James Patterson Books Chronological Order

(updated January 2020)

James Patterson has written a Lot of books, some good, some ehh and some that are truly remarkable. He’s also written a few with co-authors like Andrew Gross. It can be a little confusing trying to figure out the order to read them (although many of his stories are quite independent). So we’ve put together a James Patterson Book List.

It can also be tricky just making sure that you have them all. Some James Patterson books have multiple titles depending on where they were published, you may even think you have two of his books when it is really the same. I will also share some thoughts down at the bottom on exactly how Patterson goes about publishing so many books (does he even write anymore?). On to what you came for. Here now – James Patterson Books in chronological order.

This is a Full List of James Patterson books in order. Just below the master list you will find Alex Cross books in order as well as Patterson’s other series. We will also group his titles by the Co-Authors in case you like books written by specific co-writers.

James Patterson Book List

1976

• The Thomas Berryman Number

1977

• Season of the Machete

1979

• The Jericho Commandment (also titled: See How They Run)

1980

• Virgin (also titled Cradle & All)

1986

• Black Market (also titled Black Friday)

1989

• The Midnight Club

1991

• The Day America Told the Truth (non-fiction, with Peter Kim)

1992

• Along Came a Spider

1994

• The Second American Revolution (non-fiction, with Peter Kim)

1995

• Kiss The Girls

1996

• Hide & Seek
• Miracle on the 17th Green (with Peter de Jonge)
• Jack & Jill

1997

• Cat & Mouse

1998

• When the Wind Blows

1999

• Pop Goes the Weasel

2000

• Roses Are Red

2001

• 1st to Die
• Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas
• Violets are Blue

2002

• Second Chance
• The Beach House (with Peter de Jonge)
• Four Blind Miced

2003

• The Jester (with Andrew Gross)
• The Lake House

2004

• The Big Bad Wolf
• 3rd Degree (with Andrew Gross)
• Sam’s Letter to Jennifer
• SantaKid (illustrated by Michael Garland)
• London Bridges

2005

• Honeymoon (with Howard Roughan)
• Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment
• 4th of July (with Maxine Paetro)
• Lifeguard (with Maxine Paetro)
• Mary, Mary

2006

• The 5th Horseman (with Maxine Paetro)
• Beach Road (with Peter de Jonge)
• Maximum Ride: School’s Out-Forever
• Judge & Jury (with Andrew Gross)
• Cross

2007

• Step on a Crack (with Michael Ledwidge)
• The 6th Target (with Maxine Paetro)
• Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
• The Quickie (with Michael Ledwidge)
• You’ve Been Warned (with Howard Roughan)
• Double Cross

2008

• 7th Heaven (with Maxine Paetro)
• Maximum Ride: The Final Warning
• Sundays at Tiffany’s (with Gabrielle Charbonnet)
• Sail (with Howard Roughan)
• The Dangerous Days of Daniel X (with Michael Ledwidge)
• Against Medical Advice, non-fiction (with Hal Friedman)
• Cross Country

2009

• Run For Your Life (with Michael Ledwidge)
• Maximum Ride: MAX
• The 8th Confession (with Maxine Paetro)
• Swimsuit (with Maxine Paetro)
• Daniel X: Watch the Skies (with Ned Rust)
• Alex Cross’s Trial (with Richard Dilallo)
• The Murder of King Tut non-fiction (with Martin Dugard)
• I, Alex Cross
• Witch & Wizard (with Gabrielle Charbonnet)

2010

• Worst Case (with Michael Ledwidge)
• Maximum Ride: Fang
• Med Head, non-fiction (with Hal Friedman)
• The 9th Judgement (with Maxine Paetro)
• Private (with Maxine Paetro)
• Daniel X: Demons & Druids (with Adam Sadler)
• The Postcard Killer (with Liza Marklund)
• Don’t Blink (with Howard Roughan)
• Cross Fire
• Witch and Wizard: The Gift

