Best Novels Set in Prehistory

1.
People of the Wolf (North America's Forgotten Past, #1)
People of the Wolf (North America's Forgotten Past, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 9,915 ratings
2.
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 278,693 ratings
3.
Transcendence (Transcendence, #1)
Transcendence (Transcendence, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 24,303 ratings
4.
People of the Lightning (North America's Forgotten Past, #7)
People of the Lightning (North America's Forgotten Past, #7) 4.23 avg rating — 1,959 ratings
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The Valley of Horses (Earth's Children, #2)
The Valley of Horses (Earth's Children, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 94,555 ratings
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Mother Earth Father Sky (Ivory Carver, #1)
Mother Earth Father Sky (Ivory Carver, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 8,713 ratings
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My Sister the Moon (Ivory Carver, #2)
My Sister the Moon (Ivory Carver, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 3,304 ratings
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Wolf Brother (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, #1)
Wolf Brother (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 28,777 ratings
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People of the Lakes (North America's Forgotten Past, #6)
People of the Lakes (North America's Forgotten Past, #6) 4.29 avg rating — 3,066 ratings
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The Mammoth Hunters (Earth's Children, #3)
The Mammoth Hunters (Earth's Children, #3) 3.96 avg rating — 76,470 ratings
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Dance of the Tiger: A Novel of the Ice Age
Dance of the Tiger: A Novel of the Ice Age 3.67 avg rating — 506 ratings
12.
Beyond the Sea of Ice (The First Americans, #1)
Beyond the Sea of Ice (The First Americans, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 2,745 ratings
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The Valley of Horses (Earth's Children, #2)
The Valley of Horses (Earth's Children, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 94,555 ratings
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Reindeer Moon (Reindeer Moon, #1)
Reindeer Moon (Reindeer Moon, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 1,867 ratings
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The Plains of Passage (Earth's Children, #4)
The Plains of Passage (Earth's Children, #4) 3.86 avg rating — 61,104 ratings
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The Land of Painted Caves (Earth's Children, #6)
The Land of Painted Caves (Earth's Children, #6) 3.45 avg rating — 36,386 ratings
17.
The Shelters of Stone (Earth's Children, #5)
The Shelters of Stone (Earth's Children, #5) 3.87 avg rating — 51,277 ratings
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Ki'ti's Story, 75,000 BC
Ki'ti's Story, 75,000 BC 4.10 avg rating — 106 ratings
19.
Manak'na's Story, 75,000 BC
Manak'na's Story, 75,000 BC 3.92 avg rating — 53 ratings
20.
Zamimolo's Story, 50,000 BC
Zamimolo's Story, 50,000 BC 4.23 avg rating — 30 ratings
21.
Shaman
Shaman 3.76 avg rating — 4,712 ratings
22.
The Gathering Night
The Gathering Night 3.59 avg rating — 294 ratings
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The SealEaters, 20,000 BC (Winds of Change, a Prehistoric Fiction Series on the Peopling of the Americas Book 5)
The SealEaters, 20,000 BC (Winds of Change, a Prehistoric Fiction Series on the Peopling of the Americas Book 5) 4.42 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Corridor of Storms (The First Americans, #2)
Corridor of Storms (The First Americans, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 936 ratings
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The Plains of Passage (Earth's Children, #4)
The Plains of Passage (Earth's Children, #4) 3.86 avg rating — 61,104 ratings
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The Inheritors
The Inheritors 3.51 avg rating — 5,408 ratings
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Death in the Time of Ice (People of the Wind Mystery #1)
Death in the Time of Ice (People of the Wind Mystery #1) 4.01 avg rating — 96 ratings
28.
The Replacement Chronicles (Replacement Chronicles #1-3)
The Replacement Chronicles (Replacement Chronicles #1-3) 4.20 avg rating — 556 ratings
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Daughter of the Reef (Ancient Tahiti, #1)
Daughter of the Reef (Ancient Tahiti, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 110 ratings
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Freedom, 25,000 BC: Out From the Shadow of Popocatépetl
Freedom, 25,000 BC: Out From the Shadow of Popocatépetl 4.12 avg rating — 42 ratings
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Promised Valley War
Promised Valley War 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings
32.
She Who remembers
She Who remembers 4.04 avg rating — 8,526 ratings
33.
Quest for Fire
Quest for Fire 3.85 avg rating — 789 ratings
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Raptor Red
Raptor Red 3.96 avg rating — 9,552 ratings
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Tuksook's Story, 35,000 BC (Winds of Change Series Book 4)
Tuksook's Story, 35,000 BC (Winds of Change Series Book 4) 4.15 avg rating — 26 ratings
36.
