Moe Prager Books in Order

Moe Prager by Reed Farrel Coleman contains 9 books, published between 2002 and 2014. The first book is Walking the Perfect Square (2002) and the newest is The Hollow Girl (2014). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
9
Published
2002–2014
Confirmed
9 of 9 titles
Pages on record
1,412 in 5 of 9 books
Reading time
24–35 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,412 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 9 titles with a page count on record.

Moe Prager is Reed Farrel Coleman's New York mystery series, following an ex-police officer turned private investigator through murders and missing-person cases tangled up with his own family. Walking the Perfect Square (2002) opens the sequence and The Hollow Girl (2014) closes it, nine books later, taking in Redemption Street, The James Deans, Soul Patch and Empty Ever After.

How many Moe Prager books are there?

Moe Prager has 9 books, released between 2002 and 2014.

Moe Prager Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 Moe Prager 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. 1
    Walking the Perfect Square2002 · confirmed 3/4
    2002
  2. 2
    Redemption Street2004 · 250 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004250
  3. 3
    The James Deans2005 · 277 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005277
  4. 4
    Soul Patch2007 · confirmed 3/4
    2007
  5. 5
    Empty Ever After2007 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007272
  6. 6
    Innocent Monster2010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010
  7. 7
    Hurt Machine2011 · 309 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011309
  8. 8
    Onion Street2013 · confirmed 3/4
    2013
  9. 9
    The Hollow Girl2014 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014304

Moe Prager Books in Chronological Order

In story order, Onion Street comes first and The Hollow Girl comes last. Chronological order follows the events inside the story rather than the release dates. The 9 books below run in that in-universe sequence.

  1. 8
    Onion Street2013 · confirmed 3/4
    2013
  2. 1
    Walking the Perfect Square2002 · confirmed 3/4
    2002
  3. 2
    Redemption Street2004 · 250 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004250
  4. 3
    The James Deans2005 · 277 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005277
  5. 4
    Soul Patch2007 · confirmed 3/4
    2007
  6. 5
    Empty Ever After2007 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007272
  7. 6
    Innocent Monster2010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010
  8. 7
    Hurt Machine2011 · 309 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011309
  9. 9
    The Hollow Girl2014 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014304

Do you have to read Moe Prager books in order?

You should read the Moe Prager books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Moe Prager book also stands alone.

Where to start with Moe Prager

Start with Walking the Perfect Square (2002), the earliest published title. In the chronological order, Onion Street comes first.

What is the newest Moe Prager book?

The Hollow Girl (2014) is the newest Moe Prager book released so far.

Is there a new Moe Prager book coming?

No next Moe Prager book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Moe Prager has won

Wikidata records 2 awards for Moe Prager. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Moe Prager at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Moe Prager title on record dates from 2014, 12 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Moe Prager books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,412 pages across the 5 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 277 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Moe Prager books, 5 of 9, were published in the 2000s.

What the Moe Prager books are about

5 of the 9 Moe Prager books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: ex-police officers is tagged on 3 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Reed Farrel Coleman

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