2011

James Patterson’s Bookshots

• Private Royals (2016, with Rees Jones)
• Airport: Code Red (2016, with Michael White)
• The Trial (2016, with Maxine Paetro)
• Breakpoint (2016, with Lee Stone)
• Trump vs. Clinton: In Their Own Words (2016, with Denise Roy)
• Deadly Cargo (2017, with Will Jordan)

Non-Fiction Books by James Patterson

• The Day America Told the Truth (1991, with Peter Kim)
• The Second American Revolution (1994, with Peter Kim)
• Against Medical Advice (2008, with Hal Friedman)
• The Murder of King Tut (2009, with Martin Dugard)
• Med Head (2010, with Hal Friedman)
• Filthy Rich (2016, with John Connolly & Tim Malloy)

Alex Cross books in chronological order

• Along Came a Spider (1993)
• Kiss the Girls (1995)
• Jack & Jill (1996)
• Cat and 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 (2006 )
• Double Cross (2007)
• Cross Country (2008)
• Alex Cross’s Trial (2009)
• I, Alex Cross (2009)
• Cross Fire ( 2010)
• Kill Alex Cross (2011)
• Merry Christmas Alex Cross (2012)
• Alex Cross, Run (2013)
• Cross My Heart (2013)
• Hope to Die (2014)
• Cross Justice (2015)
• Cross The Line (2016)
• Cross Kill (2016)
• The People vs. Alex Cross (2017)
• Target: Alex Cross (2018)
• Criss Cross (2019)

Confessions Books in Order

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

Crazy House Series

• Crazy House (2017, with Gabrielle Charbonnet)
• Fall of Crazy House (2018, with Gabrielle Charbonnet)

Daniel X Series

• The Dangerous Days of Daniel X (2008, with Michael Ledwidge)
• Watch the Skies (2009, with Ned Rust)
• Demons and Druids (2010, with Adam Sadler)
• Game Over (2011, with Ned Rust)
• Armageddon (2012, with Chris Grabenstein)
• Lights Out (2015, with Chris Grabenstein)

Detective Harriet Blue Series

• Never Never (2016, with Candice Fox)
• Fifty Fifty (2017, with Candice Fox)
• Liar Liar (2018, with Candice Fox)

House of Robots Series

• House of Robots (2014, with Chris Grabenstein)
• Robots Go Wild! (2015, with Chris Grabenstein)
• Robot Revolution (2017, with Chris Grabenstein)

Jack Morgan series in order

• Private (2010, with Maxine Paetro)
• Private London (2011)
• Private Games with Mark Sullivan (2012)
• Private: #1 Suspect (2012)
• Private Berlin (2013)
• Private L.A. (2013, with Mark T. Sullivan)
• Private Down Under (2014, with Michael White)
• Private India: City on Fire (2014, with Ashwin Sanghi)
• Private Vegas (2015, with Maxine Paetro)
• Private Sydney (2015, with Kathryn Fox)
• Private Paris (2016, with Mark T. Sullivan)
• Private Rio (also known as The Game) (2016, with Mark T. Sullivan)

Little Geniuses

• Big Words for Little Geniuses (2017, with Susan Patterson)
• Cuddly Critters for Little Geniuses (2018, with Susan Patterson)

Max Einstein

• The Genius Experiment (2018, with Chris Grabenstein)
• Rebels With a Cause (2019, with Chris Grabenstein)

Maximum Ride Series

• 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)

Michael Bennett series in order

• Step on a Crack (2007, with Michael Ledwidge)
• Run For Your Life (2009, with Michael Ledwidge)
• Worst Case (2010, with Michael Ledwidge)
• Tick Tock (2011, with Michael Ledwidge)
• I, Michael Bennett (2012, with Michael Ledwidge)
• Gone (2013, with Michael Ledwidge)
• Burn (2014, with Michael Ledwidge)
• Alert (2015, with Michael Ledwidge)
• Bullseye (2016, with Michael Ledwidge)
• Haunted (2017, with James O. Born)
• Ambush (2018, with James O. Born)
• Blindside (2020, with James O. Born)

