Read All of James Patterson Books in Order: Book Series Guide

James Patterson is a best-selling author who has written over 300 books and sold millions of copies around the world. But with so many of James Patterson’s books to read, it can be quite confusing what to read. But don’t worry, because this article provides you with a comprehensive guide on how to read all James Patterson books in order.

Introduction to James Patterson Books

James Patterson is one of the world’s best-selling authors alive. Some of his best works include the Alex Cross, Michael Bennett, Maximum Ride, Daniel X, NYPD Red, Witch and Wizard, Women’s Murder Club, and Private series. He has also written numerous standalone thrillers, non-fiction, and romance novels.

In 2016, he topped Forbes’s list of the highest-paid authors for a third consecutive time, with an income of $95 million. Patterson is estimated to earn about $700 million every decade. In 2015, he received the Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation for his efforts to promoting books and reading culture in the United States.

Apart from writing, Patterson is also involved in philanthropy, supporting universities, teachers’ training colleges, independent bookstores, college students, and libraries with millions of dollars in grants and scholarships to encourage Americans to develop a reading culture.

James Patterson’s Biography

James Patterson was born in 1947, in Newburgh, New York. His father, Charles Patterson, was an insurance broker, while his mother, Isabelle (Morris), was a teacher and homemaker. The family was of Irish descent and working-class. Patterson studied a B.A. in English at Manhattan College and an M.A. in English at Vanderbilt University.

He started writing in 1976. However, he held an advertising position at J. Walter Thompson until 1996 when he retired. Since then, he has devoted most of his time to writing. His first novel, The Thomas Berryman Number, was published in 1976, and since then, he has published over 200 novels.

Patterson also has had over 114 New York Times bestselling novels and holds The New York Times record for most number-one New York Times best-sellers by a single author, with a total of 67, which is also a Guinness World Record. In 2008, he overtook Jacqueline Wilson in the race for the most borrowed author in Britain’s libraries.

Patterson is married to Susan (Sue), and together they have a son, Jack. Currently, he lives in lake Worth beach, Palm Beach, Florida with his family. In 2005, He started the James Patterson Pledge with Scholastic Book Clubs as a way of encouraging young Americans to read books.

How to Read James Patterson Books in Order

James Patterson’s Alex Cross Books in Order

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• Along Came A Spider (1992)
• Kiss the Girls (1995)
• Jack & Jill (1996)
• Cat & Mouse (1997)
• Pop Goes the Weasel (1999)
• Roses Are Red (2000)
• Violets Are Blue (2001)
• Four Blind Mice (2002)
• The Big Bad Wolf (2003)
• London Bridges (2004)
• Mary, Mary (2005)
• Cross / Alex Cross (2006)
• Double Cross (2007)
• Cross Country (2008)
• I, Alex Cross (2009)
• Cross Fire (2010)
• Kill Alex Cross (2011)
• Alex Cross, Run (2013)
• Cross My Heart (2013)
• Hope to Die (2014)
• Cross Justice (2015)
• Cross the Line (2016)
• The People vs. Alex Cross (2017)
• Target (2018)
• Criss Cross (2019)
• Deadly Cross (2020)

James Patterson’s Bookshots: Alex Cross Books in Order

• Cross Kill (2016)
• Detective Cross (2017)

James Patterson’s Alex Cross Miscellaneous Books in Order

• Alex Cross’s Trial (2009)
• Merry Christmas, Alex Cross (2011)
• Ali Cross (2019)

James Patterson’s Women’s Murder Club Books (with Andrew Gross, Maxine Paetro) in Order

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• 1st to Die (2000)
• 2nd Chance (2002)
• 3rd Degree (2004)
• 4th of July (2005)
• The 5th Horseman (2006)
• The 6th Target (2007)
• 7th Heaven (2008)
• The 8th Confession (2009)
• The 9th Judgment (2009)
• 10th Anniversary (2011)
• 11th Hour (2012)
• 12th of Never (2013)
• Unlucky 13 (2014)
• 14th Deadly Sin (2015)
• 15th Affair (2016)
• 16th Seduction (2017)
• The 17th Suspect (2018)
• The 18th Abduction (2019)
• The 19th Christmas (2019)
• The 20th Victim (2020)
• 21st Birthday (2021)

