John Twelve Hawks Books in Order
John Twelve Hawks has written 7 books, published between 2005 and 2026. The first book is The Traveler (2005) and the newest is Certainty (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 7
- Published
- 2005–2026
- Pages on record
- 1,528 in 4 of 7 books
- Reading time
- 25–38 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,528 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 7 titles with a page count on record.
John Twelve Hawks is a pseudonym; the author's legal name and identity remain unknown. The Fourth Realm Trilogy, The Traveler (2005), The Dark River (2007) and The Golden City (2009), is the central work, a dystopian sequence about brothers and surveillance that has been translated into 25 languages and sold more than 1.5 million copies. Spark (2014) followed five years later, along with the non-fiction ebook Against Authority. Certainty appeared in 2026.
How many John Twelve Hawks books are there?
John Twelve Hawks has 7 books, released between 2005 and 2026. 3 of them belong to the Fourth Realm series.
John Twelve Hawks Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 7 John Twelve Hawks 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.
- 120054562/4
- 220073842/4
- 320093682/4
- 5Spark2014 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/420143202/4
- 6Battling the Big Lie: How Fox, Facebook, and the MAGA Media Are Destroying America2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 7Certainty2026 · confirmed 2/42026–2/4
John Twelve Hawks 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.
Fourth Realm in order
3 booksStandalone books
4 books4 John Twelve Hawks titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read John Twelve Hawks books in order?
You only need to read John Twelve Hawks books in order within the Fourth Realm series, which holds 3 of the 7 John Twelve Hawks books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with John Twelve Hawks
Start with The Traveler (2005), the earliest published title.
What is the newest John Twelve Hawks book?
Certainty (2026) is the newest John Twelve Hawks book released so far.
Is there a new John Twelve Hawks book coming?
No next John Twelve Hawks book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
John Twelve Hawks at a glance
- Still publishing
- John Twelve Hawks published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- John Twelve Hawks books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 1,528 pages across the 4 of 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 376 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most John Twelve Hawks books, 3 of 7, were published in the 2000s.
What the John Twelve Hawks books are about
4 of the 7 John Twelve Hawks books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: brothers is tagged on 3 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Brothers 3 of 4 books
- Paranormal fiction 3 of 4 books
- Supernatural 3 of 4 books
- Assassins 1 of 4 books
- Dystopias 1 of 4 books
- Fantasy 1 of 4 books
- Hermanos 1 of 4 books
- Novela de suspense 1 of 4 books
- Novela oculta 1 of 4 books
- Science fiction 1 of 4 books
- Sobrenatural 1 of 4 books