David Baldacci Books in Order

After losing everything to a ruthless criminal empire, Walter Nash goes underground under an alias and plans his revenge. As he strikes back, he has to stay ahead of enemies with money, reach, and the patience to wait him out.

In wartime London, several strangers find their lives unexpectedly intertwined as bombs fall and uncertainty reshapes everything. The story follows survival, found family, and hard choices when danger is constant and time feels borrowed.

Walter Nash is recruited to help the FBI bring down a global criminal network hiding behind legitimate finance. Going undercover inside his own world, he learns how quickly a double life can collapse—and how dangerous it is to know the truth.

Travis Devine heads to Seattle to help escort twelve-year-old Betsy Odom to meetings with her wealthy uncle, who’s under investigation. Keeping Betsy safe means digging into what happened to her parents—and why someone wants her silenced.

In 1968 Virginia, two lawyers—one white, one Black—team up to defend a Black man accused of killing a white couple. As the case moves toward trial, they face threats, corruption, and a community determined to keep the truth buried.

Travis Devine is sent to rural Maine after a CIA operative is murdered and sensitive files go missing. With a tight-lipped town and powerful family dynamics in the way, Devine has to uncover the truth before the secrets disappear.

Mickey Gibson is a former detective turned single mom working in a no-drama job screening background reports. One routine assignment turns into a trap, and she’s pushed back into investigation mode to untangle a deadly lie.

Travis Devine, a former Army Ranger turned Wall Street analyst, receives an anonymous tip about a colleague’s murder—and becomes the prime suspect. To survive, he has to follow the money through a ruthless corporate maze.

Amos Decker is sent to Florida after a federal judge and her bodyguard are murdered. With few clear motives and powerful people circling, Decker has to connect the dots before the case becomes another cover-up he can’t forget.

New Year’s Eve in 1952 Los Angeles turns deadly when a screenwriter fears someone is coming for her. Aloysius Archer digs through Hollywood glitz, studio power, and quiet corruption to find who’s behind the threats before it’s too late.

Forty years after a star football player vanished moments after scoring a winning touchdown, the mystery still haunts the town. A new generation of players starts digging, and what they find suggests the story was never just about a game.

Atlee Pine is finally on the verge of learning what happened to her twin sister. As the search tightens, old violence returns and powerful people try to control the outcome. Atlee has to risk everything to get answers that won’t come twice.

Aloysius Archer heads west to start over as a private investigator. A detour through Reno and a new connection pull him into a blackmail scheme, and in Bay Town, California, a suspicious death drags him into a dangerous web.

In a North Dakota oil town, a young woman is found murdered and staged in a baffling way. Amos Decker and Alex Jamison uncover a double life, a community on edge, and forces determined to keep the real story hidden.

Atlee Pine follows the most dangerous lead yet in her hunt for her missing twin. The investigation intersects with a high-stakes case and a wider conspiracy, forcing Atlee to choose between the Bureau’s rules and the truth she’s closing in on.

Vega Jane rallies allies for a final stand against an enemy threatening everything she’s uncovered. With the world expanding and danger closing in, Vega must choose what she’ll risk to protect the people and truth she’s fought for.

A man Decker once put away claims he’s innocent, forcing Decker to reopen his first major case. The search for the truth threatens Decker’s reputation and safety, and it raises a brutal question: what if he was wrong from the start?

In 1949, WWII veteran Aloysius Archer is released from prison and sent to Poca City on parole. Trying to stay clean, he takes a job collecting a debt and gets pulled into murder and corruption where one wrong move could send him back.

Atlee Pine returns to her Georgia hometown chasing answers about her twin sister’s abduction. A new string of murders collides with old secrets, and Atlee and analyst Carol Blum have to stop a killer while digging into the past.

Amos Decker visits a dying Rust Belt town and stumbles into a string of unsettling murders. Clues point to something older and stranger than anyone wants to admit, and Decker has to solve the pattern before the town turns on him.

FBI agent Atlee Pine investigates a brutal mule killing at the Grand Canyon and a missing rider. What begins as a remote crime scene turns into a bigger plot—and a lead that reopens Atlee’s lifelong search for her vanished twin, Mercy.