James Patterson’s Bookshots: Women’s Murder Club Books in Order

• The Trial (2016)
• The Medical Examiner (2017)

James Patterson’s Amy Cornwall Books (with Brendan DuBois) in Order

• The Cornwalls Are Gone / The Cornwalls Vanish (2019)

James Patterson’s Black Book Books (with David Ellis) in Order

• The Black Book (2017)
• The Red Book (2021)

James Patterson’s Chef Books in Order

• The Chef (With Max DiLallo) (2019)

James Patterson’s Bookshots: Chef Books in Order

• Killer Chef (2016)

James Patterson’s Confessions Books (with Maxine Paetro) in Order

• Confessions of a Murder Suspect (2012)
• The Private School Murders (2013)
• The Paris Mysteries (2014)
• The Murder of an Angel (2015)

James Patterson’s Crazy House Books (with Gabrielle Charbonnet) in Order

• Crazy House (2017)
• The Fall of Crazy House (2018)

James Patterson’s Daniel X Books in Order

• Watch the Skies (With Ned Rust) (2009)
• Demons and Druids (With Adam Sadler) (2010)
• Game Over (With Ned Rust) (2011)
• Armageddon (With Chris Grabenstein) (2012)
• Lights Out (With Chris Grabenstein) (2015)

James Patterson’s Daniel X Graphic Novels Books in Order

• Alien Hunter (With Leopoldo Gout) (2008)
• Daniel X: The Manga, Vol. 1 (With Michael Ledwidge) (2010)
• Daniel X: The Manga, Vol. 2 (With Ned Rust) (2011)
• Daniel X: The Manga, Vol. 3 (With Adam Sadler) (2012)

James Patterson’s Detective Harriet Blue Books (with Candice Fox) in Order

• Never Never (2016)
• Fifty Fifty (2017)
• Liar Liar (2018)
• Hush (2019)

James Patterson’s BookShots: Detective Harriet Blue Books in Order

• Black & Blue (2016)

James Patterson’s David Shelley Books in Order

• Revenge (With Andrew Holmes) (2018)

James Patterson’s Honeymoon Books (with Howard Roughan) in Order

• Honeymoon (2005)
• Second Honeymoon (2013)

James Patterson’s Instinct Books (with Howard Roughan) in Order

• Murder Games / Instinct (2017)
• Killer Instinct (2019)

James Patterson’s Invisible Books (with David Ellis) in Order

• Invisible (2014)
• Unsolved (2019)

James Patterson’s Maximum Ride Books in Order

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• The Angel Experiment (2005)
• School’s Out – Forever (2006)
• Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports (2007)
• The Final Warning (2008)
• Max (2009)
• Fang (2010)
• Angel (2011)
• Nevermore (2012)
• Maximum Ride Forever (2015)
• Hawk (2020)

James Patterson’s Maximum Ride Graphic Novels Books in Order

• Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 1 (2009)
• Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 2 (2009)
• Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 3 (2010)
• Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 4 (2011)
• Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 5 (2011)
• Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 6 (2012)
• Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 7 (2013)
• Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 8 (2014)
• Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 9 (2015)
• Max Ride: Ultimate Flight (2016)
• Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 10 (2021)

James Patterson’s Michael Bennett Books (with James O. Born, Michael Ledwidge) in Order

