Reading order

Survivors reading order

Erin Hunter

  1. The Empty City2012
  2. A Hidden Enemy
  3. Darkness Falls
  4. The Broken Path
  5. The Endless Lake2014
  6. Storm of Dogs2015
6 volumes
Volumes
2012–2015
Published
about 35 h
Reading time
Completed
Status

Quick answer

The Empty City
Start withThe Empty City2012 · Volume 1 of 6

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Publication order

6 volumes2012–2015Completed

A plan for the whole series

6 volumes, 1,861 pages, about 35 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 6 weeks.

Stages

2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 17, 2026, 4 days later than in one go.

  1. Stage 117 habout 3 weeksby November 21, 2026
    • 1. The Empty City2012 · 304 pages · 6 h
    • 2. A Hidden Enemy · 304 pages · 6 h
    • 3. Darkness Falls · 320 pages · 6 h
  2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 25, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  3. Stage 217 habout 3 weeksby December 17, 2026
    • 4. The Broken Path · 327 pages · 6 h
    • 5. The Endless Lake2014 · 316 pages · 6 h
    • 6. Storm of Dogs2015 · 290 pages · 5 h
  4. The end of the series
    December 17, 2026
In one goDecember 13, 2026about 6 weeks
In stages, with breaksDecember 17, 2026about 7 weeks · +2 h of other books

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How this plan is calculated

The plan comes from the pages and ratings of each volume: we split the series into stages of about three weeks’ reading, size each break to the stage before it, and read the chance of finishing from how many readers rate the last volume compared with the first. How we work out the plan →

Every volume in order

Read: 0 of 6

No volume in this series has enough ratings to enter a ranking yet, so the list carries no scores — the order and the volumes are still complete.

  1. The Empty City
    The Empty City2012 · 20 ratingsStart hereBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  2. A Hidden Enemy
    A Hidden EnemyBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  3. Darkness Falls
    Darkness FallsBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  4. The Broken Path
    The Broken PathBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  5. The Endless Lake
    The Endless Lake2014Buy
    –Not ranked yet
  6. Storm of Dogs
    Storm of Dogs2015Buy
    –Not ranked yet

Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Which Survivors book is the longest?

“The Broken Path” is the longest at 327 pages; the shortest is “Storm of Dogs” with 290 pages.

What should I read after Survivors?

Other series by Erin Hunter: Warriors, Warriors: The Prophecies Begin, Warriors: Power of Three.

More series by Erin Hunter

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