James Patterson Reading Order

2 books (2021–2025)

Start with 2 Sisters Detective Agency and read in order.

#	Title
1	2 Sisters Detective Agency 2021Buy 🇺🇸
2	2 Sisters Murder Investigations 2025Buy 🇺🇸

33 books (1992–2026)

Start with Along Came a Spider, the first of 33 books in the Alex Cross series.

#	Title
1	Along Came a Spider 1992Buy 🇺🇸
2	Kiss the Girls 1995Buy 🇺🇸
3	Jack & Jill 1996Buy 🇺🇸
4	Cat & Mouse 1997Buy 🇺🇸
5	Pop Goes the Weasel 1999Buy 🇺🇸
6	Roses Are Red 2000Buy 🇺🇸
7	Violets Are Blue 2001Buy 🇺🇸
8	Four Blind Mice 2002Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Big Bad Wolf 2003Buy 🇺🇸
10	London Bridges 2004Buy 🇺🇸
11	Mary, Mary 2005Buy 🇺🇸
12	Cross / Alex Cross 2006Buy 🇺🇸
13	Double Cross 2007Buy 🇺🇸
14	Cross Country 2008Buy 🇺🇸
15	I, Alex Cross 2009Buy 🇺🇸
16	Cross Fire 2010Buy 🇺🇸
17	Kill Alex Cross 2011Buy 🇺🇸
18	Alex Cross, Run 2013Buy 🇺🇸
19	Cross My Heart 2013Buy 🇺🇸
20	Hope to Die 2014Buy 🇺🇸
21	Cross Justice 2015Buy 🇺🇸
22	Cross the Line 2016Buy 🇺🇸
23	The People vs. Alex Cross 2017Buy 🇺🇸
24	Target 2018Buy 🇺🇸
25	Criss Cross 2019Buy 🇺🇸
26	Deadly Cross 2020Buy 🇺🇸
27	Fear No Evil 2021Buy 🇺🇸
28	Triple Cross 2022Buy 🇺🇸
29	Alex Cross Must Die / Cross Out 2023Buy 🇺🇸
30	Cross Down(With: Brendan DuBois) 2023Buy 🇺🇸
31	The House of Cross 2024Buy 🇺🇸
32	Return of the Spider 2025Buy 🇺🇸
33	Cross and Sampson(With: Brian Sitts) 2026Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2009–2011)

Start with Alex Cross's Trial(With: Richard DiLallo) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Alex Cross's Trial(With: Richard DiLallo) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
2	Merry Christmas, Alex Cross 2011Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2019–2022)

Start with Ali Cross and read in order.

#	Title
1	Ali Cross 2019Buy 🇺🇸
2	Like Father, Like Son 2021Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Secret Detective 2022Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2019–2023)

Start with The Cornwalls Are Gone / The Cornwalls Vanish / Out of Sight and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Cornwalls Are Gone / The Cornwalls Vanish / Out of Sight 2019Buy 🇺🇸
2	Countdown 2023Buy 🇺🇸

8 books (2006–2017)

Start with Thriller: Stories To Keep You Up All Night, the first of 8 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Thriller: Stories To Keep You Up All Night 2006Buy 🇺🇸
2	Half-Minute Horrors 2009Buy 🇺🇸
3	My Ideal Bookshelf 2012Buy 🇺🇸
4	By the Book 2014Buy 🇺🇸
5	Days Like This 2015Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 2015Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Family Lawyer 2017Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Moores Are Missing & The Housewife 2017Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (2017–2024)

Start with The Black Book, the first of 5 books in the Black Book / Billy Harney series.

#	Title
1	The Black Book 2017Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Coldest Case 2021Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Red Book 2021Buy 🇺🇸
4	Escape 2022Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Coldest Case: The Past Has a Long Memory 2024Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2016–2016)

#	Title
1	Black & Blue 2016Buy 🇺🇸

21 books (2016–2018)

Start with Bodyguard(By: Jessica Linden), the first of 21 books in the BookShots: Flames series.

#	Title
1	Bodyguard(By: Jessica Linden) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	Dazzling(By: Elizabeth Hayley) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
3	Hot Winter Nights(With: Codi Gary) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
4	Learning to Ride(With: Erin Knightley) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
5	Radiant(By: Elizabeth Hayley) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
6	Sacking the Quarterback(With: Samantha Towle) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Mating Season(With: Laurie Horowitz) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Return(By: Erin Knightley) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
9	50 Hidden Desires(With: Jessica Lemmon) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
10	Bedding the Highlander(By: Sabrina York) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
11	Christmas Sanctuary(By: Lauren Hawkeye) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
12	Dawn's Early Light(By: Jessica Scott) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
13	Exquisite(By: Elizabeth Hayley) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
14	Love Me Tender(With: Laurie Horowitz) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
15	Sabotage(By: Jessica Linden) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
16	Seducing Shakespeare(By: Tabitha Ross) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
17	Sexy Summer Flings(With: Codi Gary) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
18	The Experiment(By: HelenKay Dimon) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
19	The Weekend Wife(By: Beth Ciotta) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
20	Once Upon a Kiss(By: Sara Jane Stone) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
21	Shopping for Love(By: Renee Carlino) 2018Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2014–2017)

Start with Action(With: Brent Gargan) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Action(With: Brent Gargan) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
2	Cross Kill 2016Buy 🇺🇸
3	Detective Cross 2017Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2016–2016)

#	Title
1	Killer Chef 2016Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2016–2017)

Start with French Kiss and read in order.

