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A Pot Thief Murder Mystery Books in Order

A Pot Thief Murder Mystery by J. Michael Orenduff contains 10 books, published between 2009 and 2025. The first book is The Pot Thief Who Studied Pythagoras (2009) and the newest is The Pot Thief Who Studied Calvin (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
2009–2025
Pages on record
1,612 in 6 of 10 books
Reading time
27–40 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,612 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

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J. Michael Orenduff is credited on all 10 books of A Pot Thief Murder Mystery, published between 2009 and 2025. The catalogued titles run from The Pot Thief Who Studied Pythagoras (2009) to The Pot Thief Who Studied Calvin (2025), by way of Ptolemy, Einstein, Escoffier, D. H. Lawrence, Billy the Kid, Georgia O'Keeffe, Edward Abbey and the Woman at Otowi Crossing. Subjects record mystery and detective fiction, crime and New Mexico, and the Pot Thief is listed as the recurring character.

How many A Pot Thief Murder Mystery books are there?

A Pot Thief Murder Mystery has 10 books, released between 2009 and 2025.

A Pot Thief Murder Mystery Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 A Pot Thief Murder Mystery 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.

  1. Cover of The Pot Thief Who Studied Ptolemy by J. Michael Orenduff, book 2 of the A Pot Thief Murder Mystery series (2009)
  2. Cover of The Pot Thief Who Studied Escoffier by J. Michael Orenduff, book 4 of the A Pot Thief Murder Mystery series (2011)
  3. Cover of The Pot Thief Who Studied D. H. Lawrence by J. Michael Orenduff, book 5 of the A Pot Thief Murder Mystery series
  4. Cover of The Pot Thief Who Studied Billy the Kid by J. Michael Orenduff, book 6 of the A Pot Thief Murder Mystery series
  5. Cover of The Pot Thief Who Studied Georgia O'Keeffe by J. Michael Orenduff, book 7 of the A Pot Thief Murder Mystery series
  6. Cover of The Pot Thief Who Studied Edward Abbey by J. Michael Orenduff, book 8 of the A Pot Thief Murder Mystery series
  1. 1
    The Pot Thief Who Studied Pythagoras2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  2. 2
    The Pot Thief Who Studied Ptolemy2009 · 290 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009290
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  3. 3
    The Pot Thief Who Studied Einstein2010 · 248 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010248
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  4. 4
    The Pot Thief Who Studied Escoffier2011 · 226 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011226
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  5. 5
    The Pot Thief Who Studied D. H. Lawrence2012 · 248 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012248
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  6. 6
    The Pot Thief Who Studied Billy the Kid2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  7. 7
    The Pot Thief Who Studied Georgia O'Keeffe2016 · 300 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016300
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  8. 8
    The Pot Thief Who Studied Edward Abbey2018 · 300 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018300
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  9. 9
    The Pot Thief Who Studied the Woman at Otowi Crossing2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  10. 10
    The Pot Thief Who Studied Calvin2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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Is there a chronological order for A Pot Thief Murder Mystery?

No separate chronological order is on record for A Pot Thief Murder Mystery, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read A Pot Thief Murder Mystery books in order?

You should read the A Pot Thief Murder Mystery books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each A Pot Thief Murder Mystery book also stands alone.

Where to start with A Pot Thief Murder Mystery

Start with The Pot Thief Who Studied Pythagoras (2009), the earliest published title.

What is the newest A Pot Thief Murder Mystery book?

The Pot Thief Who Studied Calvin (2025) is the newest A Pot Thief Murder Mystery book released so far.

Is there a new A Pot Thief Murder Mystery book coming?

No next A Pot Thief Murder Mystery book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

A Pot Thief Murder Mystery at a glance

Still running
A Pot Thief Murder Mystery is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
Release pace
A Pot Thief Murder Mystery books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,612 pages across the 6 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 269 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most A Pot Thief Murder Mystery books, 6 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

What the A Pot Thief Murder Mystery books are about

5 of the 10 A Pot Thief Murder Mystery books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 5 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by J. Michael Orenduff

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Characters in the A Pot Thief Murder Mystery books

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.