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Logans reading order

Mildred D. Taylor

  1. The Land2001
  2. The well1995
  3. Song of the trees1975
  4. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry1976
  5. Let the Circle Be Unbroken1981
  6. The Road to Memphis1992
  7. The Gold Cadillac1979
  8. All the Days Past, All the Days to Come2020
7.87.8 / 10
165 ratings
Score
8 volumes
Volumes
1975–2020
Published
about 35 h
Reading time
Completed
Status
Young adult
Genre

Quick answer

The Land
Start withThe Land2001 · Volume 1 of 8
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Publication order

8 volumes1975–2020Completed

  • Mildred D. Taylor’s saga of the Logans, a Black family who own their own land in Depression-era Mississippi and refuse to give it up despite racism and violence.
  • Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, told by young Cassie Logan, won the Newbery Medal and is the one to start with.
  • The other books move backwards and forwards in time; The Land, about Cassie’s grandfather, is the prequel.

A plan for the whole series

8 volumes, 2,014 pages, about 35 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 7 weeks.

Stages

3 stages, with 2 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around December 25, 2026, 7 days later than in one go.

  1. Stage 115 h19 daysby November 17, 2026
  2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 21, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  3. Stage 213 h18 daysby December 9, 2026
    • 5. Let the Circle Be Unbroken1981 · 384 pages · 7 h
    • 6. The Road to Memphis1992 · 290 pages · 5 h
    • 7. The Gold Cadillac1979 · 48 pages · 1 h
  4. Short breakThe Emperor's Soul · Brandon Sanderson · 96 pp. · score 8.82 h, by December 12, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  5. Stage 39 h12 daysby December 25, 2026
    • 8. All the Days Past, All the Days to Come2020 · 496 pages · 9 h
  6. The end of the series
    December 25, 2026
In one goDecember 17, 2026about 7 weeks
In stages, with breaksDecember 25, 2026about 8 weeks · +4 h of other books

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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

Read: 0 of 8
  1. The Land
    The Land2001 · 9 ratings · Not ranked yetStart hereBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  2. The well
    The well1995 · Not ranked yetBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  3. Song of the trees
    Song of the trees1975 · Not ranked yetBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  4. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
    Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry1976 · 165 ratings
    7.87.8 / 10
  5. Let the Circle Be Unbroken
    Let the Circle Be Unbroken1981 · 8 ratings · Not ranked yetBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  6. The Road to Memphis
    The Road to Memphis1992 · 5 ratings · Not ranked yetBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  7. The Gold Cadillac
    The Gold Cadillac1979 · Not ranked yetBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  8. All the Days Past, All the Days to Come
    All the Days Past, All the Days to Come2020 · Not ranked yetBuy
    –Not ranked yet

Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Which Logans book is the longest?

“All the Days Past, All the Days to Come” is the longest at 496 pages; the shortest is “The Gold Cadillac” with 48 pages.