T.W. Piperbrook Books in Order

T.W. Piperbrook has written 36 books, published between 2012 and 2025. The first book is The Onset (2012) and the newest is Fear The Dark (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
36
Published
2012–2025
Pages on record
4,844 in 20 of 36 books
Reading time
81–121 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,844 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 20 of 36 titles with a page count on record.

T.W. Piperbrook writes post-apocalyptic fiction across six series: Contamination, Outage, Ruins, Sandstorm, Alive Again and Fear the Dark. The catalogue opens in 2012 with The Onset and Book Zero: St. Matthews, then runs through Crossroads, Escape and Wasteland in 2013 and Dead Instinct, Sanctuary, Survival and The Last Survivors in 2014. Piperbrook's 36 catalogued titles reach Fear The Dark (2025).

Source: composed

How many T.W. Piperbrook books are there?

T.W. Piperbrook has 36 books, released between 2012 and 2025. They include 7 series and 1 title listed outside any series.

T.W. Piperbrook Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 36 T.W. Piperbrook 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.

  1. 1
    The OnsetContamination #12012 · 184 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012184
  2. 2
    Book Zero: St. MatthewsContamination #22012 · 152 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012152
  3. 3
    CrossroadsContamination #32013 · 188 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013188
  4. 4
    WastelandContamination #42013 · 248 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013248
  5. 5
    EscapeContamination #52013 · 328 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013328
  6. 6
    OutageOutage #12014 · 122 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014122
  7. 7
    The Last SurvivorsLast Survivors #12014 · 276 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014276
  8. 8
    The WakeupOutage #22014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
  9. 9
    SurvivalContamination #62014 · 280 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014280
  10. 10
    Dead InstinctContamination #72014 · 214 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014214
  11. 11
    SanctuaryContamination #82014 · 276 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014276
  12. 12
    The Last EscapeLast Survivors #22015 · 328 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015328
  13. 13
    The AwakeningOutage #32015 · 138 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015138
  14. 14
    The Last HumanityLast Survivors #32015 · 334 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015334
  15. 15
    VengeanceOutage #42015 · 196 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015196
  16. 16
    The ReckoningOutage #52015 · 198 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015198
  17. 17
    The RuinsRuins #12016 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016272
  18. 18
    The Last CommandLast Survivors #42016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
  19. 19
    The Last RefugeLast Survivors #52016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
  20. 20
    The ChangeOutage #62016 · 188 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016188
  21. 21
    The Last ConquestLast Survivors #62016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
  22. 22
    ControlOutage #72016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
  23. 23
    ResistanceContamination #92016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
  24. 24
    The Ruins 2Ruins #22017 · 356 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017356
  25. 25
    The Ruins 3Ruins #32017 · 290 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017290
  26. 26
    SandstormSandstorm #12018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
  27. 27
    WindsweptSandstorm #22018 · 276 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018276
  28. 28
    The Ruins 4Ruins #42018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
  29. 29
    DustbornSandstorm #32019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
  30. 30
    Better Guns and Gardens2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
  31. 31
    War TornSandstorm #42020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
  32. 32
    Alive AgainAlive Again #12021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
  33. 33
    Alive Again 2Alive Again #22022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
  34. 34
    Alive Again 3Alive Again #32024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
  35. 35
    Last ResponderOutage #82024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
  36. 36
    Fear The DarkFear the Dark #12025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–

T.W. Piperbrook 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.

Contamination in order

9 books
  1. 1. The Onset
  2. 2. Book Zero: St. Matthews
  3. 3. Crossroads
  4. 4. Wasteland
  5. 5. Escape
  6. 6. Survival
  7. 7. Dead Instinct
  8. 8. Sanctuary
  9. 9. Resistance

Outage in order

8 books
  1. 1. Outage
  2. 2. The Wakeup
  3. 3. The Awakening
  4. 4. Vengeance
  5. 5. The Reckoning
  6. 6. The Change
  7. 7. Control
  8. 8. Last Responder

Last Survivors in order

6 books
  1. 1. The Last Survivors
  2. 2. The Last Escape
  3. 3. The Last Humanity
  4. 4. The Last Command
  5. 5. The Last Refuge
  6. 6. The Last Conquest

Ruins in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Ruins
  2. 2. The Ruins 2
  3. 3. The Ruins 3
  4. 4. The Ruins 4

Sandstorm in order

4 books
  1. 1. Sandstorm
  2. 2. Windswept
  3. 3. Dustborn
  4. 4. War Torn

Alive Again in order

3 books
  1. 1. Alive Again
  2. 2. Alive Again 2
  3. 3. Alive Again 3

Fear the Dark in order

1 book
  1. 1. Fear The Dark

Standalone books

1 book

1 T.W. Piperbrook title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read T.W. Piperbrook books in order?

You only need to read T.W. Piperbrook books in order within each series: the books listed here span 7 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with T.W. Piperbrook

Start with The Onset (2012), the earliest published title.

What is the newest T.W. Piperbrook book?

Fear The Dark (2025) is the newest T.W. Piperbrook book released so far.

Is there a new T.W. Piperbrook book coming?

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

T.W. Piperbrook at a glance

Still publishing
T.W. Piperbrook published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
T.W. Piperbrook books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
4,844 pages across the 20 of 36 books with a recorded length, a median of 260 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most T.W. Piperbrook books, 29 of 36, were published in the 2010s.

When T.W. Piperbrook books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when T.W. Piperbrook titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 29 titles.

2010s
29
2020s
7

36 books total across 2 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.