Reading Order
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Start with At the Earth's Core and continue through all 7 books in the listed reading order.
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Start with At the Earth's Core
Book 1 by Edgar Rice Burroughs • Published 1914
David Innes and inventor Abner Perry test a burrowing machine and break into Pellucidar, a sunlit world inside the Earth. Dinosaurs, rival tribes, and the telepathic Mahars turn their return trip into a fight for surv...
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Pellucidar reading order
Ends with Land of Terror
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Book 1:At the Earth's Core
Edgar Rice Burroughs • 1914
David Innes and inventor Abner Perry test a burrowing machine and break into Pellucidar, a sunlit world inside the Earth. Dinosaurs, rival tribes, and the telepathic Mahars turn their return trip into a fight for surv...
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Book 2:Pellucidar
Edgar Rice Burroughs • 1915
David Innes returns to Pellucidar and takes on a larger mission than escape. To challenge the Mahars’ rule, he must unite scattered tribes, survive treachery, and build a rebellion in a world where time and distance w...
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Book 3:Tanar of Pellucidar
Edgar Rice Burroughs • 1928
A new protagonist is drawn into Pellucidar’s brutal inner-earth politics and forced to survive among rival tribes and slavers. As alliances shift, he must fight for freedom and learn what leadership costs in a world w...
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Book 4:Tarzan at the Earth's Core
Edgar Rice Burroughs • 1929
Tarzan is pulled into Pellucidar, the savage world inside the Earth, where dinosaurs and telepathic rulers prey on humans. Cut off from the surface, he joins the fight for freedom and survives by instinct and relentle...
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Book 5:Back to the Stone Age
Edgar Rice Burroughs • 1937
A man from the surface is stranded in Pellucidar and forced to live by stone-age rules, learning survival one brutal lesson at a time. Captivity, pursuit, and shifting tribal politics make every step toward freedom un...
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Book 6:Savage Pellucidar
Edgar Rice Burroughs • 1941
Pellucidar’s struggle for freedom continues as new threats and rival factions rise in the endless daylight. Exploration and warfare collide, pushing the rebels into strange territories where the Mahars’ shadow still r...
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Book 7:Land of Terror
Edgar Rice Burroughs • 1944
David Innes returns to Pellucidar and is drawn into a perilous expedition toward an unknown region rumored to be deadly. Strange peoples, treachery, and the harsh logic of survival turn exploration into a fight to com...
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What is the best order to read the Pellucidar series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with At the Earth's Core.
How many books are in the Pellucidar series?
There are 7 books currently listed in the Pellucidar series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Pellucidar series?
New readers should start with At the Earth's Core, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Pellucidar series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 1914 to 1944.