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Books like First North Americans: 9 series to read next

First North Americans is historical fiction, set in north america and prehistoric. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

First North Americans is 34 books, 1990–2025.

“The remaining novels cover a wide variety of times and settings, most standalone stories in no particular order, ranging from tropical Florida in the 6th millennium BC to the Chaco Empire of the Southwest in the 13th century AD.”
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Earth's Children
Ibandi
The Ivory Carver Trilogy
Time Circle
The Dawn Land
Kin
Marcus
Children of the Dawnland
The Change / The Event

Earth's ChildrenSeries

seriesJean M. Auel6 books1980

Set in europe.

“Although Auel had previously mentioned in interviews that there would be a seventh novel, publicity announcements for the sixth confirmed that it would be the final book in the sequence.”
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Start with The Clan of the Cave Bear →

IbandiSeries

seriesSteven Barnes2 books2006

Set in africa.

“Thirty thousand years ago, in the heart of the African continent and in the shadow of the largest freestanding mountain in the world, lived the Ibandi.”
from the catalogue description of Great Sky Woman

Start with Great Sky Woman →

The Ivory Carver TrilogySeries

seriesSue Harrison3 books1990

Historical fiction, about survival, set in prehistoric and north america.

“During the last Ice Age, a young Indian woman embarks on a personal quest for survival and revenge.”
from the catalogue description of Mother Earth Father Sky
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Start with Mother Earth Father Sky →

Time CircleSeries

seriesLinda Lay Shuler3 books1988

Historical fiction, set in north america and prehistoric.

“A beautiful woman born in the American southwest into the long extinct Anasazi tribe, long before Columbus...whose blue eyes marked her as a witch and set her apart from the Indian tribe that raised her.”
from the catalogue description of She Who Remembers

Start with She Who Remembers →

The Dawn LandSeries

seriesJoseph Bruchac3 books1995

Historical fiction and adventure, adventurous in tone, set in prehistoric and north america.

“A compelling first novel by nationally known Native American storyteller Joseph Bruchac.”
from the catalogue description of Dawn Land

Start with Dawn Land →

KinSeries

seriesPeter Dickinson4 books1998

“When cut off from their kin and lost in the desert 200,000 years ago, Suth and five other orphans struggle to survive and to find their way to safety.”
from the catalogue description of Suth's Story

Start with Suth's Story →

MarcusSeries

seriesRosemary Sutcliff4 books1954

Set in british isles and ancient world.

“Later books, including The Silver Branch and The Lantern Bearers, follow his descendants through Britain's slow slide out of the Empire.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Eagle of the Ninth →

Children of the DawnlandSeries

seriesKathleen O'Neal Gear & W. Michael Gear2 books2009

Historical fiction, set in prehistoric and north america.

Start with Children of the Dawnland part 1 →

The Change / The EventSeries

seriesS. M. Stirling, A. M. Dellamonica, Diana L. Paxson, Emily Mah, Harry Turtledove, Jane Lindskold, Jody Lynn Nye, John Barnes, John Birmingham, John J. Miller, Kier Salmon, Lauren C. Teffeau, M. T. Reiten, Terry England, Victor Milán & Walter Jon Williams41 books1998

Post-apocalyptic and science fiction.

“Sixteen different authors, coordinated by Stirling, each contribute stories set in various corners of the suddenly de-industrialized world as survivors scramble to rebuild.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Change: Tales of Downfall and Rebirth →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after First North Americans?: Earth's Children — the closest match to First North Americans on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with First North Americans?: People of the Wolf. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for First North Americans.
How big is First North Americans?: First North Americans is 34 books, 1990–2025.

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