James Patterson Books In Order
Book links take you to Amazon. As an Amazon Associate I earn money from qualifying purchases.Publication Order of Alex Cross Books
Publication Order of Bookshots: Alex Cross Books
Publication Order of Alex Cross Miscellaneous Books
Alex Cross's Trial | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Merry Christmas, Alex Cross | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ali Cross | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Women's Murder Club Books
1st to Die | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
2nd Chance | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
3rd Degree | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
4th of July | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The 5th Horseman | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The 6th Target | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
7th Heaven | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The 8th Confession | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The 9th Judgment | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
10th Anniversary | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
11th Hour | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
12th of Never | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unlucky 13 | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
14th Deadly Sin | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
15th Affair | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
16th Seduction | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The 17th Suspect | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The 18th Abduction | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The 19th Christmas | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The 20th Victim | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
21st Birthday | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Bookshots: Women's Murder Club Books
Publication Order of Amy Cornwall Books
Publication Order of Black Book Books
Publication Order of Chef Books
Publication Order of Bookshots: Chef Books
Publication Order of Confessions Books
Confessions of a Murder Suspect | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Private School Murders | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Paris Mysteries | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Murder of an Angel | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Crazy House Books
Crazy House | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Fall of Crazy House | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Daniel X Books
The Dangerous Days of Daniel X | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Watch the Skies | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Demons and Druids | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Game Over | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Armageddon | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lights Out | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Daniel X Graphic Novels Books
Alien Hunter | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Daniel X: The Manga, Vol. 1 | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Daniel X: The Manga, Vol. 2 | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Daniel X: The Manga, Vol. 3 | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Detective Harriet Blue Books
Never Never | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fifty Fifty | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Liar Liar | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hush | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of BookShots: Detective Harriet Blue Books
Publication Order of David Shelley Books
Publication Order of Honeymoon Books
Publication Order of Instinct Books
Murder Games / Instinct | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Killer Instinct | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Invisible Books
Publication Order of Maximum Ride Books
The Angel Experiment | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
School's Out - Forever | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Final Warning | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Max | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fang | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Angel | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nevermore | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Maximum Ride Forever | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hawk | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Maximum Ride Graphic Novels Books
Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 1 | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 2 | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 3 | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 4 | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 5 | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 6 | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 7 | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 8 | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 9 | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Max Ride: Ultimate Flight | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 10 | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Michael Bennett Books
Step on a Crack | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Worst Case | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Run for Your Life | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tick Tock | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
I, Michael Bennett | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Gone | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Burn | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alert | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bullseye | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Manhunt | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ambush | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blindside | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Russian | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Bookshots: Michael Bennett Books
Chase | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Manhunt | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
In order, read Chase after Bullseye and Manhunt after Haunted. |
Publication Order of Discovery's Murder is Forever Books
Murder, Interrupted | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Home Sweet Murder | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Beyond the Grave | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Thy Neighbor | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder of Innocence | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Till Murder Do Us Part | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of NYPD Red Books
NYPD Red | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
NYPD Red 2 | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
NYPD Red 3 | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
NYPD Red 4 | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Red Alert | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
NYPD Red 6 | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Private Books
Private | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Private London | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Private Games | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Private:#1 Suspect | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Private Berlin | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Private L.A. | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Private Down Under / Oz | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Private India | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Private Vegas | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Private Sydney / Missing | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Private Paris | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Games | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Private Delhi / Count to Ten | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Princess | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Private Moscow: | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
On his website, James has a separate listing for the "main" Private series which is in this order: Private, Private: #1 Suspect, Private L.A., Private Vegas, Private Paris and The Games. |
Publication Order of Bookshots: Private Books
Publication Order of Rory Yates Books
Publication Order of Tom Moon Books
Publication Order of Travis McKinley Books
Miracle on the 17th Green | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Miracle at Augusta | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Miracle at St. Andrews | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of When the Wind Blows Books
Publication Order of Witch & Wizard Books
Witch & Wizard | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Gift | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Fire | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Kiss | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Lost | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Witch & Wizard Graphic Novels Books
Battle for Shadowland | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Witch & Wizard: The Manga, Vol. 1 | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Witch & Wizard: The Manga, Vol. 2 | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Witch & Wizard: The Manga, Vol. 3 | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Zoo Books
Publication Order of Bookshots: Zoo Books
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
The Thomas Berryman Number | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Season of the Machete | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
See How They Run / The Jericho Commandment | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Virgin | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Black Market / Black Friday | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Midnight Club | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hide & Seek | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cradle and All | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sam's Letters to Jennifer | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Beach House | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Jester | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lifeguard | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Beach Road | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Judge & Jury | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Quickie | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
You've Been Warned | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sundays at Tiffany's | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sail | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Swimsuit | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Don't Blink | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Toys | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Now You See Her | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kill Me If You Can | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Christmas Wedding | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Guilty Wives | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mistress | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
