James Patterson Books in Order

Reporter Ochs Jones investigates the assassination of a Nashville mayor after an accomplice's account challenges the apparent explanation. Reconstructing hired killer Thomas Berryman's movements, Jones searches for the hidden planning behind a murder that seemed solved.

Professional killers Damian and Carrie Rose appear to be an ordinary couple enjoying an island holiday. Their pursuit of American Peter Macdonald turns a tropical retreat into a confrontation with hired murderers and the secrets behind their violence.

After his wife and brother are murdered, Dr David Strauss becomes determined to discover the connection between the killings. His search takes him across Europe while a former lover flees danger linked to the same hidden secret.

A religious prophecy is followed years later by droughts, famines, and other alarming signs around the world. As the predicted events approach, the possibility of supernatural forces gives these disasters a significance beyond their immediate human cost.

A secret militia threatens Wall Street with explosions but refuses to negotiate or state its demands. Lawyer Caitlin Dillon and federal agent Archer Carroll must uncover the purpose behind the attacks before the financial centre is destroyed.

A New York detective pursues a killer whose reach extends across international criminal networks. A journalist's growing danger draws attention to the Midnight Club, a secretive group whose wealth and connections protect the people behind the violence.

A survey of a representative sample of Americans examines their beliefs and the country's moral outlook. Patterson and Peter Kim use the responses to explore what people really think about matters they consider important in their lives.

Washington detective and psychologist Alex Cross investigates the kidnapping of two private-school children. Their captor, teacher Gary Soneji, wants to commit a crime no one will forget, and Cross must catch him before the case destroys more lives.

Alex Cross searches for his missing niece while two serial predators terrorize women from opposite sides of the country. A survivor who escaped one captor becomes his key ally in a case built on fear, control, and deception.

Singer Maggie Bradford stands trial for murdering athlete Will Shepard, with suspicions surrounding an earlier husband's death as well. The case exposes the dangers of her relationships and a powerful world where appearances conceal what actually happened.

A pair of killers called Jack and Jill begins murdering powerful figures in Washington, DC. While Cross follows their trail, he is also drawn into another brutal case, leaving him to untangle two dangerous investigations at once.

Travis McKinley feels disconnected from his career and family until an exceptional Christmas Day round changes his golfing fortunes. His unexpected progress toward the professional senior circuit offers a chance to reconsider what his life might become.

Gary Soneji escapes prison with revenge on Alex Cross in mind. At the same time, a brilliant European killer arrives in America, forcing Cross into a deadly contest with two enemies who both want him to lose.

Colorado veterinarian Frannie O'Neill is grieving her husband's mysterious murder when FBI agent Kit Harrison arrives. Discovering an unusual eleven-year-old girl named Max brings them into an investigation of scientific experiments that have put children's lives at risk.

As Alex Cross plans a future with his fiancée, a ruthless killer known as the Weasel begins a calculated murder spree. The case puts Cross’s professional instincts and his chance at a peaceful home life under pressure.

San Francisco homicide inspector Lindsay Boxer joins a medical examiner, prosecutor, and reporter to investigate a series of killings. Their informal Women's Murder Club pools knowledge outside official channels as the four friends pursue a killer conventional procedures cannot stop.

A string of highly organized bank robberies shakes Washington, DC, and Alex Cross sees the hand of a criminal called the Mastermind. Each clue points toward a larger final crime, even as trouble gathers around Cross’s family.

Katie Wilkinson's lover disappears, leaving her a diary written by a mother for her baby son. Reading Suzanne's account of marriage and family, Katie discovers connections to her own relationship and searches for the reason she was abandoned.

Alex Cross investigates a horrifying series of murders linked to a secretive group with vampire-like rituals. The case pushes him into a shadowy world of obsession and violence, while an old adversary continues to threaten his life.

Alex Cross and John Sampson look into a lethal team known as the Four Blind Mice after three soldiers are convicted of murder. Their search leads behind military lines, where witnesses, secrets, and loyalties are all hard to trust.