Vega Jane pushes deeper into unfamiliar territory, searching for answers about her past and the forces controlling her world. Along the way she finds people living under quiet oppression—and learns that helping them could cost everything.

A shocking public murder outside FBI headquarters makes no sense—and that’s what draws Amos Decker in. As he and his team chase tiny inconsistencies, the case widens into a dangerous plot hidden behind everyday routines.

Will Robie and Jessica Reel head to rural Colorado to find a missing government handler. The search turns into a fight against a dangerous domestic plot, and the closer they get to the truth, the more isolated they become.

Working with federal investigators, Amos Decker is pulled into a death-row case halted by a last-minute confession. To find the truth, he has to untangle a cold case, a new murder, and the secrets people will kill to keep buried.

A long-buried case returns when Puller’s father is accused of murder. Puller heads back to confront old history, uncovering secrets that could destroy what’s left of his family—and proving the truth is the most dangerous thing in town.

Vega Jane and her friend Delph risk crossing the deadly Quag to escape Wormwood. On the other side they find a wider world of magic and danger, and Vega has to keep moving while powerful enemies close in.

After a disastrous assignment, Will Robie returns to his Mississippi hometown when his father is arrested for murder. Digging for the truth forces Robie to confront old wounds—and a killer who knows exactly how to draw him in.

Amos Decker’s perfect memory can’t save him from the murder of his family, but it won’t let him forget it either. When a school shooting shocks his hometown, Decker sees links others miss and chases a killer with a personal edge.

A high-level mission pulls Will Robie and Jessica Reel into an operation where the target keeps changing. When an attack threatens the president’s family, they have to stop a skilled assassin while figuring out who inside the system is setting them up.

Vega Jane lives in the walled village of Wormwood, taught to fear the deadly Quag beyond. When she uncovers a secret that challenges everything, she’s pulled toward danger, trained as a Finisher, and pushed into a fight for the truth.

John Puller is ordered to hunt down his brother Robert after a high-security military prison break. Tracking Robert forces Puller to question what he believes about his family and what the Army has been hiding.

Will Robie crosses paths with Oliver Stone during a tense hostage situation. What looks like a straightforward crime hides a sharper threat, forcing two lethal operatives to work together fast before the situation explodes.

Will Robie is sent to stop Jessica Reel, a fellow assassin who’s gone rogue. The chase uncovers a deeper conspiracy, and Robie has to decide whether Reel is the threat—or the warning he should have seen coming.

Teenager Tyler Wingo receives a message from his soldier father, believed killed in Afghanistan. King and Maxwell investigate the mystery and uncover a plot reaching powerful people, with Tyler’s family caught in the crossfire.

Amy and Dan Cahill face a new lead in the Cahills vs. Vespers hunt, with rival teams closing in. The chase mixes puzzles, danger, and tough choices, as one clue could shift the balance of the entire contest.

Government assassin Will Robie hesitates on a mission in Washington, D.C., and instantly becomes the target. On the run, he protects a runaway teenager and uncovers a plot that reaches deep into the system that trained him.

John Puller travels to Florida for his aunt’s funeral and quickly suspects she didn’t die naturally. Chasing the truth pulls him into a web of crime and hidden power, with Puller fighting people who expected him to look away.

Army investigator John Puller is sent to rural West Virginia after a soldier’s family is murdered near a remote base. The deeper he digs, the more the case points to military secrets and local corruption that don’t want daylight.

When their mentor Edgars Roy is accused of murder in prison, King and Maxwell dig into his past to clear his name. The investigation uncovers a darker pattern, and helping Roy may put them directly in a killer’s sights.

After a serious illness, Jack Armstrong returns to his hometown looking for peace. He befriends a boy and his mother, Lily, and the summer becomes a chance at healing—until old secrets and danger surface in unexpected ways.

Assassin Frank Becker takes a job that looks straightforward—until it forces him into a situation that bends his understanding of reality. With the clock running and his own life on the line, Becker has to decide what he’s willing to sacrifice.