Misfits and Heroes: West from Africa - revised version
Misfits and Heroes: West from Africa - revised version 4.14 avg rating — 93 ratings
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Stonehenge
Stonehenge 3.69 avg rating — 13,136 ratings
38.
Promised Valley Rebellion
Promised Valley Rebellion 3.06 avg rating — 77 ratings
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Raven's Choice (Replacement Chronicles #1)
Raven's Choice (Replacement Chronicles #1) 3.62 avg rating — 226 ratings
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Ratha's Creature (The Named, #1)
Ratha's Creature (The Named, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 2,202 ratings
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The Reindeer People (Reindeer People, #1)
The Reindeer People (Reindeer People, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 2,012 ratings
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The Reindeer Hunters (Reindeer Hunters, #3)
The Reindeer Hunters (Reindeer Hunters, #3)
by: Joan Wolf
4.07 avg rating — 694 ratings
43.
The Time Before The Moon
The Time Before The Moon 4.35 avg rating — 55 ratings
44.
The Evolution Man
The Evolution Man
by: Roy Lewis
3.66 avg rating — 9,596 ratings
45.
The Faraway Lurs
The Faraway Lurs 4.15 avg rating — 122 ratings
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Ember of a New World
Ember of a New World 4.05 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Promised Valley Peace
Promised Valley Peace 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Island in the Lake
Island in the Lake 3.56 avg rating — 18 ratings
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The Year the Horses Came (Earthsong #1)
The Year the Horses Came (Earthsong #1) 3.94 avg rating — 746 ratings
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Bronze Summer (Northland, #2)
Bronze Summer (Northland, #2) 3.58 avg rating — 603 ratings
51.
Dawn: Apocalypse Rising (Windows of Heaven, #1)
Dawn: Apocalypse Rising (Windows of Heaven, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Fomorian Earth (Star Borne, #1)
Fomorian Earth (Star Borne, #1) 3.37 avg rating — 62 ratings
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Achilles vs. Mecha-Hector: A Bronzepunk Adventure
Achilles vs. Mecha-Hector: A Bronzepunk Adventure 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Island in the Sea of Time (Nantucket, #1)
Island in the Sea of Time (Nantucket, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 8,393 ratings
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Beyond the Gap (Opening of the World, #1)
Beyond the Gap (Opening of the World, #1) 3.40 avg rating — 525 ratings
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Oliver
Oliver 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Before Adam
Before Adam 3.93 avg rating — 4,969 ratings
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Shades of Moloch (Star Borne, #2)
Shades of Moloch (Star Borne, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Luffs (Transcendence, #1.5)
Luffs (Transcendence, #1.5) 3.72 avg rating — 2,933 ratings
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The Story of Ab: A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man
The Story of Ab: A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man 3.67 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Song of the River (Storyteller Trilogy, #1)
Song of the River (Storyteller Trilogy, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 1,269 ratings
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Cry of the Wind (Storyteller Trilogy, #2)
Cry of the Wind (Storyteller Trilogy, #2) 4.24 avg rating — 785 ratings
63.
Call Down the Stars (Storyteller Trilogy, #3)
Call Down the Stars (Storyteller Trilogy, #3) 4.29 avg rating — 649 ratings
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Ember of Ashes (Ember of a New World #3)
Ember of Ashes (Ember of a New World #3) 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Land-of-Mists
Land-of-Mists 3.80 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Ember of Life (Ember of a New World #2)
Ember of Life (Ember of a New World #2) 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The princely flower (Book II of The Navigator Kings)
The princely flower (Book II of The Navigator Kings) 4.22 avg rating — 23 ratings
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The Roof of Voyaging (Navigator Kings #1)
The Roof of Voyaging (Navigator Kings #1) 3.79 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Return to Eden (West of Eden #3)
Return to Eden (West of Eden #3) 3.87 avg rating — 1,663 ratings
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Winter in Eden (West of Eden, #2)
Winter in Eden (West of Eden, #2) 3.87 avg rating — 1,887 ratings
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West of Eden (West of Eden, #1)
West of Eden (West of Eden, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 3,632 ratings
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The Braided Stream (Replacement Chronicles #4)
The Braided Stream (Replacement Chronicles #4) 4.50 avg rating — 274 ratings
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Towers Of The Earth (Diamond Historical Novel)
Towers Of The Earth (Diamond Historical Novel) 4.29 avg rating — 35 ratings
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The Animal Wife (Reindeer Moon #2)
The Animal Wife (Reindeer Moon #2) 3.84 avg rating — 477 ratings
75.
Moon in the River
Moon in the River liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
76.
Jinki, Dingo of the Snows
Jinki, Dingo of the Snows 3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
77.
The Horse Goddess
The Horse Goddess 4.05 avg rating — 1,628 ratings
78.
Horses of Heaven
Horses of Heaven 3.69 avg rating — 279 ratings