On his first major case with the FBI, Alex Cross hunts the Wolf, a criminal mastermind connected to an international trafficking network. The closer Cross gets, the clearer it becomes that this enemy has influence far beyond one crime scene.

Returning from the Crusades, Hugh DeLuc finds his village ransacked and his wife abducted by men seeking a valuable relic. Disguising himself as a jester, he enters a castle where he believes she is being held.

Six children who escaped government experiments long to reunite with the adults who rescued them at the Lake House. A surviving enemy threatens that refuge, forcing Max and the others to confront plans endangering more than their own freedom.

Explosions in America and Britain signal a terrifying new campaign by the Wolf and another notorious killer. Alex Cross races across borders to stop attacks designed to spread panic, while the people closest to him remain vulnerable.

Called back to her childhood town, Jennifer finds letters addressed to her in the house where she spent her early years. The story they reveal challenges her understanding of the past while a new love changes her present.

A businessman buys Christmas and transforms the North Pole into a joyless operation, threatening its traditions and the children awaiting presents. Santa’s daughter Chrissie must draw on her belief in something greater than herself to help save the holiday.

Facing trial after a shooting, Lindsay Boxer retreats to Half Moon Bay and encounters a series of murders recalling an old unsolved case. She and the Women's Murder Club investigate while the courtroom proceedings threaten her career.

FBI agent John O'Hara investigates Nora Sinclair, an apparently perfect woman surrounded by unexplained events involving men in her life. As he examines gaps in her past, his attraction to her begins to complicate his pursuit of the truth.

Florida lifeguard Ned Kelly accepts a share in a five-million-dollar burglary, hoping to improve his prospects. When the robbery goes wrong, he flees and tries to determine who sabotaged it and which pursuers are threatening his life.

A family trip is interrupted when Alex Cross is called to Los Angeles to investigate a string of celebrity murders. The killer, who calls herself Mary Smith, turns the case into a cruel public game with Cross at its center.

Maximum Ride leads a group of winged children who escaped the laboratory that experimented on them. When young Angel is kidnapped, the others attempt a rescue while evading engineered predators and searching for answers about their origins.

Struggling Montauk lawyer Tom Dunleavy defends a local man accused of a triple murder in East Hampton. Working with former lover Kate Costello, he confronts wealthy interests whose retaliation threatens his effort to prevent the client being framed.

Alex Cross faces a present-day killer while revisiting the murder of his wife years earlier. As the cases close in on each other, he is forced to confront painful memories and the possibility that the truth has been hidden in plain sight.

Andie DeGrasse becomes a juror in the trial of mob boss Dominic Cavello. When his attempt to escape justice shatters her life, she joins FBI agent Nick Pellisante in a pursuit that takes them beyond the courtroom.

An FBI agent discovers Max and her winged friends and sends them to school. Their attempt at ordinary life is complicated by Max's responsibility to save the world and a new enemy who looks exactly like her.

Lindsay Boxer and attorney Yuki Castellano investigate suspicious patient deaths at a hospital determined to protect its reputation. As litigation puts the institution under scrutiny, the Women's Murder Club searches for a killer who may work among its staff.

Edited by James Patterson, this anthology gathers original thriller stories from more than 30 writers, including Michael and Daniel Palmer. Its varied tales range across crime, suspense, and psychological danger, with brief introductions that frame the contributors’ approaches to the genre.

Alex Cross is pulled from his quiet work as a psychologist when elaborate murders grip Washington, DC. Two dangerous killers appear to be competing for attention, and Cross must work out whether their crimes are part of one larger design.

Max and her winged friends face a plan to replace humanity with a scientifically engineered population. Separated by distance, hiding, and captivity, the Flock must find a way to confront the experiment despite losing the strength of being together.

Armed men disguised as monks seize St Patrick's Cathedral during a state funeral, taking prominent mourners hostage. Detective Michael Bennett becomes the lead negotiator, responsible for ending a public standoff without sacrificing the people trapped inside.

