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Fifth Wave Books in Order

Fifth Wave by Richard Yancey contains 3 books, published between 2013 and 2016. The first book is The 5th Wave (2013) and the newest is The Last Star (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
3
Published
2013–2016
Confirmed
3 of 3 titles
Pages on record
338 in 1 of 3 books
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The 5th Wave is young adult science fiction by Richard Yancey, built on an alien invasion that arrives in waves. Three books are catalogued: The 5th Wave (2013), The Infinite Sea (2014) and The Last Star (2016). Survival, war and alien contact run through the subjects, and the sequence has stood at three books since 2016.

How many Fifth Wave books are there?

Fifth Wave has 3 books, released between 2013 and 2016.

Fifth Wave Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 3 Fifth Wave 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 The 5th Wave by Richard Yancey, book 1 of the Fifth Wave series (2013)
  2. Cover of The Infinite Sea by Richard Yancey, book 2 of the Fifth Wave series (2014)
  3. Cover of The Last Star by Richard Yancey, book 3 of the Fifth Wave series (2016)
  1. 1
    The 5th Wave2013 · confirmed 4/4
    2013–
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  2. 2
    The Infinite Sea2014 · confirmed 4/4
    2014–
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  3. 3
    The Last Star2016 · 338 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016338
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Is there a chronological order for Fifth Wave?

No separate chronological order is on record for Fifth Wave, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Fifth Wave books in order?

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

Where to start with Fifth Wave

Start with The 5th Wave (2013), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Fifth Wave book?

The Last Star (2016) is the newest Fifth Wave book released so far.

Is there a new Fifth Wave book coming?

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

Fifth Wave at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Fifth Wave title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Fifth Wave books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
338 pages across the 1 of 3 books with a recorded length, a median of 338 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Fifth Wave books, 3 of 3, were published in the 2010s.
Corroboration
2 of the 3 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the Fifth Wave books are about

All 3 Fifth Wave books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: extraterrestrial beings is tagged on 3 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Richard Yancey

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

Characters in the Fifth Wave books

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.