James Patterson Books In Order
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| 2 Sisters Detective Agency | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| 2 Sisters Murder Investigations | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Alex Cross Books
Publication Order of Alex Cross Miscellaneous Books
| Alex Cross's Trial | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Merry Christmas, Alex Cross | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Ali Cross Books
| Ali Cross | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Like Father, Like Son | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Secret Detective | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Amy Cornwall Books
| The Cornwalls Are Gone / The Cornwalls Vanish / Out of Sight | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Countdown | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Black Book Books
| The Black Book | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Coldest Case | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Red Book | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Escape | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Bookshots: Alex Cross Books
| Action | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Cross Kill | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Detective Cross | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Bookshots: Chef Books
| Killer Chef | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of BookShots: Detective Harriet Blue Books
| Black & Blue | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Bookshots: Detective Luc Moncrief Books
| French Kiss | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Christmas Mystery | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| French Twist | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Bookshots: Jon Roscoe Thriller Books
| The Hostage | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Verdict | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Kidnapped | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Bookshots: Michael Bennett Books
| Chase | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Manhunt | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| In order, read Chase after Bullseye and Manhunt after Haunted. | ||
Publication Order of Bookshots: Mitchum Books
| Hidden | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Malicious | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Malevolent | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Bookshots: Owen Taylor Books
| The End | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| After the End | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Bookshots: Women's Murder Club Books
| The Trial | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Medical Examiner | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| 23 1/2 Lies | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Bookshots: Private Books
| Private Royals | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Private: Gold | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Candies Books
| The Candies Save Christmas | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Candies' Easter Party | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Confessions Books
| Confessions of a Murder Suspect | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Private School Murders | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Paris Mysteries | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Murder of an Angel | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Crazy House Books
| Crazy House | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Fall of Crazy House | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Chef Books
| The Chef | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Daniel X Books
| The Dangerous Days of Daniel X | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Watch the Skies | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Demons and Druids | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Game Over | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Armageddon | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Lights Out | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Genesis | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Daniel X Graphic Novels Books
| Alien Hunter | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Daniel X: The Manga, Vol. 1 | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Daniel X: The Manga, Vol. 2 | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Daniel X: The Manga, Vol. 3 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Detective Harriet Blue Books
| Never Never | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Fifty Fifty | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Liar Liar | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Hush | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of David Shelley Books
| Revenge | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Doc Savage Books
| The Perfect Assassin | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Murder Island | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Dog Diaries Books
| Dog Diaries | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Happy Howlidays | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Mission Impawsible | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Curse of the Mystery Mitt | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Ruffing It | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Big Top Bonanza! | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Dinosaur Disaster | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Holmes, Margaret & Poe Books
| Holmes, Miss Marple & Poe / Holmes, Margaret & Poe | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Holmes Is Missing | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Honeymoon Books
| Honeymoon | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Second Honeymoon | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of House of Wolves Books
| Fear The Wolf | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The House of Wolves | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of House of Robots Books
| House of Robots | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Robots Go Wild! | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Robot Revolution | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of I Funny Books
| I Funny | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| I Even Funnier | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| I Totally Funniest | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| I Funny TV | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| School of Laughs | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Laugh Out Loud | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Nerdiest, Wimpiest, Dorkiest I Funny Ever | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Instinct Books
| Murder Games / Instinct | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Killer Instinct | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Steal | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Invisible Books
| Invisible | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Unsolved | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Jacky Ha-Ha Books
| Jacky Ha-Ha | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| My Life is a Joke | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Jacky Ha-Ha Gets the Last Laugh | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Jane Smith Books
| 12 Months to Live | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Hard To Kill / 8 Months Left | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Hamptons Lawyer / Never Say Die | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Katt vs. Dogg Books
| Katt vs. Dogg | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Katt Loves Dogg 2 | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Little Geniuses Books
| Big Words for Little Geniuses | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Cuddly Critters for Little Geniuses | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Bigger Words for Little Geniuses | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Max Einstein Books
| The Genius Experiment | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Rebels with a Cause | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Saves the Future | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| World Champions! | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Maximum Ride Books
| The Angel Experiment | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| School's Out - Forever | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Final Warning | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Max | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Fang | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Angel | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Nevermore | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Maximum Ride Forever | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Maximum Ride: Hawk Books
| Hawk | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| City of the Dead | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Maximum Ride Graphic Novels Books
| Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 1 | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 2 | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 3 | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 4 | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 5 | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 6 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 7 | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 8 | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 9 | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Max Ride: Ultimate Flight | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 10 | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Michael Bennett Books
| Step on a Crack | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Run for Your Life | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Worst Case | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Tick Tock | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| I, Michael Bennett | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Gone | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Burn | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Alert | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Bullseye | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Haunted | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Ambush | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Blindside | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Russian | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Shattered | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Obsessed | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Crosshairs / The Long Shot Killer | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Paranoia | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of MK's Detective Club Books
| Minerva Keen's Detective Club / The Poison Puzzle | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Double Trouble Puzzle | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of NYPD Red Books
| NYPD Red | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
| NYPD Red 2 | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
