Reading order
Julie of the Wolves reading order
1- 7.87.8 / 1094 ratings
- Score
- 3 volumes
- Volumes
- 1972–1997
- Published
- about 11 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Middle grade
- Genre
Quick answer
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Publication order
3 volumes1972–1997Completed
- Jean Craighead George’s Newbery Medal novel: Miyax, an Iñupiaq girl also called Julie, runs away from an arranged marriage and gets lost on the Alaskan tundra, where she survives by patiently learning the language of a wolf pack and earning the trust of its leader, Amaroq.
- Based on real research into wolf behaviour and full of quiet wonder at the Arctic, though its portrayal of Native life is dated.
- Two later books continue her story and the wolves’.
- Read in order.
A plan for the whole series
3 volumes, 608 pages, about 11 hours. At 45 min a day that is 15 days.
Stages
This series fits in one stage. You finish around November 13, 2026.
- Stage 111 h15 daysby November 13, 2026
- 1. Julie of the Wolves
- 2. Julie
- 3. Julie's Wolf Pack
- 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 Julie of the Wolves book is the longest?
“Julie” is the longest at 240 pages; the shortest is “Julie of the Wolves” with 176 pages.
What should I read after Julie of the Wolves?
Other series by Jean Craighead George: Mountain.
