The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 6 books · 1980 to 2011

Jean M. Auel

Historical fictionAncient worldFamily saga

Jean M. Auel's Earth's Children series follows Ayla, a Cro-Magnon girl orphaned by an earthquake and raised by Neanderthals of the Clan of the Cave Bear, as she grows up, leaves the Clan and journeys across Ice Age Europe.

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Earth's Children

6 books · Set in Ice Age EuropeAncient worldFamily saga
  1. 1The Clan of the Cave Bear1980With AylaBuy on Amazon
  2. 2The Valley of Horses1982With Ayla and JondalarBuy on Amazon
  3. 3The Mammoth Hunters1985With Ayla and JondalarBuy on Amazon
  4. 4The Plains of Passage1990With Ayla and JondalarBuy on Amazon
  5. 5The Shelters of Stone2002With Ayla and JondalarBuy on Amazon
  6. 6The Land of Painted Caves2011With Ayla and JondalarBuy on Amazon

Characters

7 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Earth's Children