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Begin with A Wrinkle in Time and follow the five novels in publication order.
Book Series · 5 Books
A Wrinkle in Time Quintet Books
In order from A Wrinkle in Time to An Acceptable Time.
Madeleine L'Engle's five-book science-fantasy sequence follows the Murry and O'Keefe families across space, time, and generations while exploring courage, love, faith, and the struggle against evil.
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Reading order
How to Read the Time Quintet
Read A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time in publication order. Later books change viewpoint and generation but share the same family history and cosmology.
The graphic novel retells A Wrinkle in Time. Intergalactic P.S. 3 is a shorter stand-alone story in the same world, so neither one adds a sixth novel to the sequence.
Sources: Macmillan's official Time Quintet inventory, Macmillan's graphic novel page, Macmillan's Intergalactic P.S. 3 page.
For parents
What Parents Should Know
The books combine science fantasy with explicit spiritual and theological ideas. Peril includes mind control, serious illness, bodily danger, war, frightening evil forces, and life-or-death choices.
Many Waters contains more mature discussion of desire, pregnancy, violence, and social cruelty than some families expect from the first book, even though the treatment remains literary rather than graphic.
Where to start
Where Should My Child Start?
Where the story begins
First Book in the Series
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$858
Book #1 · Chapter Book · Ages 9–13 · 1962
A Wrinkle in Time
A stormy night, a mysterious stranger, and a quest through time to find a missing father.
247 pages· 49,244 words· Est. 5.5 hour read
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Summary: Meg Murry's world shifts when a mysterious stranger arrives on a stormy night, speaking of tesseracts and time wrinkles. With her brother Charles Wallace and friend Calvin, Meg embarks on a cosmic journey to rescue her father, a scientist lost in a government experiment. As they traverse strange worlds, they confront dark forces and discover the power of love and courage. Will they find him before it's too late?
In reading order
A Wrinkle in Time Quintet Series
5 books · Published 1962–1989
#1
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$858
A Wrinkle in Time
Chapter Book · Ages 9–13 · 1962
A stormy night, a mysterious stranger, and a quest through time to find a missing father.
#2
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$858
A Wind in the Door
Chapter Book · Ages 10–14 · 1973
Travel inside a boy to battle cosmic evil and restore universal balance.
#3
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$759
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
Chapter Book · Ages 10–14 · 1978
A time-travel quest to stop a dictator and save the world from destruction.
#4
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$759
Many Waters
Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 1986
Twins are thrust into a desert of mythical beasts and biblical floods. Can they find their way home?
#5
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$759
An Acceptable Time
Chapter Book · Ages 10–14 · 1989
A time gate thrusts Polly into a perilous ancient world. Can she return before it's too late?
Alternate and optional ways into the world
More from A Wrinkle in Time
2 books · Published 2012–2018
The graphic novel is a visual version of book one, while Intergalactic P.S. 3 is a shorter stand-alone story for younger readers.
Graphic Nov.
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$1597
A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel
Chapter Book · Ages 8–11 · 2012
A group of children must rescue a missing father by traversing the universe.
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$1348
Intergalactic P.S. 3
Chapter Book · Ages 7–10 · 2018
A journey through time and space tests Meg's strength to protect her brother.
Good to know
Common Questions
How many books are in the A Wrinkle in Time Quintet series?
There are 5 books in the A Wrinkle in Time Quintet series. It began with A Wrinkle in Time in 1962, and the newest book, An Acceptable Time, was published in 1989.
What order should you read the A Wrinkle in Time Quintet books in?
Start with A Wrinkle in Time and follow the series order — the books above are numbered #1 through #5.
What ages are the A Wrinkle in Time Quintet books best for?
The series is best for ages 8–14, based on the age ranges of the individual books.
The people
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