• Step on a Crack (With Michael Ledwidge) (2007)
• Worst Case (With Michael Ledwidge) (2009)
• Run for Your Life (With Michael Ledwidge) (2009)
• Tick Tock (With Michael Ledwidge) (2010)
• I, Michael Bennett (With Michael Ledwidge) (2012)
• Gone (With Michael Ledwidge) (2013)
• Burn (With Michael Ledwidge) (2014)
• Alert (With Michael Ledwidge) (2015)
• Bullseye (With Michael Ledwidge) (2016)
• Haunted (With James O. Born) (2017)
• Manhunt (With: James O. Born) (2017)
• Ambush (With James O. Born) (2018)
• Blindside (With James O. Born) (2020)
• The Russian (With James O. Born) (2021)

James Patterson’s Bookshots: Michael Bennett Books in Order

• Chase (2016)
• Manhunt (With: James O. Born) (2017)

James Patterson’s Discovery’s Murder is Forever Books in Order

• Murder, Interrupted (2018)
• Home Sweet Murder (2018)
• Murder Beyond the Grave (2018)
• Murder Thy Neighbor (2020)
• Murder of Innocence (2020)
• Till Murder Do Us Part (2021)

James Patterson’s NYPD Red Books (with Marshall Karp) in Order

• NYPD Red (2012)
• NYPD Red 2 (2014)
• NYPD Red 3 (2015)
• NYPD Red 4 (2016)
• Red Alert (2018)
• NYPD Red 6 (2020)

James Patterson’s Private Books in Order

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• Private (With Maxine Paetro) (2010)
• Private London (With Mark Pearson) (2011)
• Private Games (With Mark T. Sullivan) (2012)
• Private:#1 Suspect (With: Maxine Paetro) (2012)
• Private Berlin (With Mark T. Sullivan) (2013)
• Private L.A. (With Mark T. Sullivan) (2014)
• Private Down Under / Oz (With Michael White) (2014)
• Private India (With Ashwin Sanghi) (2014)
• Private Vegas (With Maxine Paetro) (2015)
• Private Sydney / Missing (With Kathryn Fox) (2015)
• Private Paris (Wit Mark T. Sullivan) (2016)
• The Games (With Mark T. Sulliva) (2016)
• Private Delhi / Count to Ten (With Ashwin Sanghi) (2017)
• Princess (With Rees Jones) (2018)
• Private Moscow (With Adam Hamdy) (2020)

James Patterson’s Bookshots: Private Books (with Jassy Mackenzie, Rees Jones) in Order

• Private Royals (With Rees Jones) (2016)
• Private: Gold (With Jassy Mackenzie) (2017)

James Patterson’s Rory Yates Books (with Andrew Bourelle) in Order

• Texas Ranger (2018)
• Texas Outlaw (2020)

James Patterson’s Tom Moon Books (with James O. Born) in Order

• Lost (2020)

James Patterson’s Travis McKinley Books (with Peter de Jonge) in Order

• Miracle on the 17th Green (1996)
• Miracle at Augusta (2015)
• Miracle at St. Andrews (2019)

James Patterson’s When the Wind Blows Books in Order

• When the Wind Blows (1998)
• The Lake House (2003)

James Patterson’s Witch & Wizard Books in Order

• Witch & Wizard (With Gabrielle Charbonnet) (2009)
• The Gift (With Ned Rust) (2010)
• The Fire (With Jill Dembowski) (2011)
• The Kiss (With Jill Dembowski) (2013)
• The Lost (With Emily Raymond) (2014)James Patterson’s Witch & Wizard Graphic Novels Books in Order
• Battle for Shadowland (2010)
• Witch & Wizard: The Manga, Vol. 1 (With Gabrielle Charbonnet, Svetlana Chmakova) (2011)
• Witch & Wizard: The Manga, Vol. 2 (With Ned Rust,Svetlana Chmakova) (2012)
• Witch & Wizard: The Manga, Vol. 3 (With Jill Dembowski,Svetlana Chmakova) (2013)

James Patterson’s Zoo Books (with Michael Ledwidge) in Order

• Zoo(2012)
• Zoo: The Graphic Novel (2012)

James Patterson’s Bookshots: Zoo Books (with Michael Ledwidge) in Order

• Zoo 2 (2016)

