Lauren Wolk Books in Order
Lauren Wolk has written 7 books, published between 1999 and 2026. The first book is Those Who Favor Fire (1999) and the newest is The Outermost Mouse (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 7
- Published
- 1999–2026
- Pages on record
- 1,603 in 5 of 7 books
- Reading time
- 27–40 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,603 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 7 titles with a page count on record.
Wolf Hollow took a Newbery Honor in 2017, and Beyond the Bright Sea the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction the year after; both are Lauren Wolk's books for children. Wolk is an American author, poet and editor, born in Baltimore and a graduate in English literature from Brown University in 1981. Seven catalogued books run from Those Who Favor Fire in 1999 to The Outermost Mouse in 2026, with Echo Mountain in 2020, My Own Lightning in 2022 and Candle Island in 2025 between them. Coal mining, pollution, orphans and community life appear among the subjects.
How many Lauren Wolk books are there?
Lauren Wolk has 7 books, released between 1999 and 2026. 2 of them belong to the Wolf Hollow series.
Lauren Wolk Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 7 Lauren Wolk 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.
- 1Those Who Favor Fire1999 · 332 pages · confirmed 1/419993321/4
- 220162911/4
- 3Beyond the Bright Sea2017 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/420173041/4
- 4Echo Mountain2020 · 356 pages · confirmed 1/420203561/4
- 520223201/4
- 6Candle Island2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
- 7The Outermost Mouse2026 · confirmed 1/42026–1/4
Lauren Wolk 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.
Wolf Hollow in order
2 booksStandalone books
5 books5 Lauren Wolk titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Lauren Wolk books in order?
You only need to read Lauren Wolk books in order within the Wolf Hollow series, which holds 2 of the 7 Lauren Wolk books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Lauren Wolk
Start with Those Who Favor Fire (1999), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Lauren Wolk book?
The Outermost Mouse (2026) is the newest Lauren Wolk book released so far.
Is there a new Lauren Wolk book coming?
No next Lauren Wolk book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Lauren Wolk at a glance
- Still publishing
- Lauren Wolk published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Lauren Wolk books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
- Length
- 1,603 pages across the 5 of 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Lauren Wolk books, 4 of 7, were published in the 2020s.
What the Lauren Wolk books are about
4 of the 7 Lauren Wolk books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: family life is tagged on 3 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Family life 3 of 4 books
- Children's fiction 2 of 4 books
- Coal mine waste 1 of 4 books
- Coal mines and mining 1 of 4 books
- Community life 1 of 4 books
- Conduct of life 1 of 4 books
- Country life 1 of 4 books
- Depressions 1 of 4 books
- Homeless persons 1 of 4 books