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Kristen Simmons Books in Order

Kristen Simmons has written 14 books, published between 2012 and 2025. The first book is Article 5 (2012) and the newest is She Waits for You Beyond the Dark (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
2012–2025
Pages on record
3,770 in 10 of 14 books
Reading time
63–94 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,770 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Kristen Simmons, author

Kristen Simmons, born June 5, 1984, writes young adult fiction. The debut novel Article 5 (2012) is a dystopian story set in an America under the control of the "Moral Militia", and Breaking Point and Three continued it as sequels. Simmons has four catalogued series: Article 5, Vale Hall, Set Fire to the Gods and Death Games. The 14 listed books reach She Waits for You Beyond the Dark (2025).

How many Kristen Simmons books are there?

Kristen Simmons has 14 books, released between 2012 and 2025. They include 4 series and 4 titles listed outside any series.

Kristen Simmons Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Kristen Simmons 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 Article 5 by Kristen Simmons, book 1 of the Article 5 series (2012)
  2. Cover of Three by Kristen Simmons, book 3 of the Article 5 series (2014)
  3. Cover of The Glass Arrow by Kristen Simmons (2015)
  4. Cover of Metaltown by Kristen Simmons (2016)
  5. Cover of The Deceivers by Kristen Simmons, book 1 of the Vale Hall series (2019)
  6. Cover of Scammed by Kristen Simmons, book 2 of the Vale Hall series (2020)
  7. Cover of Find Him Where You Left Him Dead by Kristen Simmons, book 1 of the Death Games series (2023)
  1. 1
    Article 5Article 5 #12012 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012384
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  2. 2
    Breaking PointArticle 5 #22013 · 415 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013415
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  3. 3
    ThreeArticle 5 #32014 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014384
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  4. 4
    The Glass Arrow2015 · 350 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015350
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  5. 5
    Burned Away2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  6. 6
    Metaltown2016 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016384
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  7. 7
    Pacifica2018 · 381 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018381
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  8. 8
    The DeceiversVale Hall #12019 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019384
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  9. 9
    Set Fire to the GodsSet Fire to the Gods #12020 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020432
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  10. 10
    ScammedVale Hall #22020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  11. 11
    Rise Up from the EmbersSet Fire to the Gods #22021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  12. 12
    PaybackVale Hall #32021 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021384
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  13. 13
    Find Him Where You Left Him DeadDeath Games #12023 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2023272
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  14. 14
    She Waits for You Beyond the DarkDeath Games #22025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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Kristen Simmons 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.

Article 5 in order

3 books
  1. 1. Article 5
  2. 2. Breaking Point
  3. 3. Three

Vale Hall in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Deceivers
  2. 2. Scammed
  3. 3. Payback

Set Fire to the Gods in order

2 books
  1. 1. Set Fire to the Gods
  2. 2. Rise Up from the Embers

Death Games in order

2 books
  1. 1. Find Him Where You Left Him Dead
  2. 2. She Waits for You Beyond the Dark

Standalone books

4 books

4 Kristen Simmons titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Kristen Simmons books in order?

You only need to read Kristen Simmons books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Kristen Simmons

Start with Article 5 (2012), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Kristen Simmons book?

She Waits for You Beyond the Dark (2025) is the newest Kristen Simmons book released so far.

Is there a new Kristen Simmons book coming?

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

Kristen Simmons at a glance

Still publishing
Kristen Simmons published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Kristen Simmons books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,770 pages across the 10 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 384 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Kristen Simmons books, 8 of 14, were published in the 2010s.

What the Kristen Simmons books are about

9 of the 14 Kristen Simmons 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 7 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.