Joe McGee Books in Order
Joe McGee has written 10 books, published between 2019 and 2025. The first book is The Monster Squad (2019) and the newest is Castle of Schemes and Dreams (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2019–2025
- Pages on record
- 608 in 5 of 10 books
- Reading time
- 10–15 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 608 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 10 titles with a page count on record.
Joe McGee writes for readers in grades 1 to 3, and friendship and monsters are the catalogue subjects. The 10 listed books run from 2019 to 2025, starting with The Monster Squad and Crash! Bang! Boo! (2019). It's Raining Bats and Frogs! and Monster of Disguise appeared in 2020, Curse of the Crummy Mummy! and Trash Heap of Terror in 2022, Chiller Thriller in 2023 and The Rottenest Reunion in 2024. The Incredible Shrinking Grump and Castle of Schemes and Dreams date from 2025, and McGee is still publishing.
In the Junior Monster Scouts series, three friends named Wolfy, Franky and Vampyra, all children of monsters, work to earn their Junior Monster Scout badges.
How many Joe McGee books are there?
Joe McGee has 10 books, released between 2019 and 2025.
Joe McGee Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Joe McGee 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.
- 1The Monster Squad2019 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/420191121/4
- 2Crash! Bang! Boo!2019 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/420191121/4
- 3It's Raining Bats and Frogs!2020 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/420201121/4
- 4Monster of Disguise2020 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/420201281/4
- 5Trash Heap of Terror2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 6Curse of the Crummy Mummy!2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 7Chiller Thriller2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 8The Rottenest Reunion2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 9The Incredible Shrinking Grump2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
- 10Castle of Schemes and Dreams2025 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/420251441/4
Joe McGee 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.
Standalone books
10 books10 Joe McGee titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Joe McGee books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 10 Joe McGee books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Joe McGee
Start with The Monster Squad (2019), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Joe McGee book?
Castle of Schemes and Dreams (2025) is the newest Joe McGee book released so far.
Is there a new Joe McGee book coming?
No next Joe McGee book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Joe McGee at a glance
- Still publishing
- Joe McGee published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Joe McGee books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 608 pages across the 5 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 112 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Joe McGee books, 8 of 10, were published in the 2020s.
What the Joe McGee books are about
1 of the 10 Joe McGee 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.
- Friendship 1 of 1 books
- Monsters 1 of 1 books