A violent attack leaves a Women's Murder Club member critically injured while Lindsay Boxer investigates kidnappings of children and their nannies. With no ransom demands to explain the disappearances, she struggles to identify the purpose behind the crimes.

Believing her husband is cheating, NYPD officer Lauren Stillwell seeks revenge through an affair. When the encounter goes disastrously wrong, a dangerous secret draws her professional duties into conflict with her efforts to preserve her marriage and life.

Aspiring photographer Kristin Burns works as a nanny for a wealthy New York family while waiting for her career to begin. Her involvement in a forbidden romance distracts her from warning signs that increasingly threaten the future she imagines.

Lindsay Boxer investigates fatal fires targeting wealthy couples while a new lead emerges in the disappearance of Michael Campion. The Women's Murder Club pursues both cases as the arson attacks begin threatening lives closer to Lindsay's own.

Alien hunter Daniel X tracks a powerful outlaw whose destructive interplanetary game threatens Earth. Pursuing his target through Tokyo and other realms, Daniel must enlist the villain's own son when his extraordinary abilities prove insufficient against the danger.

The murder of Alex Cross’s oldest friend turns into the worst crime scene he has ever faced. His search for the killer takes him from Washington, DC, to Africa, where violence and corruption make justice far harder to reach.

Widowed Anne Dunne takes her troubled children on a sailing holiday, hoping to restore their family bond. As tensions begin to ease, a catastrophe turns the trip into a struggle for survival with dangers extending beyond the sea.

As a lonely child, Jane found comfort in Michael, an imaginary friend only she could see. Decades later, he reappears in her adult life, opening the possibility of love while neither understands why they have been reunited.

Max and the Flock join environmental scientists studying global warming in Antarctica. The expedition offers a chance to help and escape pursuit, but hostile forces still want the winged children, even amid the remote continent's dangerous weather.

Cory Friedman develops severe tics and compulsions that transform his childhood and strain his family. This account follows their fifteen-year search for help as Tourette's syndrome, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and other conditions make daily life increasingly difficult.

Alex Cross tells his children a family story about his great-uncle Abraham in the early twentieth-century South. Lawyer Ben Corbett returns to Mississippi to investigate racist terror and finds allies in Abraham Cross and his granddaughter Moody.

A beloved relative’s murder sends Alex Cross into Washington’s most guarded circles. With Bree Stone beside him, he follows the evidence toward a private world of privilege, dangerous secrets, and people determined to stay beyond the law.

Destruction off Hawaii draws Max and the Flock into a secret Navy investigation. To rescue her kidnapped mother, Max must leave the safety of flight and descend into dark waters where an enemy threatens ships and marine life.

A killer calling himself the Teacher targets New York's powerful residents for their bad manners. Detective Michael Bennett searches for a pattern in the murders while caring for ten children who have all fallen ill at home.

A model disappears during a swimsuit photo shoot in Hawaii, and reporter Ben Hawkins begins investigating when local police falter. As her parents search for answers, a killer prepares further crimes for an audience expecting increasingly disturbing spectacles.

Lindsay Boxer investigates murders among San Francisco's wealthy while reporter Cindy Thomas looks into a street preacher's killing. Their searches uncover separate secrets, and personal tensions within the Women's Murder Club complicate the effort to identify both criminals.

A burglary leaves an actor's wife dead, while a mother and infant are murdered elsewhere the same night. Lindsay Boxer investigates both cases with the Women's Murder Club, but leaked information makes her question who she can trust.

Patterson and Martin Dugard investigate the death of Egypt's young king through historical accounts, archaeological records, and forensic evidence. Their reconstruction explores the rivalries surrounding Tutankhamun's reign and presents their theory about how his life ended.

Daniel X hunts an alien television producer who turns mass killing into entertainment. When the criminal decides that the Alien Hunter should star in his next production, Daniel must stop the broadcast while fighting to survive his assigned role.

Siblings Wisty and Whit are imprisoned by a government suppressing every aspect of ordinary life. Discovering unexpected magical powers, they try to master abilities that could help them escape, rescue their parents, and resist the New Order.

