BookBingeRot & Ruin Books in Order
The short answer
Jonathan Maberry · 4 books
- How many books?
- There are 4 books in the Rot & Ruin series, published 2010–2013.
- Is it finished?
- Yes — the series is complete; it ends with Fire & Ash (2013).
- Where to start
- Start with Rot & Ruin (2010).
About 2,100 pages — roughly 40 hours of reading
Fourteen years after a zombie plague ended the world, teenager Benny Imura leaves his fenced California town to apprentice as a bounty hunter in the wasteland known as the Rot & Ruin.
Here is the complete Rot & Ruin reading order — all 4 books by Jonathan Maberry, in the order you should read them:
Reading order
- Rot & RuinForced to take a job at fifteen, Benny Imura apprentices to his zombie-hunter brother Tom and discovers the ruined world beyond the fence is nothing like the stories.2010480 pages
- Dust & DecayBenny, Nix, Lilah and Chong set out east to find the jet they saw in the sky, hunted through the Ruin by the dead, wild animals and worse men.2011544 pages
- Flesh & BoneStill travelling east, the friends run headlong into the Reapers, a death cult led by Saint John that means to finish what the plague started.2012496 pages
- Fire & AshBenny's group finally reaches the Sanctuary and races to find a cure while the reaper army and a mutating strain of the dead close in.2013537 pages
Good news: for this series, reading order and publication order are the same — just read straight down the list.
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How many Rot & Ruin books are there?
There are 4 books in the Rot & Ruin series by Jonathan Maberry, from Rot & Ruin (2010) to Fire & Ash (2013). Together they run to about 2,100 pages.
Is the Rot & Ruin series finished?
Yes. Jonathan Maberry completed the series with Fire & Ash in 2013; all 4 books are out now.
What is the first Rot & Ruin book?
Rot & Ruin (2010) is book one, at 480 pages. Forced to take a job at fifteen, Benny Imura apprentices to his zombie-hunter brother Tom and discovers the ruined world beyond the fence is nothing like the stories.
Should I read the Rot & Ruin series in publication order?
Yes. For the Rot & Ruin series, reading order and publication order are the same — Rot & Ruin (2010) through Fire & Ash (2013).
How long does it take to read all Rot & Ruin books?
About 2,100 pages across 4 books — roughly 40 hours at a page a minute. The longest is Dust & Decay (544 pages); the shortest is Rot & Ruin (480 pages).