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Joseph Monninger Books in Order

Joseph Monninger has written 29 books, published between 1982 and 2025. The first book is The Family Man (1982) and the newest is Fight Night 1939 (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
29
Published
1982–2025
Pages on record
4,642 in 20 of 29 books
Reading time
77–116 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,642 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 20 of 29 titles with a page count on record.

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Joseph Monninger (1953-2025) was an American writer and Professor of English at Plymouth State University who lived in Warren, New Hampshire. Survival, wilderness, dogs and family life run through 29 catalogued books, from The Family Man (1982) to Fight Night 1939 (2025), with the Stay Alive series and the Journey Trilogy written for young readers. Monninger served in the Peace Corps in his youth and twice held National Endowment for the Arts fellowships. Goodbye To Clocks Ticking is his memoir of the first year after a terminal lung cancer diagnosis in 2021.

How many Joseph Monninger books are there?

Joseph Monninger has 29 books, released between 1982 and 2025. They include 3 series and 20 titles listed outside any series.

Joseph Monninger Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 29 Joseph Monninger 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 The Summer Hunt by Joseph Monninger (1983)
  2. Cover of Second Season by Joseph Monninger (1987)
  3. Cover of The Viper Tree by Joseph Monninger (1991)
  4. Cover of Biology Write Now! by Joseph Monninger (1992)
  5. Cover of Incident at Potter's Bridge by Joseph Monninger (1992)
  6. Cover of Mather by Joseph Monninger (1995)
  7. Cover of Home Waters by Joseph Monninger (1999)
  8. Cover of A Barn in New England by Joseph Monninger (2001)
  9. Cover of Two Ton by Joseph Monninger (2006)
  10. Cover of Baby by Joseph Monninger (2007)
  11. Cover of Hippie Chick by Joseph Monninger, book 1 of the Journey Trilogy (2008)
  12. Cover of The World As We Know It by Joseph Monninger (2011)
  13. Cover of Margaret from Maine by Joseph Monninger (2012)
  14. Cover of Cave-in by Joseph Monninger, book 2 of the Stay Alive series (2014)
  15. Cover of Breakdown by Joseph Monninger, book 3 of the Stay Alive series (2014)
  16. Cover of Flood by Joseph Monninger, book 4 of the Stay Alive series (2014)
  17. Cover of Whippoorwill by Joseph Monninger (2015)
  18. Cover of The Great White Shark by Joseph Monninger, book 2 of the Dragged from Under series (2021)
  19. Cover of Goodbye to Clocks Ticking by Joseph Monninger (2023)
  1. 1
    The Family Man1982 · 221 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982221
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  2. 2
    The Summer Hunt1983 · 300 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1983300
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  3. 3
    New Jersey1986 · confirmed 1/4
    1986–
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  4. 4
    Second Season1987 · 245 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987245
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  5. 5
    The Viper Tree1991 · 318 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991318
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  6. 6
    Biology Write Now!1992 · 104 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992104
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  7. 7
    Incident at Potter's Bridge1992 · 262 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992262
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  8. 8
    Mather1995 · 200 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995200
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  9. 9
    Home Waters1999 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999190
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  10. 10
    A Barn in New England2001 · 282 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001282
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  11. 11
    Two Ton2006 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006208
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  12. 12
    Baby2007 · 173 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007173
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  13. 13
    Hippie ChickJourney Trilogy #12008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  14. 14
    WishJourney Trilogy #22010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  15. 15
    Eternal on the Water2010 · 359 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010359
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  16. 16
    Finding SomewhereJourney Trilogy #32011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  17. 17
    The World As We Know It2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  18. 18
    Margaret from Maine2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  19. 19
    CrashStay Alive #12013 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013208
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  20. 20
    Cave-inStay Alive #22014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  21. 21
    BreakdownStay Alive #32014 · 202 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014202
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  22. 22
    FloodStay Alive #42014 · 202 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014202
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  23. 23
    Whippoorwill2015 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015288
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  24. 24
    Game Change2017 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017240
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  25. 25
    The Bull SharkDragged from Under #12020 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020224
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  26. 26
    A Cup of Stars2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  27. 27
    The Great White SharkDragged from Under #22021 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021208
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  28. 28
    Goodbye to Clocks Ticking2023 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2023208
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  29. 29
    Fight Night 19392025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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Joseph Monninger 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.

Stay Alive in order

4 books
  1. 1. Crash
  2. 2. Cave-in
  3. 3. Breakdown
  4. 4. Flood

Journey Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. Hippie Chick
  2. 2. Wish
  3. 3. Finding Somewhere

Dragged from Under in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Bull Shark
  2. 2. The Great White Shark

Standalone books

20 books

20 Joseph Monninger titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Joseph Monninger books in order?

You only need to read Joseph Monninger 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 Joseph Monninger

Start with The Family Man (1982), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Joseph Monninger book?

Fight Night 1939 (2025) is the newest Joseph Monninger book released so far.

Is there a new Joseph Monninger book coming?

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

Joseph Monninger at a glance

Died
Joseph Monninger died in 2025, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Joseph Monninger on record dates from 2025.
Release pace
Joseph Monninger books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,642 pages across the 20 of 29 books with a recorded length, a median of 214 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Joseph Monninger books, 11 of 29, were published in the 2010s.

What the Joseph Monninger books are about

22 of the 29 Joseph Monninger 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 8 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.