A kidnapper abducts children of wealthy New York families and tests them on the human cost of their privileged lives. Detective Michael Bennett and FBI specialist Emily Parker pursue him as wrong answers lead to fatal consequences.

Alex Cross and Bree’s wedding plans are interrupted by a sniper killing corrupt Washington insiders. As the murders multiply, a fight over jurisdiction and an old enemy’s shadow turn the investigation into a direct threat to Cross’s family.

Daniel X faces Phosphorius Beta, a fire-wielding alien whose power has grown on Earth for centuries. To prevent the planet becoming a wasteland, Daniel must travel back to the Dark Ages and confront the threat near its beginnings.

Reporter Nick Daniels accidentally records evidence of an assassination while interviewing a baseball star in a New York restaurant. Caught between rival mafia groups and people pursuing political agendas, he continues investigating despite threats demanding that he stop.

Angel predicts Fang's death, terrifying Max as she struggles to protect the Flock. The arrival of Dylan, a winged boy engineered to be her ideal partner, complicates her relationship with Fang while further threats approach the children.

Former Marine Jack Morgan runs Private, an investigation firm serving powerful clients. Already handling murdered schoolgirls and an NFL gambling scandal, he becomes personally involved when his best friend’s wife, once his lover, is killed.

Whit and Wisty Allgood lead a teenage resistance against the New Order. Its ruler wants their magical gifts to complete his control over nature and human minds, forcing the siblings to protect themselves and imprisoned children.

A wave of calculated crimes pulls Michael Bennett away from a seaside holiday with his ten children. Working with FBI agent Emily Parker, he hunts a mastermind whose campaign threatens both New York and his family.

Newly married Lindsay Boxer investigates an injured teenage mother whose newborn has disappeared. Meanwhile, Yuki Castellano prosecutes a woman accused of murdering her husband, and evidence Lindsay uncovers threatens to put the friends on opposing sides.

Scientists pressure Max to help accelerate human evolution and accept Dylan as her ideal mate. Meanwhile, Fang forms another flock, and both groups must confront a doomsday cult that wants to save the planet by killing humans.

Wealthy restaurant owner Jack Barnes and his second wife, Zee, plan a romantic Valentine’s Day. A violent murder shatters their celebration, leaving police to investigate suspicious neighbors and the possibility of a killer from outside their building.

Two children traveling home by train after a school field trip notice a body beside the tracks. Their ordinary journey takes a frightening turn as the discovery brings danger into what should have been a routine ride home.

Two aliens plan to control children through video games and turn them into an army against humanity. As their hunting club targets Daniel X, he considers an alliance with their rebellious son, whose trustworthiness is far from certain.

When the president’s children are kidnapped, Alex Cross is kept away from the case by powerful forces. A deadly threat to Washington’s water supply soon raises the stakes, leaving him to confront a crisis bigger than any one abduction.

Art student Matthew Bannon finds a bag of diamonds during an attack at Grand Central Station. His hopes for an easier life disappear when a professional assassin and a dangerous rival begin hunting the missing stones.

On Christmas Eve, Alex Cross expects a quiet celebration with Bree, Nana Mama, and the children. Instead, a small theft leads to a violent hostage crisis, forcing him to risk everything to save another family.

Rafe Khatchadorian tackles his first year of middle school by trying to break every rule in its Code of Conduct. His points-scoring rebellion soon collides with bullies, trouble at home, and consequences he hadn’t planned for.

New York lawyer Nina Bloom has concealed her past from everyone, including her daughter. When an innocent man faces punishment for murder, she returns to Florida and risks exposing the dangerous life she once escaped.

Student Hannah Shapiro’s traumatic past follows her from Los Angeles to London. Private investigator Dan Carter and his police detective ex-wife investigate a series of mutilated murder victims that may be connected to the young American.

Widow Gaby Summerhill announces a Christmas wedding, inviting her four scattered children home after years without a family celebration. She keeps the groom’s identity secret, hoping the occasion can reunite a family absorbed in its own troubles.