First Love | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Homeroom Diaries | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Public School Superhero | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Truth or Die | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Murder House | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Woman of God | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Word of Mouse | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Humans, Bow Down | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pottymouth and Stoopid | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Store | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Expelled / The Injustice | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The President Is Missing | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Juror #3 | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The First Lady | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Inn | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Warning | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Summer House | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cajun Justice | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
1st Case | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Midwife Murders | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Coast-to-Coast Murders | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Three Women Disappear | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The President's Daughter | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Shadow | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Publication Order of Bookshots: Detective Luc Moncrief Books
French Kiss | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Christmas Mystery | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
French Twist | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Bookshots: Diamond Trilogy Books
Dazzling | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Radiant | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Exquisite | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Bookshots: Jon Roscoe Thriller Books
The Hostage | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Verdict | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kidnapped | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Bookshots: Owen Taylor Books
Publication Order of BookShots: Flames Books
Learning to Ride | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sacking the Quarterback | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mating Season | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Return | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bodyguard | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hot Winter Nights | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Seducing Shakespeare | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bedding the Highlander | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
50 Hidden Desires | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sabotage | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sexy Summer Flings | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Love Me Tender | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Experiment | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Weekend Wife | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dawn's Early Light | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Christmas Sanctuary | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shopping for Love | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Once Upon a Kiss | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Bookshots: Mitchum Books
Hidden | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Malicious | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Malevolent | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Bookshots: Standalone Novels
Let's Play Make-Believe / The Palm Beach Murders | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Break Point | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Heist | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Airport Code Red | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Little Black Dress | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Pretender | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hunted | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
113 Minutes | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trump vs. Clinton | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Women's War | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
$10,000,000 Marriage Proposal | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Taking the Titanic | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Come and Get Us | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The House Husband | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Shut-In | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Night Sniper | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stealing Gulfstreams | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Diary of a Succubus | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Lawyer Lifeguard | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stingrays | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nooners | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Steeplechase | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Deadly Cargo | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dolls | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dead Man Running | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Family Lawyer & The Good Sister | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Scott Free | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Absolute Zero | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
You've Been Warned - Again | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Exile | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Moores Are Missing & The Housewife | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Avalanche | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kill and Tell | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The 13-Minute Murder | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
The Day America Told the Truth | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Torn Apart / Against Medical Advice | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Murder of King Tut | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Filthy Rich | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
All-American Murder | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The House of Kennedy | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Last Days of John Lennon | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Walk in My Combat Boots | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Children's Books
SantaKid | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Give Please a Chance | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Penguins of America | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Laugh Out Loud | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Give Thank You a Try | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Not So Normal Norbert | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unbelievably Boring Bartholomew | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Katt vs. Dogg | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sophia, Princess Among Beasts | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Becoming Muhammad Ali | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Scaredy Cat | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best Nerds Forever | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Candies Books
The Candies Save Christmas | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Candies' Easter Party | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Dog Diaries Books
Dog Diaries | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Happy Howlidays | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mission Impawsible | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Curse of the Mystery Mitt | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ruffing It | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of House of Robots Books
House of Robots | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Robots Go Wild! | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Robot Revolution | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of I Funny Books
I Funny | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
I Even Funnier | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
I Totally Funniest | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
I Funny TV | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
School of Laughs | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Laugh Out Loud | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Nerdiest, Wimpiest, Dorkiest I Funny Ever | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Little Geniuses Books
Big Words for Little Geniuses | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cuddly Critters for Little Geniuses | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bigger Words for Little Geniuses | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Jacky Ha-Ha Books
Publication Order of Max Einstein Books
The Genius Experiment | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rebels with a Cause | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Saves the Future | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
World Champions! | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Middle School Books
Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Get Me Out of Here! | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
My Brother Is a Big, Fat Liar | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How I Survived Bullies, Broccoli, and Snake Hill | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ultimate Showdown | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How I Got Lost in London | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Save Rafe! | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Just My Rotten Luck | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Going Bush | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dog's Best Friend | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hollywood 101 | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Escape to Australia / Million-Dollar Mess Down Under | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
From Hero to Zero | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Born to Rock | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Master of Disaster | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Field Trip Fiasco | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Treasure Hunters Books
Treasure Hunters | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Danger Down the Nile | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Secret of the Forbidden City | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Peril at the Top of the World | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Quest for the City of Gold | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
All-American Adventure | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Plunder Down Under | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Thriller: Stories To Keep You Up All Night | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Lifesaver | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Two from the Heart | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Family Lawyer | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The House Next Door | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
James Patterson Biography:
James Patterson is the best selling American author of many thriller novels. Extremely popular worldwide, James Patterson has sold over 230 million books. He is known for writing captivating stories with a twist that his fans cannot get enough of. From Alex Cross to the Women’s Murder Club series, Patterson has been writing gripping fiction since 1976. He also writes romance stories and non-fiction.
