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Gone Books in Order

Gone contains 11 books, published between 2008 and 2022. The first book is Gone (2008) and the newest is Gone: Book Two (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
2008–2022
Confirmed
9 of 11 titles
Pages on record
2,341 in 5 of 11 books
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Gone is a young adult series by Michael Grant that opens with Gone (2008). Hunger (2009), Lies (2010), Plague (2011), Fear (2012) and Light (2013) follow, with Monster (2017) and Villain (2018) among the later entries. Survival, the supernatural, mutation, twin brothers, discrimination and violence are recorded subjects. The listing also includes two 2022 books, Gone and Gone: Book Two, that carry a credit for Jacqueline Druga.

How many Gone books are there?

Gone has 11 books, released between 2008 and 2022.

Gone Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Gone 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 Gone by Michael Grant, book 1 of the Gone series (2008)
  2. Cover of Hunger by Michael Grant, book 2 of the Gone series (2009)
  3. Cover of Lies by Michael Grant, book 3 of the Gone series (2010)
  4. Cover of Plague by Michael Grant, book 4 of the Gone series (2011)
  5. Cover of Fear by Michael Grant, book 5 of the Gone series (2012)
  6. Cover of Light by Michael Grant, book 6 of the Gone series (2013)
  7. Cover of Monster by Michael Grant, book 7 of the Gone series (2017)
  8. Cover of Villain by Michael Grant, book 8 of the Gone series (2018)
  9. Cover of Hero by Michael Grant, book 9 of the Gone series (2019)
  1. 1
    Gone2008 · 576 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2008576
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  2. 1
    Gone2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  3. 2
    Hunger2009 · 608 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2009608
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  4. 2
    Gone: Book Two2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  5. 3
    Lies2010 · confirmed 4/4
    2010–
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  6. 4
    Plague2011 · confirmed 4/4
    2011–
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  7. 5
    Fear2012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012–
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  8. 6
    Light2013 · 413 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013413
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  9. 7
    Monster2017 · 420 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017420
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  10. 8
    Villain2018 · 324 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018324
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  11. 9
    Hero2019 · confirmed 3/4
    2019–
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Do you have to read Gone books in order?

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

Where to start with Gone

Start with Gone (2008), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Gone book?

Gone: Book Two (2022) is the newest Gone book released so far.

Is there a new Gone book coming?

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

Gone at a glance

Paused
No new Gone title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Gone books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,341 pages across the 5 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 420 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Gone books, 7 of 11, were published in the 2010s.
Corroboration
4 of the 11 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 9 in at least three.
Attribution
Of the 11 titles, 9 are credited to Michael Grant and 2 to Jacqueline Druga.

What the Gone books are about

8 of the 11 Gone books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: survival is tagged on 6 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.