Whit and Wisty Allgood continue resisting a regime that has banned books, music, and imagination. Wisty prepares to confront its ruler, but her fiery magic may strengthen the very enemy she needs to defeat.

Hays Baker enjoys privilege and extraordinary abilities as one of society’s ruling Elites. A shocking discovery turns him into a fugitive, forcing him to question his perfect life and fight a threat to ordinary humanity.

When a former lover is found murdered in his bed, investigator Jack Morgan becomes the prime suspect. While trying to clear himself, he faces mob pressure to recover stolen pharmaceuticals and murders at a luxury hotel chain.

Lindsay Boxer investigates a murder weapon stolen from her department’s evidence locker, raising fears of a killer within the police. A separate discovery of severed heads in an actor’s garden adds another disturbing case to her workload.

Rafe Khatchadorian expects art school to make seventh grade easier, but its competition catches him off guard. His plan to collect new experiences for artistic inspiration leads him toward unexpected questions about his own family.

Four friends leave their strained marriages behind for a lavish long weekend in Monte Carlo, only to wake on a yacht surrounded by police. Accused of murdering a powerful leader, they are thrust into a harsh foreign prison and a conspiracy they barely understand.

Michael Bennett arrests a Mexican crime lord who promises revenge from prison. A family vacation near Newburgh offers little refuge, as local gang violence forces Bennett to divide his attention between his children and threatened New York.

Max and her flock confront enemies joining forces to threaten humankind. As the danger grows, Fang’s return complicates her developing relationship with Dylan, bringing romantic rivalry into a fight with consequences far beyond their own lives.

A Manhattan film festival becomes a killing ground when a producer is poisoned and further attacks follow. Detectives Zach Jordan and Kylie MacDonald, partners with a romantic past, pursue a killer planning a carefully scripted finale.

Private investigator Peter Knight helps protect the London Olympics when an organizing committee member is murdered. A killer’s letter draws him and reporter Karen Pope into a race to stop attacks aimed at destroying the Games.

Biologist Jackson Oz sees animal attacks escalating into coordinated assaults on cities worldwide. After witnessing a lion ambush in Africa, he teams with ecologist Chloe Tousignant to warn world leaders before humanity loses every safe refuge.

After Alex Cross arrests disgraced surgeon Elijah Creem, revenge comes quickly and violently. With several killers moving against him and his loved ones, Cross must stay ahead of threats that seem to be closing in from every side.

A calculating criminal studies Alex Cross’s family and begins turning their ordinary routines into weapons. Cross knows the danger is personal, but identifying the stalker and keeping everyone safe become two very different problems.

Michael Bennett and his ten children hide on a California farm under FBI protection. Escaped crime lord Manuel Perrine launches nationwide assassinations and promises to kill them, forcing Bennett to risk their safety to stop him.

Rafe expects a carefree summer until he discovers his camp is really summer school. With his cabin mates facing attacks from the Cool Cabin boys, he begins seeing past an unpopular bunkmate’s nickname to a possible friendship.

Ben Casper is a hyperactive Washington reporter whose mind never stops racing with movie trivia and political facts. When the woman he secretly loves falls from her balcony, Ben refuses to accept suicide and digs into a conspiracy that quickly makes him a target.

Georgia Khatchadorian bets she can become popular and succeed where her brother Rafe failed at middle school. His meddling, the school’s influential girls, and an embarrassing public performance make proving herself harder than she expected.

When Private Berlin investigator Chris Schneider vanishes, his colleague and former lover Mattie Engel follows his unfinished cases. Her search through the city’s hidden places uncovers troubling secrets about Chris and a threat beyond his disappearance.

FBI agent John O’Hara investigates a killer targeting honeymooning couples, while Sarah Brubaker pursues another serial murderer. Their investigations bring them together as they try to understand the logic behind two apparently distinct killing sprees.

Magical siblings Whit and Wisty have always depended on one another. When a mysterious stranger wins Wisty’s affection, she faces a choice that tests their bond and complicates the dangers already surrounding their lives and powers.