The BEST and Worst in Prehistoric Fiction
Explore the best and worst in prehistoric fiction with our curated list of top reads and disappointing picks. Discover must-read gems and books to avoid in this thrilling genre.
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The Clan of the Cave Bear
by Jean M. Auel
This novel of awesome beauty and power is a moving saga about people, relationships, and the boundaries of love. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved …
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The Valley of Horses
by Jean M. Auel
This unforgettable odyssey into the distant past carries us back to the awesome mysteries of the exotic, primeval world of The Clan of the Cave …
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The Mammoth Hunters
by Jean M. Auel
Once again Jean M. Auel opens the door of a time long past to reveal an age of wonder and danger at the dawn of …
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The Shelters of Stone
by Jean M. Auel
The Shelters of Stone opens as Ayla and Jondalar, along with their animal friends, Wolf, Whinney, and Racer, complete their epic journey across Europe and …
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The Year the Horses Came
by Mary Mackey
A novel that evokes the violent moment inprehistory when marauding nomads brought horses, make gods, and war to Europe.
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The Horses at the Gate
by Mary Mackey
As nomad invaders ride south to attack the peaceful, goddess-worshipping people of Shara, the priestess Marrah is initiated into the cult of the Dark Mother. …
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The Fires of Spring
by Mary Mackey
In prehistoric Europe, Keru, the son of the Queen of Shara, has been kidnapped by a nomadic diviner wishing to turn him against his own …
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Call Down the Stars
by Sue Harrison
Two storytellers, the quick-witted female Qumalix and the silver-tongued man Yikaas, vie to entrance their tribe with extraordinary and magical legends that detail the origins …
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Beyond the Sea of Ice
by William Sarabande
Stunningly visual, extraordinarily detailed, powerfully dramatic, here is the first volume of a remarkable new series . . . The First Americans. When humans first …
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She who Remembers
by Linda Lay Shuler
"Kwini. A beautiful woman born in the American southwest long before Columbus ... whose beautiful blue eyes marked her as a witch and set her …
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Voice of the Eagle
by Linda Lay Shuler
In the sequel to She Who Remembers, Kwani returns to the Cicuye village as the wife of Tolonqua, a hunting chief in the 13th century.
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The Horsemasters
by Joan Wolf
A saga of the paleolithic Kindred people focuses on Ronan, an outcast from his tribe, as he struggles against a group of invading northerners.
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The Reindeer Hunters
by Joan Wolf
When a fierce band of British tribes arrives in the Pyrenees mountains, the native tribes, faced with the loss of their livelihood, unite to fight …
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Children of the Ice
by Charlotte Prentiss
At the end of the Ice Age, young Laena embarks on a great journey across a continent. In a world dominated by mammoths, ruled by …
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Sun Priestess
by Judith Redman Robbins
She was a passionate priestess in the Anasazi tribe with a mysterious past and the gift of prophecy. She was called Coyote Woman, and was …
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The Mammoth Stone
by Margaret Allan
Born to the People of the Mammoth, Maya, believed to be an evil spirit by her people because of her mismatched eyes, journeys with the …
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Keeper of the Stone
by Margaret Allan
A beautiful outcast woman in a passionate epic of prehistoric America--the sequel to The Mammoth Stone. The legend of the powers of the mammoth stone …
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The Last Mammoth
by Margaret Allan
A descendant of the Great Maya sets off on a journey to fulfill a holy prophecy. This expedition sends him to unknown worlds to recover …
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Spirits Walking Woman
by Margaret Allan
Set thousands of years ago in the ancient Olmec culture of what is now Mexico, this is the epic tale of Spirits Walking Woman, who …
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Sisters of the Black Moon
by F. J. Pesando
After their tribe is annihilated by invading warriors at the end of the Ice Age, the beautiful Tidelander sisters, Morning Land and White Bird, use …
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Daughter of the Sky
by Amanda Cockrell
Deer Shadow, a young tribal member who is believed to possess mystical powers, pursues a forbidden love with a handsome, exiled warrior who bears maize …
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Touches the Stars
by Lynn Armistead McKee
Feared by her own people as a power of darkness and an omen of troubled times, shaman's daughter Mi-sa battles hatred and hardship and uses …
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Walks in Stardust
by Lynn Armistead McKee
From the national bestselling author of Keeper of Dreams comes the story of a woman wandering a tropical forest. Unable to remember her past, Cimmera's …
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Keeper of Dreams
by Lynn Armistead McKee
Stranded by a storm and separated from her escort by an enemy attack, the beautiful shaman Mi-sa wanders through the Everglades until she finds a …
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Daughter of the Fifth Moon
by Lynn Armistead McKee
Centuries ago in what is now the Caribbean, a young woman loses all she loves when her peaceful seaside village is attacked by savages. Now …