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Wayward Pines Books in Order

Wayward Pines by Blake Crouch contains 3 books, published between 2012 and 2014. The first book is Pines (2012) and the newest is The Last Town (2014). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
3
Published
2012–2014
Confirmed
3 of 3 titles
Total pages
885 across 3 books
Reading time
15–22 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 885 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

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Wayward Pines is a thriller trilogy by Blake Crouch: Pines (2012), Wayward (2013) and The Last Town (2014). Ethan Burke, a Secret Service agent, wakes after a car accident in the town of Wayward Pines, Idaho, a place ringed by a high fence whose residents live under constant surveillance, and sets out to find what the town hides. Three books complete the run, at a median of 298 pages each. Nothing has been added since 2014.

How many Wayward Pines books are there?

Wayward Pines has 3 books, released between 2012 and 2014.

Wayward Pines Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 3 Wayward Pines 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 Pines by Blake Crouch, book 1 of the Wayward Pines series (2012)
  2. Cover of Wayward by Blake Crouch, book 2 of the Wayward Pines series (2013)
  3. Cover of The Last Town by Blake Crouch, book 3 of the Wayward Pines series (2014)
  1. 1
    Pines2012 · 307 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2012307
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  2. 2
    Wayward2013 · 298 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2013298
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  3. 3
    The Last Town2014 · 280 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2014280
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Is there a chronological order for Wayward Pines?

No separate chronological order is on record for Wayward Pines, 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 Wayward Pines books in order?

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

Where to start with Wayward Pines

Start with Pines (2012), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Wayward Pines book?

The Last Town (2014) is the newest Wayward Pines book released so far.

Is there a new Wayward Pines book coming?

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

Wayward Pines at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Wayward Pines title on record dates from 2014, 12 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Wayward Pines books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
885 pages across all 3 books with a recorded length, a median of 298 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Wayward Pines books, 3 of 3, were published in the 2010s.
Corroboration
3 of the 3 titles appear in all four independent book listings.

What the Wayward Pines books are about

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

More books by Blake Crouch

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