Jeff Somers Books in Order
Jeff Somers has written 34 books, published between 2001 and 2023. The first book is Lifers (2001) and the newest is The Salted Earth (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 34
- Published
- 2001–2023
- Pages on record
- 1,924 in 7 of 34 books
Jeff Somers writes science fiction and crime thrillers. The Avery Cates books form the backbone, The Electric Church (2007), The Digital Plague, The Eternal Prison, The Terminal State, The Final Evolution, with the Ustari Cycle alongside them. Murder for hire, revenge and secrecy recur as subjects. Somers's 34 catalogued titles start with Lifers in 2001 and end with The Salted Earth in 2023, at a median of 256 pages.
Source: Wikidata
How many Jeff Somers books are there?
Jeff Somers has 34 books, released between 2001 and 2023. They include 3 series and 5 titles listed outside any series.
Jeff Somers Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 34 Jeff Somers 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 November 2026.
- 1Lifers2001 · 170 pages · confirmed 1/420011701/4
- 2The Freaks Are Winning2002 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/420022561/4
- 32007–1/4
- 420084001/4
- 52009–1/4
- 62010–1/4
- 720113901/4
- 820133841/4
- 9Chum2013 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/420132081/4
- 10The Ruiner2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 112014–1/4
- 122014–1/4
- 132015–1/4
- 142015–1/4
- 152015–1/4
- 162016–1/4
- 172016–1/4
- 182016–1/4
- 192016–1/4
- 202017–1/4
- 2120171161/4
- 222018–1/4
- 232019–1/4
- 242019–1/4
- 252019–1/4
- 26Idolator2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 272020–1/4
- 282021–1/4
- 292021–1/4
- 302021–1/4
- 312021–1/4
- 322022–1/4
- 332022–1/4
- 342023–1/4
Jeff Somers 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.
Avery Cates in order
16 books- 1. The Electric Church
- 2. The Digital Plague
- 3. The Eternal Prison
- 4. The Terminal State
- 5. The Final Evolution
- 6. The Walled City
- 7. The Pale
- 8. The Iron Island
- 9. The Bey
- 10. The City Lord
- 11. The Kendish Hit
- 12. The Drum Trial
- and 4 more in the table above
Ustari Cycle in order
9 booksAvery Cates: The Burning City in order
4 booksStandalone books
5 books5 Jeff Somers titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Jeff Somers books in order?
You only need to read Jeff Somers 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 Jeff Somers
Start with Lifers (2001), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Jeff Somers book?
The Salted Earth (2023) is the newest Jeff Somers book released so far.
Is there a new Jeff Somers book coming?
No next Jeff Somers 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 Somers at a glance
- Paused
- No new Jeff Somers title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Jeff Somers books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,924 pages across the 7 of 34 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jeff Somers books, 20 of 34, were published in the 2010s.
When Jeff Somers books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Jeff Somers titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 20 titles.
34 books total across 3 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Jeff Somers books are about
6 of the 34 Jeff Somers books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: science fiction is tagged on 3 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Science fiction 3 of 6 books
- Crime 2 of 6 books
- Murder for hire 2 of 6 books
- Thrillers 2 of 6 books