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Escape from Furnace Books in Order

Escape from Furnace by Alexander Gordon Smith contains 7 books, published between 2009 and 2011. The first book is Lockdown (2009) and the newest is The Night Children (2011). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
7
Published
2009–2011
Pages on record
336 in 1 of 7 books
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Escape from Furnace is a horror and science fiction series for young readers by Alexander Gordon Smith, built on false imprisonment, a prison, and the attempt to get out of it. Seven books appeared across three years: Lockdown (2009), Solitary (2009), Death Sentence (2009), Fugitives (2010), Execution (2011), Epilogue (2011) and The Night Children (2011). A chronological ordering is catalogued separately from publication order. Volumes median 336 pages.

How many Escape from Furnace books are there?

Escape from Furnace has 7 books, released between 2009 and 2011.

Escape from Furnace Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 7 Escape from Furnace 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 Lockdown by Alexander Gordon Smith, book 1 of the Escape from Furnace series (2009)
  2. Cover of Solitary by Alexander Gordon Smith, book 2 of the Escape from Furnace series (2009)
  3. Cover of Death Sentence by Alexander Gordon Smith, book 3 of the Escape from Furnace series (2009)
  4. Cover of Fugitives by Alexander Gordon Smith, book 4 of the Escape from Furnace series (2010)
  5. Cover of Execution by Alexander Gordon Smith, book 5 of the Escape from Furnace series (2011)
  1. 1
    Lockdown2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  2. 2
    Solitary2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  3. 3
    Death Sentence2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  4. 4
    Fugitives2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  5. 5
    Execution2011 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011336
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  6. 6
    Epilogue2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  7. 7
    The Night Children2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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Escape from Furnace Books in Chronological Order

In story order, The Night Children comes first and Epilogue comes last. Chronological order follows the events inside the story rather than the release dates. The 7 books below run in that in-universe sequence.

  1. 7
    The Night Children2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  2. 1
    Lockdown2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  3. 2
    Solitary2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 3
    Death Sentence2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  5. 4
    Fugitives2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  6. 5
    Execution2011 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011336
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 6
    Epilogue2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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Do you have to read Escape from Furnace books in order?

You should read the Escape from Furnace books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Escape from Furnace book also stands alone.

Where to start with Escape from Furnace

Start with Lockdown (2009), the earliest published title. In the chronological order, The Night Children comes first.

What is the newest Escape from Furnace book?

The Night Children (2011) is the newest Escape from Furnace book released so far.

Is there a new Escape from Furnace book coming?

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

Escape from Furnace at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Escape from Furnace title on record dates from 2011, 15 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Escape from Furnace books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
336 pages across the 1 of 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Escape from Furnace books, 4 of 7, were published in the 2010s.

What the Escape from Furnace books are about

5 of the 7 Escape from Furnace books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: prisons is tagged on 5 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Alexander Gordon Smith

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Other series by Alexander Gordon Smith

Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.