Middle School Books in order

• Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2011 with Chris Tebbetts)
• Middle School: Get Me Out of Here (2012 with Chris Tebbetts)
• Middle School: My Brother is a Big Fat Liar (2013 with Lisa Papademetriou)
• Middle School: How I Survived Bullies, Broccoli, and Snake Hill (2013 with Chris Tebbetts)
• Middle School: Ultimate Showdown (2014, with Julia Bergen & Alec Longstreth)
• Middle School: How I Got Lost in London (2014)
• Middle School: Save Rafe! (2014, with Laura Park & Christopher Tebbetts)
• Middle School: Just My Rotten Luck (2015, with Laura Park & Chris Grabenstein)
• Dog’s Best Friend (2016, with Christopher Tebbetts)
• Escape to Australia (2017, with Martin Chatterton)
• Middle School: From Hero to Zero (2018, with Christopher Tebbetts)
• Middle School: Born to Rock (2019, with Christopher Tebbetts)

Miracle Series

• Miracle on the 17th Green (1996, with Peter de Jong)
• Miracle at Augusta (2015, with Peter de Jong)
• Miracle at St. Andrews (2019, with Peter de Jong)

Murder is Forever Series

• Murder, Interrupted (2018)
• Home Sweet Murder (2018)
• Murder Beyond the Grave (2018)

NYPD Red Series

• NYPD Red (2012, with Marshall Karp)
• NYPD Red 2 (2014, with Marshall Karp)
• NYPD Red 3 (2015, with Marshall Karp)
• NYPD Red 4 (2016, with Marshall Karp)
• NYPD Red 5 also marketed as Red Alert (2018, with Marshall Karp)

Private Series in order

• Private (2010, with Maxine Paetro)
• Private London (2011, with Michael Ledwidge)
• Private #1 Suspect (2012, with Maxine Paetro)
• Private Games (2012, with Mark T. Sullivan)
• Private Berlin (2013, with Mark T. Sullivan)
• Private L.A. (2013, with Mark T. Sullivan)
• Private Down Under (2014, with Michael White)
• Private India: City on Fire (2014, with Ashwin Sanghi)
• Private Vegas (2015, with Maxine Paetro)
• Private Sydney (2015, with Kathryn Fox)
• Private Paris (2016, with Mark T. Sullivan)
• Private Rio (also known as The Game) (2016, with Mark T. Sullivan)
• Princess: A Private Novel (2018, with Rees Jones)

Treasure Hunters Series

• Treasure Hunters (2013, with Chris Grabenstein,  Mark Shulman & Juliana Neufeld)
• Danger Down the Nile (2014, with Chris Grabenstein & Juliana Neufeld)
• Secret of Forbidden City (2015, with Chris Grabenstein & Juliana Neufeld)
• Peril at the Top of the World (2016, with Chris Grabenstein & Juliana Neufeld)
• All-American Adventure (2019, with Chris Grabenstein)

When the Wind Blows Series

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

Witch and Wizard Series

James Patterson book list ordered by Co-Authors

Adam Sadler

• Daniel X: Demons & Druids (2010)

Andrew Bourelle

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

Andrew Gross

• The Jester (2003)
• 3rd Degree (2004)
• Lifeguard (2005)
• Judge & Jury (2006)

Andrew Holmes

• Revenge (2018)

Bill Clinton

• The President is Missing (2018)

Brendan DuBois

• The Cornwalls Are Gone (2019)
• The First Lady (2019)

Candice Fox

Chris Grabenstein

• Funny (2012)
• Armageddon (2012)
• I Even Funnier (2013)
• Treasure Hunters (2013)
• Treasure Hunters: Danger Down the Nile (2014)
• House of Robots (2014)
• Treasure Hunters: Secret of the Forbidden City (2015)
• Robots Go Wild! (2015)
• I Totally Funniest (2015)
• Lights Out (2015)
• Treasure Hunters: Peril at the Top of the World (2016)
• I Funny TV (2016)
• Jacky Ha-Ha (2016)
• Word of Mouse (2016)
• I Funny School of Laughs (2017)
• Robot Revolution (2017)
• Max Einstein: The Genius Experiment (2018)
• Treasure Hunters: All-American Adventure (2019)
• Katt vs. Dogg (2019)
• Max Einstein: Rebels With a Cause (2019)

