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Start with Meg and continue through all 8 books in the listed reading order.
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Book 1 by Steve Alten • Published 1997
A Navy deep sea pilot turned disgraced paleontologist is haunted by the shark he swears he saw seven miles down. When a new expedition proves a prehistoric megalodon has survived, Jonas Taylor must hunt the monster be...
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Ends with Purgatory
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Book 1:Meg
Steve Alten • 1997
A Navy deep sea pilot turned disgraced paleontologist is haunted by the shark he swears he saw seven miles down. When a new expedition proves a prehistoric megalodon has survived, Jonas Taylor must hunt the monster be...
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Book 2:The Trench
Steve Alten • 1999
A few years after capturing a megalodon pup, Jonas Taylor works at the Tanaka Institute keeping the seventy foot shark Angel contained for paying crowds. When a deep sea mining project in the Mariana Trench awakens ev...
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Book 3:Primal Waters
Steve Alten • 2004
Middle aged and drowning in debt, Jonas Taylor signs on as a consultant for a reality show set on a galleon cruising the South Pacific. When the cameras capture megalodons instead of stunts, the gig turns into a fight...
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Book 4:Hell's Aquarium
Steve Alten • 2009
Years after the first attacks, the Tanaka Institute sells two young megalodons to a Dubai prince building the world's most extreme aquarium. Jonas Taylor's son David soon finds himself leading a mission into a hidden...
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Book 5:Origins
Steve Alten • 2011
This prequel novella follows Jonas Taylor on the classified trench dive that first put him face to face with a megalodon. Trapped miles below the surface, he makes a split second choice that kills his crew, destroys h...
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Book 6:Nightstalkers
Steve Alten • 2016
After disasters in Dubai and the Antarctic lake of Vostok, two rogue megalodons and a murderous liopleurodon are loose in the world's oceans. Jonas Taylor teams up with old allies, including Loch Ness veteran Zachary...
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Book 7:Generations
Steve Alten • 2020 • 2 recommendations
Picking up after Nightstalkers, a captured liopleurodon escapes when a transport ship sinks and megalodon juveniles surface in the Salish Sea. As the world reels, Jonas Taylor races into the hidden Panthalassa Sea see...
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Book 9:Purgatory
Steve Alten • 2022
With the liopleurodon caged and a megalodon penned in the Arabian Sea, Jonas Taylor thinks the nightmare is finally contained. In this final MEG novel, new leviathans rising from unexplored depths force him to face wh...
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Meg FAQ
What is the best order to read the Meg series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with Meg.
How many books are in the Meg series?
There are 8 books currently listed in the Meg series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Meg series?
New readers should start with Meg, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Meg series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 1997 to 2022.