Series

Time Quintet series in reading order

There are 5 books in the Time Quintet series.

Published between 1962 and 1989, in the same order they are meant to be read.

Meg Murry, her brilliant younger brother Charles Wallace, and friend Calvin embark on a cosmic quest to rescue Meg's scientist father. Traveling through space and time via "tesseract," they confront a malevolent force threatening to engulf the universe in darkness, armed only with love and individua

All 5 books, in reading order

• 1. A Wrinkle in Time (1962) — Madeleine L'Engle · 256 pages
• 2. A Wind in the Door (1973) — Madeleine L'Engle · 247 pages
• 3. A Swiftly Tilting Planet (1978) — Madeleine L'Engle · 320 pages
• 4. Many Waters (1986) — Madeleine L'Engle · 369 pages
• 5. An Acceptable Time (1989) — Madeleine L'Engle · 373 pages

All 5 books total 1,565 pages.

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