#	Title
1	French Kiss 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Christmas Mystery 2016Buy 🇺🇸
3	French Twist 2017Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2016–2016)

Start with Kidnapped and read in order.

#	Title
1	Kidnapped 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Hostage 2016Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Verdict 2016Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2016–2017)

Start with Chase and read in order.

#	Title
1	Chase 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	Manhunt(With: James O. Born) 2017Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2017–2020)

Start with Hidden and read in order.

#	Title
1	Hidden 2017Buy 🇺🇸
2	Malicious 2017Buy 🇺🇸
3	Malevolent 2020Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2017–2017)

Start with After the End and read in order.

2 books (2016–2017)

Start with Private Royals(With: Rees Jones) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Private Royals(With: Rees Jones) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	Private: Gold(With: Jassy Mackenzie) 2017Buy 🇺🇸

38 books (2016–2019)

Start with $10,000,000 Marriage Proposal(With: Hilary Liftin), the first of 38 books in the Bookshots: Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	$10,000,000 Marriage Proposal(With: Hilary Liftin) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	113 Minutes(With: Max DiLallo) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
3	Airport Code Red(With: Michael White) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
4	Break Point(With: Lee Stone) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
5	Come and Get Us(With: Shan Serafin) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
6	Dead Heat(With: Lee Stone) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
7	Heist(With: Rees Jones) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
8	Hunted(With: Andrew Holmes) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
9	Let's Play Make-Believe / The Palm Beach Murders(With: James O. Born) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
10	Little Black Dress(With: Emily Raymond) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
11	Taking the Titanic(With: Scott Slaven) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Pretender(With: Andrew Bourelle) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
13	The Witnesses(With: Brendan DuBois) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Women's War(With: Hilary Liftin) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
15	Trump vs. Clinton 2016Buy 🇺🇸
16	Zoo 2 2016Buy 🇺🇸
17	Absolute Zero(With: Ed Chatterton) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
18	Avalanche(With: David Inglish) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
19	Dead Man Running(With: Christopher Farnsworth) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
20	Deadly Cargo(With: Will Jordan) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
21	Diary of a Succubus(With: Derek Nikitas) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
22	Kill and Tell(With: Scott Slaven) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
23	Night Sniper(With: Christopher Charles) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
24	Nooners(With: Tim Arnold) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
25	Scott Free(With: Rob Hart) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
26	Stealing Gulfstreams(With: Max DiLallo) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
27	Steeplechase(With: Scott Slaven) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
28	Stingrays(With: Duane Swierczynski) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
29	The Dolls(With: Kecia Bal) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
30	The Exile(With: Alison Joseph) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
31	The Family Lawyer(With: Rachel Howzell Hall) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
32	The House Husband(With: Duane Swierczynski) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
33	The Lawyer Lifeguard(With: Doug Allyn) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
34	The Moores Are Missing & The Housewife(With: Loren D. Estleman,Sam Hawken) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
35	The Shut-In(With: Duane Swierczynski) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
36	You've Been Warned - Again(With: Derek Nikitas) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
37	The Doctor's Plot 2018Buy 🇺🇸
38	The 13-Minute Murder(With: Shan Serafin) 2019Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2016–2023)

Start with The Trial and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Trial 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Medical Examiner 2017Buy 🇺🇸
3	23 1/2 Lies 2023Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2017–2018)

Start with The Candies Save Christmas and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Candies Save Christmas 2017Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Candies' Easter Party 2018Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2019–2019)

#	Title
1	The Chef(With: Max DiLallo) 2019Buy 🇺🇸

13 books (2004–2024)

Start with SantaKid, the first of 13 books in the Children's series.

#	Title
1	SantaKid 2004Buy 🇺🇸
2	Give Please a Chance(With: Bill O'Reilly) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
3	Give Thank You a Try 2017Buy 🇺🇸
4	Laugh Out Loud(With: Chris Grabenstein) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
5	Penguins of America(With: Jack Patterson) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
6	Not So Normal Norbert 2018Buy 🇺🇸
7	Unbelievably Boring Bartholomew(With: Duane Swierczynski) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
8	Sophia, Princess Among Beasts(With: Emily Raymond) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
9	Becoming Muhammad Ali(With: Kwame Alexander) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
10	Best Nerds Forever(With: Chris Grabenstein) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
11	Scaredy Cat(With: Chris Grabenstein) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
12	Elephant Goes Potty 2023Buy 🇺🇸
13	Fox Is Coming!(With: Joe Kulka) 2024Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2012–2015)

Start with Confessions of a Murder Suspect, the first of 4 books in the Confessions series.

