Reading order
Dave Pelzer reading order
1- 7.97.9 / 10449 ratings
- Score
- 3 volumes
- Volumes
- 1995–1999
- Published
- about 15 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
Quick answer
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Publication order
3 volumes1995–1999Completed
- Dave Pelzer’s memoirs of the severe abuse he suffered from his mother in 1970s California, his years in foster care and his adult life.
- A Child Called "It" is the one most readers know and the only one here with enough ratings; it is hard reading.
- The Lost Boy and A Man Named Dave continue the story in order.
A plan for the whole series
3 volumes, 827 pages, about 15 hours. At 45 min a day that is 20 days.
Stages
This series fits in one stage. You finish around November 18, 2026.
- Stage 115 h20 daysby November 18, 2026
- 1. A Child Called "It"
- 2. The Lost Boy
- 3. A man named Dave
- The end of the series
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How this plan is calculated
The plan comes from the pages and ratings of each volume: we split the series into stages of about three weeks’ reading, size each break to the stage before it, and read the chance of finishing from how many readers rate the last volume compared with the first. How we work out the plan →
Every volume in order
Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026
Frequently asked questions
Which Dave Pelzer book is the longest?
“The Lost Boy” is the longest at 337 pages; the shortest is “A Child Called "It"” with 168 pages.