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J.L. Bourne Books in Order

J.L. Bourne has written 10 books, published between 2004 and 2020. The first book is Day by Day Armageddon (2004) and the newest is Remote Five (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
2004–2020
Pages on record
1,653 in 5 of 10 books
Reading time
28–41 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,653 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

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J.L. Bourne writes apocalyptic horror. Day by Day Armageddon (2004) opened a zombie sequence continued in Beyond Exile (2010) and Shattered Hourglass (2012), with Origin to Exile (2011) collecting part of it. The Tomorrow War books, Tomorrow War (2015), Ghost Run (2016), Serpent Road (2017), form a second series, and Trilobyte a third. Survival, the end of the world and dystopian science fiction are the standing subjects across 10 catalogued titles, the last of them in 2020.

How many J.L. Bourne books are there?

J.L. Bourne has 10 books, released between 2004 and 2020. They include 3 separate series.

J.L. Bourne Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 J.L. Bourne books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Day by Day Armageddon by J.L. Bourne, book 1 of the Day by Day Armageddon series (2004)
  2. Cover of Beyond Exile by J.L. Bourne, book 2 of the Day by Day Armageddon series (2010)
  3. Cover of Origin to Exile by J.L. Bourne, book 3 of the Day by Day Armageddon series (2011)
  4. Cover of Shattered Hourglass by J.L. Bourne, book 4 of the Day by Day Armageddon series (2012)
  5. Cover of Tomorrow War by J.L. Bourne, book 1 of the Tomorrow War series (2015)
  6. Cover of Ghost Run by J.L. Bourne, book 6 of the Day by Day Armageddon series (2016)
  1. 1
    Day by Day ArmageddonDay by Day Armageddon #12004 · 260 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004260
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  2. 2
    Beyond ExileDay by Day Armageddon #22010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  3. 3
    Origin to ExileDay by Day Armageddon #32011 · 513 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011513
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  4. 4
    Shattered HourglassDay by Day Armageddon #42012 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012336
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  5. 5
    Grey FoxDay by Day Armageddon #52013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  6. 6
    Tomorrow WarTomorrow War #12015 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015288
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  7. 7
    Ghost RunDay by Day Armageddon #62016 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016256
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  8. 8
    Serpent RoadTomorrow War #22017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  9. 9
    TrilobyteTrilobyte #12020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  10. 10
    Remote FiveTrilobyte #22020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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J.L. Bourne books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Day by Day Armageddon in order

6 books
  1. 1. Day by Day Armageddon
  2. 2. Beyond Exile
  3. 3. Origin to Exile
  4. 4. Shattered Hourglass
  5. 5. Grey Fox
  6. 6. Ghost Run

Tomorrow War in order

2 books
  1. 1. Tomorrow War
  2. 2. Serpent Road

Trilobyte in order

2 books
  1. 1. Trilobyte
  2. 2. Remote Five

Do you have to read J.L. Bourne books in order?

You only need to read J.L. Bourne books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with J.L. Bourne

Start with Day by Day Armageddon (2004), the earliest published title.

What is the newest J.L. Bourne book?

Remote Five (2020) is the newest J.L. Bourne book released so far.

Is there a new J.L. Bourne book coming?

No next J.L. Bourne book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

J.L. Bourne at a glance

No recent titles
The newest J.L. Bourne title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
J.L. Bourne books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,653 pages across the 5 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most J.L. Bourne books, 7 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

What the J.L. Bourne books are about

7 of the 10 J.L. Bourne books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: zombies is tagged on 5 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.