James Patterson’s Standalone Novels in Order

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• The Thomas Berryman Number (1976)
• Season of the Machete (1977)
• See How They Run / The Jericho Commandment (1979)
• Virgin (1980)
• Black Market / Black Friday (1986)
• The Midnight Club (1989)
• Hide & Seek (1995)
• Cradle and All (1999)
• Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas (2001)
• Sam’s Letters to Jennifer (2001)
• The Beach House (With Peter de Jonge) (2002)
• The Jester (With Andrew Gross) (2003)
• Lifeguard (With Andrew Gross) (2005)
• Beach Road (With: Peter de Jonge) (2006)
• Judge & Jury (With Andrew Gross) (2006)
• The Quickie (With Michael Ledwidge) (2007)
• You’ve Been Warned (WithHoward Roughan) (2007)
• Sundays at Tiffany’s (With Gabrielle Charbonnet) (2008)
• Sail (WithHoward Roughan) (2008)
• Swimsuit (With Maxine Paetro) (2009)
• Don’t Blink (With Howard Roughan) (2010)
• Toys (With Neil McMahon) (2011)
• Now You See Her (With Michael Ledwidge) (2011)
• Kill Me If You Can (With Marshall Karp) (2011)
• The Christmas Wedding (With Richard DiLallo) (2011)
• Guilty Wives (With David Ellis) (2012)
• Mistress (With David Ellis) (2013)
• First Love (With Emily Raymond) (2013)
• Homeroom Diaries (With Lisa Papademetriou) (2014)
• Public School Superhero (With Chris Tebbetts) (2015)
• Truth or Die (With Howard Roughan) (2015)
• The Murder House (With David Ellis) (2015)
• Woman of God (With David Ellis) (2016)
• Word of Mouse (With Chris Grabenstein) (2016)
• Humans, Bow Down (With Emily Raymond) (2017)
• Pottymouth and Stoopid (With Chris Grabenstein) (2017)
• The Store (With Richard DiLallo) (2017)
• Expelled / The Injustice (With Emily Raymond) (2017)
• The President Is Missing (With Bill Clinton) (2018)
• Juror #3 (With Nancy Allen) (2018)
• The First Lady (With Brendan DuBois) (2018)
• The Inn (With Candice Fox) (2019)
• The Warning (With Robison Wells) (2019)
• The Summer House (With Brendan DuBois) (2020)
• Cajun Justice (With Tucker Axum) (2020)
• 1st Case (With Chris Tebbetts) (2020)
• The Midwife Murders (With Richard DiLallo) (2020)
• The Coast-to-Coast Murders (With J D Barker) (2020)
• Three Women Disappear (With Shan Serafin) (2020)
• The President’s Daughter (With Bill Clinton) (2021)
• The Shadow (With Brian Sitts) (2021)

James Patterson’s Short Stories/Novellas in Order

• Bloody Valentine (2011)
• Boys Will Be Boys (2011)

James Patterson’s Bookshots: Detective Luc Moncrief Books (with Richard DiLallo) in Order

• French Kiss (2016)
• The Christmas Mystery (2016)
• French Twist (2017)

James Patterson’s Bookshots: Diamond Trilogy Books (with Elizabeth Hayley) in Order

• Dazzling (2016)
• Radiant (2016)
• Exquisite (2017)

James Patterson’s Bookshots: Jon Roscoe Thriller Books (with Robert Gold) in Order

• The Hostage (2016)
• The Verdict (2016)
• Kidnapped (2016)

James Patterson’s Bookshots: Owen Taylor Books (with Brendan DuBois) in Order

• The End (2017)
• After the End (2017)

