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Joseph Monninger

5 Series • 30 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Journey Trilogy Books
Start with: Hippie Chick (2008)
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Publication Order of Stay Alive Books
Start with: Crash (2013)
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Publication Order of Dragged from Under Books
Start with: The Bull Shark (2020)

ⓘ About Joseph Monninger

Joseph Monninger is a fiction and young adult author who has published novels for adults and teens and three nonfiction works. Monninger was brought up in Westfield, New Jersey and got a football scholarship to Temple University. He would later go to Burkina Faso then named Upper Volta from 1975 to 1977, where he volunteered in the Peace Corps. For several years, he has fly fished the Wind River Range in Wyoming and in New Zealand as he has been a certified New Hampshire Fishing Guide. As an outdoorsy guy, he has been a regular participant in Sled Dog sprint races in New England and operated a sled dog business in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. He currently lives with his family in a customized barn near the Baker River in New Hampshire.

All Book Series by Joseph Monninger

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Hippie Chick

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2008

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2008
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Wish

Book 2 of 3 · published 2010

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2010
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Finding Somewhere

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2011

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2011
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Crash

Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2013

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2013
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Cave-in

Book 2 of 4 · published 2014

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2014
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Breakdown

Book 3 of 4 · published 2014

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2014
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Flood

Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2014

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2014
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The Bull Shark

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2020

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2020
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The Great White Shark

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2021

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2021
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The Family Man

Series opener · book 1 of 15 · published 1982

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1982
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The Summer Hunt

Book 2 of 15 · published 1983

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1983
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New Jersey

Book 3 of 15 · published 1986

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1986
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Second Season

Book 4 of 15 · published 1987

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1987
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The Viper Tree

Book 5 of 15 · published 1991

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1991
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Incident at Potter's Bridge

Book 6 of 15 · published 1992

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1992
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Mather

Book 7 of 15 · published 1995

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1995
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Baby

Book 8 of 15 · published 2007

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2007
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The Letters

Book 9 of 15 · published 2008 Co-authored · Luanne Rice

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2008
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Eternal on the Water

Book 10 of 15 · published 2010

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2010
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The World As We Know It

Book 11 of 15 · published 2011

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2011
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Margaret from Maine

Book 12 of 15 · published 2012

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2012
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Whippoorwill

Book 13 of 15 · published 2015

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2015
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Game Change

Book 14 of 15 · published 2017

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2017
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A Cup of Stars

Latest in the series · book 15 of 15 · published 2020

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2020
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Biology Write Now!

Series opener · book 1 of 6 · published 1992 Co-authored · Theodore L. Taigen

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1992
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Home Waters

Book 2 of 6 · published 1999

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1999
3
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A Barn in New England

Book 3 of 6 · published 2001

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2001
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Two Ton

Book 4 of 6 · published 2006

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2006
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Goodbye to Clocks Ticking

Book 5 of 6 · published 2023

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2023
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Fight Night 1939

Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2025

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2025

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Joseph Monninger?

Joseph Monninger is a fiction and young adult author who has published novels for adults and teens and three nonfiction works. Monninger was brought up in Westfield, New Jersey and got a football scholarship to Temple University. He would later go to Burkina Faso then named Upper Volta from 1975 to 1977, where he volunteered in the Peace Corps.

Which Joseph Monninger series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Journey Trilogy series, the earliest of Joseph Monninger's multi-book series: it opens with Hippie Chick (2008) and runs to 3 books across 2008–2011, ending with Finding Somewhere (2011). Joseph Monninger's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

How many books has Joseph Monninger written?

Joseph Monninger has 30 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1982 and 2025. 9 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the Stay Alive series with 4 books — and 21 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Joseph Monninger's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Joseph Monninger's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Journey Trilogy (2008–2011, 3 books), Stay Alive (2013–2014, 4 books) and Dragged from Under (2020–2021, 2 books).

How are Joseph Monninger's books organised into series?

This guide splits Joseph Monninger's 30 books into 3 named series and 21 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Stay Alive (4 books, 2013–2014); Journey Trilogy (3 books, 2008–2011); Dragged from Under (2 books, 2020–2021).