Power Plays Books in Order
Tom Clancy has written 8 Power Plays books, published between 1997 and 2004. The first book is Politika (1997) and the newest is Wild Card (2004). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 1997–2004
- Confirmed
- 8 of 8 titles
- Pages on record
- 1,845 in 5 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 31–46 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,845 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Power Plays is a thriller series catalogued under Tom Clancy's name, eight books published between 1997 and 2004 and also listed as Tom Clancy's Power Play. Subjects record terrorism, assassination, coups d'état, national security, espionage thrillers and data encryption. Politika (1997) opens the sequence and Wild Card (2004) closes it, with ruthless.com, Shadow Watch, Bio-Strike, Cold War, Cutting Edge and Zero Hour in between.
How many Power Plays books are there?
Power Plays has 8 books, released between 1997 and 2004.
Power Plays Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Power Plays 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.
- 119973843/4
- 219983683/4
- 31999–3/4
- 42000–3/4
- 520013373/4
- 620024213/4
- 72003–3/4
- 820043353/4
Do you have to read Power Plays books in order?
You should read the Power Plays books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Power Plays book also stands alone.
Where to start with Power Plays
Start with Politika (1997), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Power Plays book?
Wild Card (2004) is the newest Power Plays book released so far.
Is there a new Power Plays book coming?
No next Power Plays book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Power Plays at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Power Plays title on record dates from 2004, 22 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Power Plays books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,845 pages across the 5 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 368 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Power Plays books, 5 of 8, were published in the 2000s.
What the Power Plays books are about
6 of the 8 Power Plays books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: terrorism is tagged on 3 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
More books by Tom Clancy
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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