Chris Tebbetts

David Ellis

• Guilty Wives (2012)
• Mistress (2013)
• Invisible (2014)
• The Murder House (2015)
• The Black Book (2017)

Denise Roy

• Trump vs. Clinton: In Their Own Words (Bookshots, 2016)

Duane Swierczynski

• Unbelievably Boring Bart (2018)

Emily Raymond

• The Lost (2014)
• First Love (2014)
• Humans, Bow Down (2016)

Gabrielle Charbonnet

• Sundays at Tiffany’s (2008)
• Witch & Wizard (2009)
• Crazy House (2017)
• Fall of Crazy House (2018)

Hal Friedman

• Against Medical Advice, non-fiction (2008)
• Med Head, non-fiction (2010)

Howard Roughan

• Honeymoon (2005)
• You’ve Been Warned (2007)
• Sail (2008)
• Don’t Blink (2010)
• Second Honeymoon (2013)
• Truth or Die (2015)
• Murder Games (2017)
• Killer Instinct (2019)

James O. Born

• Haunted (2017)
• Ambush (2018)
• Lost (2020)
• Blindside (2020)

Jill Dembowski

• Witch and Wizard: The Fire (2011)
• Witch and Wizard: The Kiss (2013)
• Humans, Bow Down (2016)

Joey Green

• Not So Normal Norbert (2018)

John Connolly

• Filthy Rich non-fiction (2016)

Julia Bergen

• Middle School: Ultimate Showdown (2014)

Juliana Neufeld

• Treasure Hunters (2013)
• Danger Down the Nile (2014)
• House of Robots (2014)
• Robots Go Wild (2015)
• Secrets of the Forbidden City (2015)
• Peril at the Top of the World (2016)

Lee Stone

• Break Point (Bookshots, 2016)

Lisa Papademetriou

• My Brother is a Big Fat Liar (2013)
• Homeroom Diaries (2014)

Liza Marklund

• The Postcard Killer (2010)

Mark Shulman

• Treasure Hunters (2013)

Mark Sullivan

• Private Games (2012)
• Private Berlin (2013)
• Private L.A. (2013)
• Private Paris (2016)
• Private Rio (The Games) (2016)

Marshall Karp

• Kill Me If You Can: A Novel (2011)
• NYPD Red (2012)
• NYPD Red 2 (2014)
• NYPD Red 3 (2015)
• NYPD Red 4 (2016)
• NYPD Red 5 or Red Alert (2018)

Martin Chatterton

• Escape to Australia (2017)

Martin Dugard

• The Murder of King Tut non-fiction (2009)

Max DiLallo

• The Chef (2019)
• The House Next Door (2019)

Maxine Paetro

• 4th of July (2005)
• Lifeguard (2005)
• The 5th Horseman (2006)
• The 6th Target (2007)
• 7th Heaven (2008)
• The 8th Confession (2009)
• Swimsuit (2009)
• The 9th Judgement (2010)
• Private (2010)
• 10th Anniversary (2011)
• 11th Hour (2012)
• Private: #1 Suspect (2012)
• Confessions of a Murder Suspect (2012)
• 12th of Never (2013)
• Confessions: The Private School Murders (2013)
• Confessions: The Paris Mysteries (2014)
• Private Vegas (2015)
• The Trial (Bookshots, 2016)
• Confessions: The Murder of an Angel (2015)
• Unlucky 13 (2014)
• 14th Deadly Sin (2015)
• 15th Affair (2016)
• Woman’s Murder Club: The Trial (2016)
• Woman of God (2016)
• 16th Seduction (2017)
• 17th Suspect (2018)
• 18th Abduction (2019)
• 19th Christmas (2019)

