P.J. Tracy Books in Order
P.J. Tracy has written 16 books, published between 2003 and 2025. The first book is Monkeewrench / Want to Play? (2003) and the newest is The Deepest Cut (2025). Publication order is the reading order below. 11 of the 16 books listed here are in the Monkeewrench series, which has its own page: Monkeewrench books in order.
- Books
- 16
- Published
- 2003–2025
- Confirmed
- 16 of 16 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,090 in 9 of 16 books
- Reading time
- 52–77 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,090 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 16 titles with a page count on record.
P.J. Tracy writes police procedurals and thrillers set in Minneapolis. Monkeewrench, also published as Want to Play?, opened the catalogue in 2003 and named the series that follows a group of computer software specialists who help police hunt serial killers. Sixteen books reach The Deepest Cut in 2025, and the Detective Margaret Nolan novels run alongside.
How many P.J. Tracy books are there?
P.J. Tracy has 16 books, released between 2003 and 2025. They include 2 separate series.
P.J. Tracy Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 16 P.J. Tracy books in the order they were released, 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.
- 120034214/4
- 220043944/4
- 320053684/4
- 420063114/4
- 52010–4/4
- 620123054/4
- 720163064/4
- 82017–4/4
- 920173084/4
- 1020183254/4
- 112019–4/4
- 1220213524/4
- 132022–4/4
- 142023–4/4
- 152024–4/4
- 162025–4/4
P.J. Tracy series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Monkeewrench books in order 11 books
P.J. Tracy 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.
Detective Margaret Nolan in order
4 booksP J Tracy Standalone Novels
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
P.J. Tracy Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the P.J. Tracy books run from Monkeewrench / Want to Play? (2003) to The Deepest Cut (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for P.J. Tracy in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read P.J. Tracy books in order?
You only need to read P.J. Tracy books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with P.J. Tracy
Start with Monkeewrench / Want to Play? (2003), the first Monkeewrench book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest P.J. Tracy book?
The Deepest Cut (2025) is the newest P.J. Tracy book released so far.
Is there a new P.J. Tracy book coming?
No next P.J. Tracy book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
P.J. Tracy at a glance
- Still publishing
- P.J. Tracy published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- P.J. Tracy books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 3,090 pages across the 9 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 325 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most P.J. Tracy books, 7 of 16, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 16 of the 16 titles appear in all four independent book listings.
What the P.J. Tracy books are about
10 of the 16 P.J. Tracy books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: police is tagged on 8 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Police 8 of 10 books
- Minneapolis (minn.) 4 of 10 books
- Computer scientists 3 of 10 books
- Computer software industry 3 of 10 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 3 of 10 books
- Serial murders 3 of 10 books
- Suspense 3 of 10 books
- Thrillers 3 of 10 books
- Crimes against 2 of 10 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 10 books