James Patterson’s BookShots: Flames Books in Order

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• Learning to Ride (With Erin Knightley) (2016)
• Sacking the Quarterback (With Samantha Towle) (2016)
• The Mating Season (With Laurie Horowitz) (2016)
• The Return (By: Erin Knightley) (2016)
• Bodyguard (With Jessica Linden) (2016)
• Hot Winter Nights (With Codi Gary) (2016)
• Seducing Shakespeare (By Tabitha Ross) (2017)
• Bedding the Highlander (By: Sabrina York) (2017)
• 50 Hidden Desires (With Jessica Lemmon) (2017)
• Sabotage (By: Jessica Linden) (2017)
• Sexy Summer Flings (With Codi Gary) (2017)
• Love Me Tender (With Laurie Horowitz) (2017)
• The Experiment (By:HelenKay Dimon) (2017)
• The Weekend Wife (By Beth Ciotta) (2017)
• Dawn’s Early Light (By: Jessica Scott) (2017)
• Christmas Sanctuary (By: Lauren Hawkeye) (2017)
• Shopping for Love (By Renee Carlino) (2018)
• Once Upon a Kiss (By: Sara Jane Stone) (2018)

James Patterson’s Bookshots: Mitchum Books (with James O. Born) in Order

• Hidden (2017)
• Malicious (2017)
• Malevolent (2020)

James Patterson’s Bookshots: Standalone Novels in Order

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• Let’s Play Make-Believe / The Palm Beach Murders (2016)
• Break Point (With Lee Stone) (2016)
• Heist (With Rees Jones) (2016)
• Airport Code Red (With Michael White) (2016)
• Little Black Dress (With Emily Raymond) (2016)
• The Pretender (With Andrew Bourelle) (2016)
• Hunted (With Andrew Holmes) (2016)
• 113 Minutes (With Max DiLallo) (2016)
• Trump vs. Clinton (2016)
• The Women’s War (With Hilary Liftin) (2016)
• $10,000,000 Marriage Proposal (With: Shan Serafin) (2016)
• Taking the Titanic (With Scott Slaven) (2016)
• Come and Get Us (With Shan Serafin) (2016)
• The House Husband (With Duane Swierczynski) (2017)
• The Shut-In (With Duane Swierczynski) (2017)
• Night Sniper (With Christopher Charles) (2017)
• Stealing Gulfstreams (Wit Max DiLallo) (2017)
• Diary of a Succubus (With: Derek Nikitas) (2017)
• The Lawyer Lifeguard (With Doug Allyn) (2017)
• Stingrays (With: Duane Swierczynski) (2017)
• Nooners (With Tim Arnold) (2017)
• Steeplechase (With Scott Slaven) (2017)
• Deadly Cargo (ith Will Jordan) (2017)
• The Dolls (With Kecia Bal) (2017)
• Dead Man Running (With Christopher Farnsworth) (2017)
• The Family Lawyer & The Good Sister (With Robert Rotstein, Rachel Howzell Hall) (2017)
• Scott Free (With Rob Hart) (2017)
• Absolute Zero (With Ed Chatterton) (2017)
• You’ve Been Warned – Again (With Derek Nikitas) (2017)
• The Exile (With Alison Joseph) (2017)
• The Moores Are Missing & The Housewife (With Loren D. Estleman, Sam Hawken) (2017)
• Avalanche (With David Inglish) (2017)
• Kill and Tell (With Scott Slaven) (2017)
• The 13-Minute Murder (With Shan Serafin) (2019)

James Patterson’s Non-Fiction Books in Order

• The Day America Told the Truth (With Peter Kim) (1991)
• Torn Apart / Against Medical Advice (With Hal Friedman) (2008)
• The Murder of King Tut (With Martin Dugard) (2009)
• Filthy Rich (With John Connolly, Tim Malloy) (2016)
• All-American Murder (With Alex Abramovich, Mike Harvkey) (2018)
• The House of Kennedy (With Cynthia Fagen) (2020)
• The Last Days of John Lennon (2020)
• Walk in My Combat Boots (With Chris Mooney) (2021)

