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4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 30 ratings
13 The Plains of Passage, Part...
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 231 ratings
14 Reindeer Moon (Reindeer Moo...
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 596 ratings
15 The Horse Goddess
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3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 645 ratings
16 People of the Masks (The Fi...
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4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 768 ratings
17 Brother Wind
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4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 643 ratings
18 Let the Drum Speak (Kwani, #3)
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 447 ratings
18 My Sister the Moon
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4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 979 ratings
20 Voice of the Eagle (Kwani, #2)
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4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 718 ratings
21 People of the Moon (The Fir...
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4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 645 ratings
22 People of the Lightning (Th...
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 891 ratings
23 People of the Sea (The Firs...
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4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 1,143 ratings
24 People of the Raven (The Fi...
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4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 799 ratings
25 People of the Earth (The Fi...
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 1,940 ratings
26 The Blessing Stone
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 585 ratings
27 Song of the River (Storytel...
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4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 334 ratings
28 People of the Mist (The Fir...
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4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 892 ratings
29 Corridor of Storms (The Fir...
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4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 328 ratings
30 Call Down the Stars
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4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 202 ratings
31 The Visitant (The Anasazi M...
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4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 865 ratings
32 Daughter of the Red Deer (R...
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 242 ratings
33 People of the Owl (The Firs...
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4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 680 ratings
34 The First Americans: Beyond...
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4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 21 ratings
35 Promised Valley Rebellion
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4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings
36 Promised Valley War
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4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
37 The Summoning God (The Anas...
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4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 585 ratings
38 The Children of First Man
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 233 ratings
39 Bone Walker (The Anasazi My...
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4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 466 ratings
40 People of the Nightland (Th...
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 401 ratings
41 Song of the Axe
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3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 52 ratings
42 Forbidden Land (The First A...
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4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 291 ratings
43 Ki'ti's Story, 75,000 BC (W...
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4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
44 Stone Lord: The Legend of K...
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4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings
45 Quest for Fire
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 100 ratings
45 West of Eden (West of Eden,...
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 1,336 ratings
47 Evolution
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3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 1,185 ratings
48 The Inheritors
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3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 1,222 ratings
48 Winter in Eden (West of Ede...
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3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 734 ratings
50 Return to Eden
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3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 628 ratings
51 Amistad
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 210 ratings
52 Cry of the Wind: Book Two o...
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4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 242 ratings
52 Wolf Brother (Chronicles of...
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 7,450 ratings
54 Daughter of the Sky (Deer D...
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 30 ratings
55 The Year the Horses Came
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 180 ratings
56 Picture Maker
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 234 ratings
57 Dream Weaver
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 85 ratings
58 The Dawn Country: A People ...
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4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 190 ratings
59 People of the Fire (The Fir...
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 4,749 ratings
60 The Mammoth Stone
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3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 37 ratings
61 People of the Mesa
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3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 29 ratings
62 The Horsemasters (Reindeer ...
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4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 124 ratings
63 The Sacred Stones (The Firs...
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 259 ratings
63 Walkers of the Wind (The Fi...
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4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 277 ratings
65 Thunder in the Sky (The Fir...
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3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 229 ratings
66 The Edge of the World (The ...
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3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 156 ratings
67 The Anvil of Ice (Winter of...
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 393 ratings
67 Daughter Of The Reef
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings
67 The Gathering Night
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3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 59 ratings
67 Comanche Moon (Comanche, #1)
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4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 2,888 ratings
67 Dawn Of Empire (Eskkar Saga...
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 493 ratings
67 Dom and Va
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3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings
67 The Dry Lands
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2.5 of 5 stars 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
67 Dawn: Apocalypse Rising (Wi...
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4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
67 Where the Deer Dwell
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4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings
67 The Evolution Man: Or, How ...
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3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 849 ratings
67 The Animal Wife
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 114 ratings
67 Woman of the Mists
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4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 30 ratings
79 The Forge in the Forest (Wi...
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 270 ratings
79 Five Dances with Death: Dan...
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 57 ratings
79 The Cave Twins (Illustrated...
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings
79 Touches the Stars
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4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 26 ratings
83 The Hammer of the Sun (Wint...
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3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 245 ratings
83 Keeper of Dreams
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 24 ratings
85 Promise of the Wolves (Wolf...
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3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 1,334 ratings
85 Walks in Stardust
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4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings
87 Dinotopia Lost
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3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 598 ratings
87 Daughter of the Fifth Moon
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings
89 Spirit of the Turtlewoman
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3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings
90 Children of the Horse: The ...
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
91 Wind Caller's Children (Dee...
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 20 ratings
92 The Long Walk (Deer Dancers...
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4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings
93 When the Horses Came (Horse...
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3.36 of 5 stars 3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings
94 The Rain Child: The Horse C...
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3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
95 The Reindeer Hunters (Reind...
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3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 234 ratings
96 Sister of the Sky
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3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 22 ratings
97 Children of the Sun
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 23 ratings
98 The Island Tribe
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3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings
99 The Ocean Tribe
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3.21 of 5 stars 3.21 avg rating — 19 ratings
100 Children of the Ice
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3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 62 ratings
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message 1: by Susanna (new)