A violent attack near the White House pulls Oliver Stone into a covert mission with national stakes. As he searches for the mastermind behind the chaos, Stone also has to survive enemies who want him erased for good.

Operative Shaw goes after Evan Waller, a wealthy predator whose plan could kill on a mass scale. Racing across borders, Shaw and his allies have to expose the scheme before money and influence bury the truth.

Former cop Mace Perry is released from prison and asked to investigate a murder tied to powerful people in Washington. To survive and find the truth, she has to navigate politics, old grudges, and a system that won’t forgive her.

A kidnapping tied to the highest levels of government pulls King and Maxwell into a frantic search. What looks like one crime spirals into a security nightmare, with political pressure and hidden motives complicating every step.

Journalist Katie James gets the chance to interview the lone survivor of a shocking massacre. At the same time, a covert operative known as Shaw tracks a connected international scheme, and their investigations collide as the stakes escalate.

Oliver Stone goes on the run and hides in a small West Virginia town, only to find it boiling with violence and secrets. The Camel Club follows, and what starts as refuge turns into a case that could get them all killed.

Oliver Stone and his crew take on a ruthless casino mogul while protecting a con artist caught in the crossfire. As scams and surveillance collide, someone from Stone’s past closes in, turning the job into a fight for survival.

Hired to investigate a death at a secret CIA facility, King and Maxwell step into a world of codes and hidden agendas. The mystery quickly grows into a national-security problem, and the wrong answer could be catastrophic.

Freddy and the French Fries stumble into a strange mystery involving Silas Finklebean and a trail of puzzling clues. The fries turn detective, trying to solve the case without getting caught—or getting eaten.

After the Speaker of the House is assassinated, the Camel Club spots a connection to another suspicious death. With allies in the Secret Service, they race to uncover a spy selling secrets before more people die.

Four Washington outsiders witness a murder near the White House and realize they’ve seen too much. Led by the mysterious Oliver Stone, the Camel Club digs into a conspiracy that reaches high levels—and makes them targets.

Freddy and his fry friends discover they’re mysteriously alive—and that being alive is risky in a world full of hungry humans. As they scramble to stay together and stay hidden, they chase clues about why this is happening at all.

King and Maxwell chase what starts as a string of burglaries and turns into a twisted murder spree. A taunting killer keeps changing the rules, and every clue pulls the duo deeper into a case designed to mislead them.

Secret Service agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell both lose protectees in career-ending disasters. Years later they join forces as private investigators to connect the cases, uncovering a conspiracy built on long-buried secrets.

Journalist Tom Langdon boards a cross-country train to make it home for Christmas. The trip becomes a rolling mix of romance, old connections, and a mystery that proves travel can change what you thought you wanted.

FBI agent Web London is the lone survivor of a deadly ambush that wipes out his team. With missing memories and suspicion on all sides, he hunts for who set them up—and discovers the betrayal may be closer than he thinks.

After a family tragedy, siblings Lou and Oz are sent to live with their strict great-grandmother in the Virginia mountains. As they adjust to hard work and new rules, they uncover buried family pain and a mystery close to home.

A short companion piece that looks at how Wish You Well came together, with background on the story and an excerpt from the novel. It’s best for readers who enjoyed the book and want a little extra context.

Washington lawyer Faith Lockhart becomes a target after her husband is murdered, and she’s forced to flee. Teaming with a mysterious stranger, she follows the evidence into a plot that reaches deep into power and politics.

A lawyer stumbles onto a death that doesn’t add up, tied to a reclusive old man and a powerful judge. As he digs deeper, the case exposes secrets in the justice system that people will kill to protect.

Broke young mother LuAnn Tyler is handed a life-changing lottery ticket—on the condition she disappears. When a man ends up dead, she runs and reinvents herself, only to learn the past is patient and very hard to outrun.

After a plane crash and an attempted kidnapping, high-powered lawyer Sydney Archer suspects her husband’s political rise is tied to something darker. Following the trail drags her into a conspiracy that turns their marriage into a battlefield.

Career thief Luther Whitney witnesses a murder during a burglary—and realizes the man involved is the President of the United States. Hunted by the Secret Service, Luther has to stay alive long enough to prove what he saw.