James Patterson’s Children’s Books in Order

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• SantaKid (2004)
• Give Please a Chance (With Bill O’Reilly) (2016)
• Penguins of America (With Jack Patterson) (2017)
• Laugh Out Loud (With Chris Grabenstein) (2017)
• Give Thank You for a Try (2017)
• Not So Normal Norbert (With Joey Green (2018)
• Unbelievably Boring Bartholomew (With Duane Swierczynski) (2018)
• Katt vs. Dogg (With: Chris Grabenstein) (2019)
• Sophia, Princess Among Beasts (With Emily Raymond) (2019)
• Becoming Muhammad Ali (2020)
• Scaredy Cat (With Chris Grabenstein) (2021)
• Best Nerds Forever (With Chris Grabenstein) (2021)

James Patterson’s Candies Books (with Andy Elkerton) in Order

• The Candies Save Christmas (2017)
• The Candies’ Easter Party (2018)

James Patterson’s Dog Diaries Books (with Steven Butler) in Order

• Dog Diaries (2018)
• Happy Howlidays (2018)
• Mission Impawsible (2019)
• Curse of the Mystery Mitt (2019)
• Ruffing It (2021)

James Patterson’s House of Robots Books (with Chris Grabenstein) in Order

• House of Robots (2014)
• Robots Go Wild! (2015)
• Robot Revolution (2017)

James Patterson’s I Funny Books (with Chris Grabenstein) in Order

• I Funny (2012)
• I Even Funnier (2013)
• I Totally Funniest (2015)
• I Funny TV (2015)
• School of Laughs (2017)
• Laugh Out Loud (2017)
• The Nerdiest, Wimpiest, Dorkiest I Funny Ever (2018)

James Patterson’s Little Geniuses Books (with Susan Patterson) in Order

• Big Words for Little Geniuses (2017)
• Cuddly Critters for Little Geniuses (2018)
• Bigger Words for Little Geniuses (2019)

James Patterson’s Jacky Ha-Ha Books (with Chris Grabenstein) in Order

• Jacky Ha-Ha (2016)
• My Life is a Joke (2017)

James Patterson’s Max Einstein Books (with Chris Grabenstein) in Order

• The Genius Experiment (2018)
• Rebels with a Cause (2019)
• Saves the Future (2020)

James Patterson’s Middle School Books in Order

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• Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life (With Chris Tebbetts) (2011)
• Get Me Out of Here! (With Chris Tebbetts) (2012)
• My Brother Is a Big, Fat Liar (With Lisa Papademetriou) (2013)
• How I Survived Bullies, Broccoli, and Snake Hill (With Chris Tebbetts) (2013)
• Ultimate Showdown (With Julia Bergen) (2014)
• How I Got Lost in London (2014)
• Save Rafe! (With Chris Tebbetts) (2014)
• Just My Rotten Luck (With Chris Tebbetts) (2015)
• Going Bush (With Martin Chatterton) (2016)
• Dog’s Best Friend (With Chris Tebbetts) (2016)
• Hollywood 101 (With Martin Chatterton) (2016)
• Escape to Australia / Million-Dollar Mess Down Under (With Martin Chatterton) (2017)
• From Hero to Zero (With Chris Tebbetts) (2017)
• Born to Rock (With Chris Tebbetts) (2019)
• Master of Disaster (With Chris Tebbetts) (2020)
• Field Trip Fiasco (With Martin Chatterton) (2021)

James Patterson’s Treasure Hunters Books (with Chris Grabenstein) in Order

• Treasure Hunters (2013)
• Danger Down the Nile (2014)
• Secret of the Forbidden City (2015)
• Peril at the Top of the World (2016)
• Quest for the City of Gold (2017)
• All-American Adventure (2019)
• The Plunder Down Under (2020)

James Patterson’s Anthologies in Order

• Thriller: Stories to Keep You Up All Night (2006)
• The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 (2015)
• The Lifesaver (2017)
• Two from the Heart (2017)
• The Family Lawyer (2017)
• The House Next Door (2019)