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Days of Want Books in Order

7 books from Turbulent (2019) to Defiance (2023). Rated 4.7 across 2,467 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. Turbulent

    Book 1 2019 4.5 (632)

    In an instant, everything stops. No lights. No phones. No transportation. When coordinated EMP and Cyber attacks wipe out the nation’s power grid and communications, ultra-marathon runner, Maddie Langston, is forced to run for her life....

  2. Hunted

    Book 2 2019 4.8 (469)

    Just when Maddie thinks she has reached safety at her uncle’s farm, a new threat emerges sending her on the run in a race for her life....

  3. Turmoil

    Book 3 2019 4.8 (339)

    As Maddie, Zack, and their group struggle to secure the cabin, the community grapples to find justice in a lawless world when a girl goes missing. Amid turmoil and bloodshed, Maddie learns that evil comes in all shapes and sizes.

  4. Uprising

    Book 4 2020 4.8 (246)

    Texas County, Missouri, is a powder keg ready to blow. As winter approaches, small-town issues become big trouble. Maddie Langston and her group of post-apocalyptic survivors are stretched thin.

  5. Upheaval

    Book 5 2020 4.8 (416)

    After surviving the prison riots and deadly skirmishes with the wannabe dictator of Texas County, Maddie and her group are left with dwindling resources, unprepared for the harsh winter ahead.

  6. Mayhem

    Book 6 2022 4.8 (295)

    Nine months after the lights went out, Maddie Langston and the other survivors in Texas County just want to replenish their food stores and prepare for the next winter but an unexpected encounter with a stranger takes all their lives in a…

  7. Defiance

    Book 7 2023 4.8 (70)

    Alliances are made and lines are drawn as Maddie and her group come face to face with General Dempsey’s forces....

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Days of Want is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.