| NYPD Red 3 | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
| NYPD Red 4 | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
| Red Alert | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
| NYPD Red 6 | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
| NYPD Red 7 | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
| NYPD Red 8 | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
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Publication Order of Private Books
| Private | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Private London | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Private Games | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Private:#1 Suspect | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Private Berlin | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Private L.A. | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Private Down Under / Oz | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Private India | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Private Vegas | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Private Sydney / Missing | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Private Paris | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Private Rio / The Games | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Private Delhi / Count to Ten | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Princess | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Private Moscow | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Private Rogue / Private: Missing Persons | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Private Beijing | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Private Rome | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Private Monaco | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Private Dublin | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| 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 Rory Yates Books
| Texas Ranger | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Texas Outlaw | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Texas Murders | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Ruby Bozarth Books
| Juror #3 | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Jailhouse Lawyer / Power of Attorney | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Shadow Books
| The Shadow | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Circle of Death | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The President's Shadow | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Time Travel Twin Books
| The Time Travel Twins | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Tom Moon Books
| Lost | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Travis McKinley Books
| Miracle on the 17th Green | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Miracle at Augusta | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Miracle at St. Andrews | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Treasure Hunters Books
| Treasure Hunters | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Danger Down the Nile | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Secret of the Forbidden City | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Peril at the Top of the World | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Quest for the City of Gold | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| All-American Adventure | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Plunder Down Under | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Ultimate Quest | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Greatest Treasure Hunt | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of When the Wind Blows Books
| When the Wind Blows | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Lake House | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Women's Murder Club Books
Publication Order of Word of Mouse Books
| Word of Mouse | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Great Mouse Escape | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Zoo Books
| Zoo | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Zoo: The Graphic Novel | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Zoo 2 | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Bloody Valentine | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Boys Will Be Boys | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Wedding Shots | (2014) | Twenty-Two page short story. |
| We Are Not Alone | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Killer's Wife | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Zero Tolerance | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Justice | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Commuter | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| The House Next Door | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| 3 Days to Live | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Children's Books
| SantaKid | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Give Please a Chance | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Penguins of America | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Laugh Out Loud | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Give Thank You a Try | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Not So Normal Norbert | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Unbelievably Boring Bartholomew | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Sophia, Princess Among Beasts | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Becoming Muhammad Ali | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Scaredy Cat | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Best Nerds Forever | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Elephant Goes Potty | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Fox Is Coming! | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
| The Runaway's Diary | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Ali Cross: The Graphic Novel | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| The Day America Told the Truth | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
| Torn Apart / Against Medical Advice / Med Head | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
| The Murder of King Tut | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
| Filthy Rich | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
| All-American Murder | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
| The House of Kennedy / The Kennedy Curse | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
| The Last Days of John Lennon | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
| Walk in My Combat Boots | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
| The Defense Lawyer | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
| E.R. Nurses: True Stories from America's Greatest Unsung Heroes | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
| James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
| Diana, William, and Harry | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
| Walk The Blue Line | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
| What Really Happens in Vegas | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
| The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
| Tiger, Tiger | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
| American Heroes | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
| The #1 Dad Book | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
| The Idaho Four: An American Tragedy | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
| The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
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Publication Order of BookShots: Flames Books
Publication Order of Bookshots: Standalone Novels
Publication Order of Discovery's Murder is Forever Books
| Murder, Interrupted | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Home Sweet Murder | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Murder Beyond the Grave | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Murder Thy Neighbor | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Murder of Innocence | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Till Murder Do Us Part | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Middle School Books
| Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Get Me Out of Here! | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| How I Survived Bullies, Broccoli, and Snake Hill | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| My Brother is a Big, Fat Liar | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Ultimate Showdown | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| How I Got Lost in London | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Save Rafe! | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Just My Rotten Luck | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Going Bush | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Dog's Best Friend | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Hollywood 101 | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Escape to Australia / Million-Dollar Mess Down Under | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| From Hero to Zero | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Born to Rock | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Master of Disaster | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Field Trip Fiasco | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| It's a Zoo in Here! | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Winter Blunderland | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Too Uncool for School: | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Witch & Wizard Graphic Novels Books
| Battle for Shadowland | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Operation Zero | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Witch & Wizard: The Manga, Vol. 1 | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Witch & Wizard: The Manga, Vol. 2 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Witch & Wizard: The Manga, Vol. 3 | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Witch & Wizard Books
| Witch & Wizard | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Gift | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Fire | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Kiss | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Lost | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Anthologies
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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Any issues with the book list you are seeing? Or is there an author or series we don’t have? Let me know!
Is there a correct order to read the Alex Cross series?
Best to read in the publication order – storylines carry over as do characters, relationships evolve etc. There would be some big spoilers if you started reading randomly
My husband loves these books I am in the process of collected all 401 books. I have about 100 so far just in a couple of months love try to find them. keep the books coming they are wonderful.
It appears that James Patterson’s book “Hard To Kill” is also called “8 Months Left”, part of the Jane Smith Thriller series.
You do an amazing job keeping this book list up to date. Keep up the good work. It is much appreciated.
Thanks Michael I’ll get that updated
Is Missing Persons and Rogue the same book?
Yep that’s why we have it listed like that