Michael Garland, Illustrator

• SantaKid (2004)

Michael Ledwidge

• Step on a Crack (2007)
• The Quickie (2007)
• The Dangerous Days of Daniel X (2008)
• Run For Your Life (2009)
• Worst Case (2010)
• Now You See Her (2011)
• I, Michael Bennett (2012)
• Zoo (2012)
• Gone (2013)
• Burn (2014)
• Alert (2015)
• Bullseye (2016)

Michael White

• Airport: Code Red (Bookshots, 2016)

Nancy Allen

• Juror No. 3 (2018)

Ned Rust

• Daniel X: Watch the Skies (2009)
• Daniel X: Game Over (2011)
• Witch and Wizard: The Gift (2010)

Peter de Jonge

• Miracle on the 17th Green (1996)
• The Beach House (2002)
• Beach Road (2006)
• Miracle at Augusta (2015)
• Miracle at St. Andrews (2019)

Peter Kim

• The Day America Told the Truth non-fiction (1991)
• The Second American Revolution non-fiction (1994)

Rees Jones

• Private Royals (Bookshots, 2016)

Richard Dilallo

• Alex Cross’s Trial (2009)
• The Christmas Wedding (2011)

Shan Serafin

• The 13-Minute Murder (2018)

Steven Butler

• Dog Diaries (2018)

Susan DiLallo

• The House Next Door (2019)

Susan Patterson

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

Tim Arnold

• The House Next Door (2019)

Tim Malloy

• Filthy Rich non-fiction (2016)

Will Jordan

• Deadly Cargo (Bookshots, 2017)

 

A few notes on the methodology or business plan used by James Patterson.

This from Entertainment Weekly

But Patterson, of course, is more than just a proverbial book factory. He’s an actual book factory, typically using credited co-authors to compose “first drafts” from elaborate outlines that he sends (as he detailed in a 2006 Time profile). Like Patterson himself, most of his collaborators have a background in advertising: There’s Richard DiLallo on the Alex Cross thrillers, Michael Ledwidge on the Michael Bennett thrillers and the Daniel X young-adult series, Maxine Paetro on the Women’s Murder Club mysteries, and Howard Roughan on various standalone thrillers. And while there is no co-author listed on the cover of the popular Maximum Ride YA series, about a group of kids who are part bird and part human, the copyright on those books is listed not as “James Patterson” (as it is on most of his titles) but the cryptic “SueJack, Inc.”  full article…

And a little more insight provided by USA Today

And for the first time, Patterson has done a joint interview with a collaborator — opening a window for USA TODAY on how two people write a novel when one is famous and one isn’t. Sitting with Ledwidge in a New York hotel suite, Patterson mentions his 3-inch-thick folder filled with story ideas.

“It’s a nice problem to have,” says Ledwidge, 36, who has written three crime novels on his own. Their combined sales were about 20,000 copies, he says. The first printing for his collaboration with Patterson is 1.25 million.

They met a decade ago when Ledwidge was a doorman in Manhattan, trying to publish his first novel. Both had been English majors at Manhattan College in the Bronx (Patterson, class of ’69; Ledwidge ’92), and the would-be novelist used that connection to ask Patterson for advice. Patterson helped him find an agent, and in 1998, Ledwidge’s The Narrowback was published by Grove Atlantic. He went on to publish two more crime novels. With three children, he kept his day job and eventually became a telephone repairman.

When Ledwidge asked Patterson to look at a draft of what he hoped would be his fourth novel, Patterson had a counteroffer: Would he be interested in collaborating on a novel Patterson had in mind?

Ledwidge says he agreed “at about the speed of light.”  Full Story…

I will say one thing about James Patterson, he’s no sham artist. He is quite frank about the system he uses when collaborating on a story. He freely admits that he does none of the actual writing. He comes up with a plot then reviews drafts submitted by an author.  For an interesting and fairly in-depth article with Patterson from The Guardian read on…

There is plenty of room in the comments below. Let us know what you think of our James Patterson book list as well as this new trend of Book Marketing.