Jeff Hirsch Books in Order

Jeff Hirsch has written 8 books, published between 2011 and 2019. The first book is The Eleventh Plague (2011) and the newest is Unnatural Disasters (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2011–2019
Pages on record
1,054 in 3 of 8 books

Jeff Hirsch is credited on 8 catalogued books published between 2011 and 2019. Subject headings record survival, science fiction, children's fiction, escapes, conspiracies and the regression of civilization, along with grandfathers, adolescence and parent and child. The Eleventh Plague (2011) opens the catalogue, and The Darkest Path (2013) shares its name with the series listed under Hirsch. Black River Falls (2016), Sovereign (2019) and Unnatural Disasters (2019) close the run.

How many Jeff Hirsch books are there?

Jeff Hirsch has 8 books, released between 2011 and 2019. 2 of them belong to the Darkest Path series.

Jeff Hirsch Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Jeff Hirsch 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. 1
    The Eleventh Plague2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011
  2. 2
    Magisterium2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012
  3. 3
    The Darkest PathDarkest Path #12013 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013320
  4. 4
    Breakaway39 Clues: Unstoppable #22013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013
  5. 5
    Bear's StoryDarkest Path #22016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016
  6. 6
    Black River Falls2016 · 382 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016382
  7. 7
    Sovereign2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019
  8. 8
    Unnatural Disasters2019 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019352

Jeff Hirsch 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.

Darkest Path in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Darkest Path
  2. 2. Bear's Story

39 Clues: Unstoppable in order

1 book
  1. 2. Breakaway

Standalone books

5 books

5 Jeff Hirsch titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jeff Hirsch books in order?

You only need to read Jeff Hirsch books in order within the Darkest Path series, which holds 2 of the 8 Jeff Hirsch books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Jeff Hirsch

Start with The Eleventh Plague (2011), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jeff Hirsch book?

Unnatural Disasters (2019) is the newest Jeff Hirsch book released so far.

Is there a new Jeff Hirsch book coming?

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

Jeff Hirsch at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Jeff Hirsch title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Jeff Hirsch books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,054 pages across the 3 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jeff Hirsch books, 8 of 8, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jeff Hirsch books are about

6 of the 8 Jeff Hirsch books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 4 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.