The Clan of the Cave Bear
American novelist, born 1936.
The Clan of the Cave Bear is a 1980 novel by Jean M. Auel.
In historical fiction, coming of age
On 2 of the 17 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Jean M. Auel
- First published
- 1980
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Adventure, Feminist, Coming of age
- Series
- Book 1 of Earth's Children
Is The Clan of the Cave Bear worth reading?
2 of the 17 best-of lists it could have made include it: The Big Read top 100 (BBC) and The Great American Read (PBS).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| The Big Read top 100 (BBC, 2003) | No. 92 | See the list |
| The Great American Read (PBS, 2018) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of The Clan of the Cave Bear
The edition we link to is the Coronet paperback (2002).
- Publisher
- Coronet (paperback, 2002)
- ISBN
- 9780340824429
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Clan of the Cave Bear
Readers rate it most highly: it earned 31% of the points available on readers' and booksellers' lists, against 0% on critics' lists and 0% on prize lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like The Clan of the Cave Bear
If you liked The Clan of the Cave Bear, try The Grapes of Wrath, Catch-22 or Wolf Hall.
