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Will Hobbs Books in Order

Will Hobbs has written 24 books, published between 1988 and 2020. The first book is Changes in Latitudes (1988) and the newest is City of Gold (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
24
Published
1988–2020
Confirmed
2 of 24 titles
Pages on record
3,517 in 19 of 24 books
Reading time
59–88 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,517 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 24 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Will Hobbs, author

Will Hobbs (22 August 1947 - 31 March 2025) was an American author of twenty novels for upper elementary, middle school and young adult readers, plus two picture book stories. Fourteen years of teaching reading and English in southwest Colorado gave Hobbs a sense of audience, and the stories are set mostly in wild places known at first hand. Bearstone, the second novel, drew national attention on replacing Where the Red Fern Grows as the unabridged novel in a Prentice-Hall seventh grade literature anthology. The catalogue holds 24 books from Changes in Latitudes (1988) to City of Gold (2020), with Bearstone and Jason's Gold as series headings. Subject tags name survival, wildlife conservation, Ute Indians and canoeing.

How many Will Hobbs books are there?

Will Hobbs has 24 books, released between 1988 and 2020. They include 4 series and 15 titles listed outside any series.

Will Hobbs Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 24 Will Hobbs 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 Changes in Latitudes by Will Hobbs (1988)
  2. Cover of Bearstone by Will Hobbs, book 1 of the Bearstone series (1989)
  3. Cover of Downriver by Will Hobbs, book 1 of the River series (1991)
  4. Cover of The Big Wander by Will Hobbs (1992)
  5. Cover of Beardance by Will Hobbs, book 46 of the Avon Camelot series (1993)
  6. Cover of Kokopelli's Flute by Will Hobbs (1995)
  7. Cover of Beardream by Will Hobbs, book 1 of the Will Hobb's Picture series (1997)
  8. Cover of River Thunder by Will Hobbs, book 2 of the River series (1997)
  9. Cover of Ghost Canoe by Will Hobbs (1997)
  10. Cover of Bearstone And Other Selected Works by Will Hobbs (1998)
  11. Cover of Howling Hill by Will Hobbs, book 2 of the Will Hobb's Picture series (1998)
  12. Cover of The Maze by Will Hobbs (1998)
  13. Cover of Jason's Gold by Will Hobbs, book 1 of the Jason's Gold series (1999)
  14. Cover of Bearstone by Will Hobbs, book 91 of the Avon Camelot series (2000)
  15. Cover of Down the Yukon by Will Hobbs, book 2 of the Jason's Gold series (2001)
  16. Cover of Wild Man Island by Will Hobbs (2002)
  17. Cover of Jackie's Wild Seattle by Will Hobbs (2003)
  18. Cover of Leaving Protection by Will Hobbs (2004)
  19. Cover of Crossing the Wire by Will Hobbs (2006)
  20. Cover of Go Big or Go Home by Will Hobbs (2008)
  21. Cover of Take Me to the River by Will Hobbs (2010)
  22. Cover of Never Say Die by Will Hobbs (2013)
  1. 1
    Changes in Latitudes1988 · 162 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988162
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  2. 2
    BearstoneBearstone #11989 · 154 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989154
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  3. 3
    DownriverRiver #11991 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991208
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  4. 4
    The Big Wander1992 · 181 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992181
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  5. 5
    BeardanceAvon Camelot #461993 · 197 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993197
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  6. 6
    Kokopelli's Flute1995 · 148 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995148
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  7. 7
    Far North1996 · confirmed 1/4
    1996–
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  8. 8
    BeardreamWill Hobb's Picture #11997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  9. 9
    River ThunderRiver #21997 · 201 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997201
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  10. 10
    Ghost Canoe1997 · 195 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997195
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  11. 11
    Bearstone And Other Selected Works1998 · 113 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998113
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  12. 12
    Howling HillWill Hobb's Picture #21998 · confirmed 1/4
    1998–
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  13. 13
    The Maze1998 · 198 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998198
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  14. 14
    Jason's GoldJason's Gold #11999 · 221 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999221
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  15. 15
    BearstoneAvon Camelot #912000 · 127 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000127
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  16. 16
    Down the YukonJason's Gold #22001 · 193 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001193
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  17. 17
    Wild Man Island2002 · 184 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002184
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  18. 18
    Jackie's Wild Seattle2003 · 200 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003200
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  19. 19
    Leaving Protection2004 · 178 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004178
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  20. 20
    Crossing the Wire2006 · 216 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006216
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  21. 21
    Go Big or Go Home2008 · 185 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008185
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  22. 22
    Take Me to the River2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  23. 23
    Never Say Die2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  24. 24
    City of Gold2020 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020256
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Will Hobbs 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.

River in order

2 books
  1. 1. Downriver
  2. 2. River Thunder

Will Hobb's Picture in order

2 books
  1. 1. Beardream
  2. 2. Howling Hill

Jason's Gold in order

2 books
  1. 1. Jason's Gold
  2. 2. Down the Yukon

Avon Camelot in order

2 books
  1. 46. Beardance
  2. 91. Bearstone

Bearstone in order

1 book
  1. 1. Bearstone

Standalone books

15 books

15 Will Hobbs titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Will Hobbs books in order?

You only need to read Will Hobbs 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 Will Hobbs

Start with Changes in Latitudes (1988), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Will Hobbs book?

City of Gold (2020) is the newest Will Hobbs book released so far.

Is there a new Will Hobbs book coming?

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

Awards Will Hobbs has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Will Hobbs. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Edgar Awards1998Won

Will Hobbs at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Will Hobbs title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Will Hobbs books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,517 pages across the 19 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 193 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Will Hobbs books, 12 of 24, were published in the 1990s.

What the Will Hobbs books are about

22 of the 24 Will Hobbs 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 14 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.