Susanna I see Ms. Auel's latest in the adventures of Ayla, The Land of Painted Caves, has 25 copies up for grabs in GR's First Reads program.


message 2: by Linda (new)

Linda I don't know what the first reads program is. I'll have to check it out.


message 3: by Susanna (new)

Susanna It's under the arrow at "explore," listed as "giveaways." I found it fairly high up under the "recently listed" tab. Should be fairly high up under "popular authors" as well.


message 4: by Betty (new)

Betty Excuse me but since when do Sense And Sensibility or the Irish Rebellion of 1916 belong in the pre-history category!?!


message 5: by Susanna (new)

Susanna For that matter, both House of Echoes (seems to be set at an English manor house) and Beard (about the World Beard and Mustache Championships) seem odd choices for this list.

You want me to remove anything, Linda?


message 6: by Linda (new)

Linda Yes, please. This is strange. I'm the one who originally made this list and I haven't been back to look at it for quite a while. I didn't even realize that some of these books had been added. Some of the ones I'm seeing don't really fit this category, do they? Although they may be wonderful books, they aren't PREhistory.


message 7: by Betty (new)

Betty I just feel that OT additions dilute or 'crowd' what is otherwise an interesting list and focused resource for books of a particular subject.

...btw I just remembered that my sis has an old copy of Reindeer Moon (with the alternative cover) - I should borrow it! :)


message 8: by Susanna (new)

Susanna Which books would you like removed, Linda?


message 9: by Linda (new)

Linda You're right, Betty.

Susanna - I guess we want to start be removing House of Echoes, Irish Rebellion, and Sense and Sensibility.I haven't looked any further to see what else may have gotten put in here accidentally. How can they be removed?


message 10: by Susanna (new)

Susanna It'll need a GR Librarian; I can do it.


message 11: by Susanna (new)

Susanna Alrighty, I removed House of Echoes, Irish Rebellion, and Sense and Sensibility.


message 12: by Linda (new)

Linda Actually I have the Librarian status too, but I never use it for anything. I don't know how to remove things so thanks for doing this :-)


message 13: by Linda (new)

Linda Now I'm seeing other ones too. I don't know if people are doing this by accident, or what, but here are some more I found that don't belong on this list:

*Beard
*At Road's End

There may be more, I'll look again when I get a chance. Thanks, Susanna!


message 14: by Susanna (new)

Susanna Linda wrote: "Actually I have the Librarian status too, but I never use it for anything. I don't know how to remove things so thanks for doing this :-)"

No problem!

It's pretty easy, actually; go to where it says "edit" under the list title, and at the bottom of the options it will say "remove particular books."


message 15: by Susanna (new)

Susanna Removed Beard. Couldn't find At Road's End on list (I'm pretty sleepy!).


message 16: by Linda (new)

Linda At Road's End is number 11. Thank you very much :-)


message 17: by Susanna (new)

Susanna I got it; thanks for telling me where it was.


message 18: by Katrina (new)

Katrina Deleted The Color Purple as it's not pre-history.


message 19: by Debbie (last edited Feb 15, 2013 10:27am) (new)

Debbie I think someone got confused on what list they were on. Deleted Comanche Moon, Comanche Heart, Kiss of Crimson, Midnight Awakening, Pleasure Unbound, Lover Revealed, Dead the World, Lover Unbound, and Lover Eternal - all westerns or paranormal romances.

Also deleted Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe.


message 20: by Linda (new)

Linda LOL! Yes, they were definitely on the wrong list, weren't they? Thanks for cleaning up :-)


message 21: by Garth (new)

Garth I'm glad The Clan of the Cave Bear is at the top of the list.

I don't know if you've read many cave man novels, but most of them are pretty awful. The Clan of the Cave Bear is a notable exception. A little over the top at times, but it's a fun way to learn about how life might have been for our ancestors.

Here's a post I wrote about The Clan of the Cave Bear for Newsworthy Novels, a blog that matches novels to today's headlines (this post was for an article about a new study on Neanderthals): http://newsworthynovels.blogspot.com/...


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