BookBingeThe Enemy Books in Order
The short answer
Charlie Higson · 7 books
- How many books?
- There are 7 books in The Enemy series, published 2009–2015.
- Is it finished?
- Yes — the series is complete; it ends with The End (2015).
- Where to start
- Start with The Enemy (2009).
About 3,500 pages — roughly 60 hours of reading
A post-apocalyptic horror series set in London after a sickness turns everyone over sixteen into ravenous, flesh-eating grown-ups. Rival bands of surviving children fortify landmarks, scavenge the ruined city and fight to stay alive.
Here is the complete The Enemy reading order — all 7 books by Charlie Higson, in the order you should read them:
Reading order
- The EnemyA year after the sickness, the kids holed up in a Waitrose supermarket are offered sanctuary at Buckingham Palace, if they can cross a London full of grown-ups to reach it.2009448 pages
- The DeadA prequel set a year earlier, following boarding-school pupils Ed and Jack as the disease breaks out and they flee toward London.2010512 pages
- The FearDogNut leads a crew out of the Tower of London to search for friends they lost a year ago, crossing a city where the grown-ups are getting smarter.2011496 pages
- The SacrificeSmall Sam and The Kid reach the Tower of London, while a search party heading north runs into a cult that has found its own answer to the sickness.2012496 pages
- The FallenThe Holloway crew settle at the Natural History Museum, where a scientist among them starts experimenting on captured grown-ups.2013544 pages
- The HuntedA rescue party leaves London for the countryside to bring back a missing girl, and finds the world outside the city no safer.2014464 pages
- The EndThe series finale brings the surviving kids of London together for a last stand against Saint George and his army of sickos.2015512 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 Enemy books are there?
There are 7 books in The Enemy series by Charlie Higson, from The Enemy (2009) to The End (2015). Together they run to about 3,500 pages.
Is The Enemy series finished?
Yes. Charlie Higson completed the series with The End in 2015; all 7 books are out now.
What is the first Enemy book?
The Enemy (2009) is book one, at 448 pages. A year after the sickness, the kids holed up in a Waitrose supermarket are offered sanctuary at Buckingham Palace, if they can cross a London full of grown-ups to reach it.
Should I read The Enemy series in publication order?
Yes. For The Enemy series, reading order and publication order are the same — The Enemy (2009) through The End (2015).
How long does it take to read all Enemy books?
About 3,500 pages across 7 books — roughly 60 hours at a page a minute. The longest is The Fallen (544 pages); the shortest is The Enemy (448 pages).