Souls of the Road books in order

The Souls of the Road series follows a supernatural road trip across an America where the dead travel the highway alongside the living, beginning with Wayward Souls (2020) and continuing through six paranormal novels that blend mythology, adventure, and Devon Monk's signature attention to the cost of using power. The sixth entry, Wayward Gods, arrived in 2025.
Series · Paranormal Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Mythology Fantasy · Adventure Fiction

Reading order

# Title Published Author Buy on Amazon
1 Wayward Souls 2020 Devon Monk Buy
2 Wayward Moon 2021 Devon Monk Buy
3 Oak and Ink 2022 Devon Monk N/A
4 Wayward Sky 2022 Devon Monk Buy
5 Wayward Devils 2024 Devon Monk Buy
6 Wayward Gods 2025 Devon Monk Buy

Souls of the Road is one of Devon Monk’s more ambitious recent projects — a six-book series running from 2020 to 2025 that builds its own mythology around the American highway system and the souls that travel it. Where her earlier series used Portland or a specific fictional town as their anchor, Souls of the Road is literally on the move, with the road itself as the recurring setting.

The series sits in the paranormal adventure space rather than the cozy paranormal of Ordinary Magic or the noir urban fantasy of Allie Beckstrom — it is more road trip than detective procedural, more mythologically wide-ranging than geographically grounded. Wayward Gods (2025) brought the initial run to a conclusion, making the full six-book series available to read as a complete arc.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Souls of the Road series?

There are six books in the Souls of the Road series, published between 2020 and 2025.

What is the first book in the Souls of the Road series?

The first book in the Souls of the Road series is Wayward Souls, published in 2020.

What is the premise of the Souls of the Road series?

The series is built around a version of America where souls of the dead travel along certain roads and highways, creating an unseen supernatural geography that a small group of living characters can perceive and navigate. Wayward Souls introduces the premise and the cast, and the subsequent books — Wayward Moon, Oak and Ink, Wayward Sky, Wayward Devils, and Wayward Gods — expand the world across different regions of the country and different mythological systems that govern what the dead can and cannot do on the road.

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