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).
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 September 2026.
- 120121842/4
- 220121522/4
- 320131882/4
- 420132482/4
- 520133282/4
- 620141222/4
- 720142762/4
- 82014–2/4
- 920142802/4
- 1020142142/4
- 1120142762/4
- 1220153282/4
- 1320151382/4
- 1420153342/4
- 1520151962/4
- 1620151982/4
- 1720162722/4
- 182016–2/4
- 192016–2/4
- 2020161882/4
- 212016–2/4
- 222016–2/4
- 232016–2/4
- 2420173562/4
- 2520172902/4
- 262018–2/4
- 2720182762/4
- 282018–2/4
- 292019–2/4
- 30Better Guns and Gardens2020 · confirmed 2/42020–2/4
- 312020–2/4
- 322021–2/4
- 332022–2/4
- 342024–2/4
- 352024–2/4
- 362025–2/4
T.W. Piperbrook series in order
Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Contamination books in order 9 books
- Outage books in order 8 books
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.
Last Survivors in order
6 booksRuins in order
4 books- 1. The Ruins
- 2. The Ruins 2
- 3. The Ruins 3
- 4. The Ruins 4
Sandstorm in order
4 booksAlive Again in order
3 booksFear the Dark in order
1 bookStandalone books
1 book1 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 first book of the T.W. Piperbrook series you want to read: Contamination starts with The Onset (2012) and Outage starts with Outage (2014). The earliest catalogued title overall is The Onset (2012).
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.