Patterson was born March 22, 1947 in Newburgh, New York. He majored in English and graduated from Manhattan College with a Bachelor’s Degree and went on to a Master of Arts from Vanderbilt University, graduating both summa cum laude. He worked in New York in advertising as an ad executive for Burger King. He also came up with the “Toys R Us kid” slogan. In 1997 he married his current wife Lori Solie. They have one son together, named Jack. Patterson lives in Briarcliff Manor, New York and Palm Beach, Florida.
James Patterson has written 71 novels in total since beginning his career over thirty years ago. He holds the New York Times record for being a best selling author in hard cover books and also is in the Guinness Book of World Records under the same prestige. It’s hard to believe, but one out of every seventeen hardcover novels sold in the United States is a book authored by James Patterson. Nineteen of his novels have been consecutive #1 best sellers on the New York Times and he has sold more books than Dan Brown, Stephen King, and John Grisham combined. He is the first author to be on the best selling list for children and adult books at the same time.
His series include the Alex Cross novels, the Michael Bennett series, Private, Maximum Ride, Women’s Murder Club, Witch & Wizard, Daniel X, and his Middle School series for young adults.
Patterson has written 21 novels in the popular Alex Cross series. His first novel published in the series was 1993’s Along Came A Spider. It stars Alex Cross, an extremely intelligent African-American forensic psychologist and detective. Cross is a homicide investigator in the Washington, D.C. area. After the death of his father a year after his mother, Cross is sent to live with his grandmother “Nana Mama”. He has a degree from John Hopkins University in psychology, worked as a farm migrant laborer, and practiced psychology until he became jaded with the politics of the medical profession. He chose to join the police force and became addicted to solving cases.
In Along Came A Spider, Alex Cross is called in to investigate a case with two dead prostitutes and a baby. Not shortly after, Cross finds he has to contend with psychotic math teacher Gary Soneji. Soneji has kidnapped two children and Cross is pulled off the homicide to cover the kidnapping. Soneji strikes again and murders an FBI Agent who has been talking about Soneji on television. Cross scours the apartment and discovers Soneji’s obsession with the kidnappings and his dream of becoming famous as a criminal. What follows is an elaborate game as Soneji’s personality is unraveled and the mission to retrieve the children plays out.
Kiss The Girls was published two years later in the second novel in the Alex Cross series. His enemy this time is a serial killer who calls himself Casanova and a mysterious killer who calls himself The Gentleman Caller. Cross is called back home only to be informed that his niece, Naomi Cross, is missing in North Carolina. He travels there and meets up with his partner Sampson only to find out that as many as ten women have been abducted, all of them having received notes from Casanova. Elsewhere, a woman named Dr. Kate McTiernan also falls into the hands of Casanova.
Kiss The Girls is full of twists and turns as the DEA, FBI, and Alex Cross race to find the identity of the two killers. When the attacks change in dynamic, Cross has reason to suspect the two are working together to take down their targets… which include Alex Cross himself. Kiss The Girls was made into a movie in 1997. It starred Morgan Freeman as Alex Cross and Ashley Judd as Dr. Kate McTiernan.
Along Came A Spider was the second movie made in the Alex Cross franchise, premiering in 2001. Morgan Freeman once again took on the role of Alex Cross. This time Cross must pursue a man who kidnapped a senator’s daughter. He teams up with a Secret Service agent, played by Monica Potter, to pick up their trail. Along the way, Alex starts to find that money is not the only thing the kidnapper wants. He also wants Alex’s help in blasting open the scandal of the century.
Recently the franchise was rebooted in the 2012 movie, Alex Cross. Starring Tyler Perry as the James Patterson protagonist, Alex Cross must pursue military-trained assassin turned murderer Picasso(Matthew Fox) as they play an elaborate game of cat and mouse.
The Women’s Murder Club series is comprised of a whopping twelve novels. In this series, a group of professional women work together to solve homicide cases. A reporter, an assistant, a medical examiner, and a homicide detective Women’s Murder Club was adapted into a television series for ABC in 2007. Starring Angie Harmon, the show ran for one season and thirteen episodes until its conclusion in 2008. The first book in the series, 1st to Die, was made into a film for tv in 2003.
Patterson’s “Virgin” hit the small screen in the made-for-tv movie Child of Darkness, Child of Light. In this supernatural movie, a Priest investigates two virgin pregnancies which may end in the birth of a child of good and a child of ultimate evil.
Miracle On The 17th Green aired on tv in 1999 in which a man chooses to enter a professional golf tournament after losing his job and feeling a general lack of connection with his job, his children, and his marriage.
Sunday’s At Tiffany’s was made into a movie by Lifetime starring Alyssa Milano, about a girl grown up whose childhood imaginary friend returns to warn her about the man she is now engaged to.
James Patterson has donated $850,000 to reading-based programs and launched ReadKiddoRead.com in 2008.
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