Adam Plantinga Books in Order
Adam Plantinga has written 6 books, published between 2014 and 2026. The first book is 400 Things Cops Know (2014) and the newest is Dark Country (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 6
- Published
- 2014–2026
- Pages on record
- 780 in 3 of 6 books
- Reading time
- 13–20 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 780 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 3 of 6 titles with a page count on record.
Adam Plantinga began in nonfiction about policing, with 400 Things Cops Know (2014), Ask/Tell/Order/Make (2018) and Police Craft (2019) drawing on the working details of the job. Fiction followed: the Kurt Argento thrillers open with The Ascent (2024) and continue through Hard Town (2025) and Dark Country (2026). Six titles make up the catalogue, which is ongoing.
How many Adam Plantinga books are there?
Adam Plantinga has 6 books, released between 2014 and 2026. 3 of them belong to the Kurt Argento series.
Adam Plantinga Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 6 Adam Plantinga books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1400 Things Cops Know2014 · 194 pages · confirmed 1/420141941/4
- 2Ask/Tell/Order/Make2018 · 245 pages · confirmed 1/420182451/4
- 3Police Craft2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 420243411/4
- 52025–1/4
- 62026–1/4
Adam Plantinga books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Kurt Argento in order
3 books- 1. The Ascent
- 2. Hard Town
- 3. Dark Country
Standalone books
3 books3 Adam Plantinga titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Adam Plantinga books in order?
You only need to read Adam Plantinga books in order within the Kurt Argento series, which holds 3 of the 6 Adam Plantinga books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Adam Plantinga
Start with 400 Things Cops Know (2014), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Adam Plantinga book?
Dark Country (2026) is the newest Adam Plantinga book released so far.
Is there a new Adam Plantinga book coming?
No next Adam Plantinga book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Adam Plantinga at a glance
- Still publishing
- Adam Plantinga published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Adam Plantinga books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 780 pages across the 3 of 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 245 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Adam Plantinga books, 3 of 6, were published in the 2020s.
What the Adam Plantinga books are about
3 of the 6 Adam Plantinga books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.