#	Title
1	Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Private School Murders 2013Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Paris Mysteries 2014Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Murder of an Angel 2015Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2017–2018)

Start with Crazy House and read in order.

#	Title
1	Crazy House 2017Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Fall of Crazy House 2018Buy 🇺🇸

8 books (2007–2022)

Start with The Dangerous Days of Daniel X(With: Michael Ledwidge), the first of 8 books in the Daniel X series.

#	Title
1	The Dangerous Days of Daniel X(With: Michael Ledwidge) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
2	Daniel X: Alien Hunter(With: Chris Grabenstein,Leopoldo Gout) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
3	Watch the Skies(With: Ned Rust) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
4	Demons and Druids(With: Adam Sadler) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
5	Game Over(With: Ned Rust) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
6	Armageddon(With: Chris Grabenstein) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
7	Lights Out(With: Chris Grabenstein) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
8	Genesis 2022Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2008–2012)

Start with Alien Hunter(With: Leopoldo Gout), the first of 4 books in the Daniel X Graphic Novels series.

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

1 book (2018–2018)

#	Title
1	Revenge(With: Andrew Holmes) 2018Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2016–2019)

Start with Never Never, the first of 4 books in the Detective Harriet Blue series.

#	Title
1	Never Never 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	Fifty Fifty 2017Buy 🇺🇸
3	Liar Liar 2018Buy 🇺🇸
4	Hush / Hush Hush 2019Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (2018–2021)

Start with Home Sweet Murder(With: Scott Slaven,Andrew Bourelle), the first of 6 books in the Discovery's Murder is Forever series.

#	Title
1	Home Sweet Murder(With: Scott Slaven,Andrew Bourelle) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
2	Murder Beyond the Grave(With: Christopher Charles,Andrew Bourelle) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
3	Murder, Interrupted(With: Christopher Charles,Alex Abramovich) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
4	Murder Thy Neighbor(With: Max DiLallo,Andrew Bourelle) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
5	Murder of Innocence(With: Max DiLallo,Andrew Bourelle) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
6	Till Murder Do Us Part(With: Max DiLallo,Andrew Bourelle) 2021Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2022–2024)

Start with The Perfect Assassin and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Perfect Assassin 2022Buy 🇺🇸
2	Murder Island 2024Buy 🇺🇸

7 books (2018–2022)

Start with Dog Diaries, the first of 7 books in the Dog Diaries series.

#	Title
1	Dog Diaries 2018Buy 🇺🇸
2	Happy Howlidays 2018Buy 🇺🇸
3	Curse of the Mystery Mutt 2019Buy 🇺🇸
4	Mission Impawsible 2019Buy 🇺🇸
5	Big Top Bonanza! 2021Buy 🇺🇸
6	Ruffing It 2021Buy 🇺🇸
7	Dinosaur Disaster 2022Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2022–2024)

Start with The Runaway's Diary(With: Emily Raymond) and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Runaway's Diary(With: Emily Raymond) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
2	Ali Cross: The Graphic Novel 2024Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2024–2026)

Start with Holmes, Miss Marple & Poe / Holmes, Margaret & Poe and read in order.

#	Title
1	Holmes, Miss Marple & Poe / Holmes, Margaret & Poe 2024Buy 🇺🇸
2	Holmes Is Missing 2025Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Girl in the Lake 2026Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2005–2013)

Start with Honeymoon and read in order.

#	Title
1	Honeymoon 2005Buy 🇺🇸
2	Second Honeymoon 2013Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2014–2017)

Start with House of Robots and read in order.

#	Title
1	House of Robots 2014Buy 🇺🇸
2	Robots Go Wild! 2015Buy 🇺🇸
3	Robot Revolution 2017Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2022–2023)

Start with Fear The Wolf and read in order.

#	Title
1	Fear The Wolf 2022Buy 🇺🇸
2	The House of Wolves(With: Mike Lupica) 2023Buy 🇺🇸

7 books (2012–2018)

Start with I Funny, the first of 7 books in the I Funny series.

#	Title
1	I Funny 2012Buy 🇺🇸
2	I Even Funnier 2013Buy 🇺🇸
3	I Funny TV 2015Buy 🇺🇸
4	I Totally Funniest 2015Buy 🇺🇸
5	Laugh Out Loud 2017Buy 🇺🇸
6	School of Laughs 2017Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Nerdiest, Wimpiest, Dorkiest I Funny Ever 2018Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2017–2022)

Start with Murder Games / Instinct and read in order.

#	Title
1	Murder Games / Instinct 2017Buy 🇺🇸
2	Killer Instinct 2019Buy 🇺🇸
3	Steal 2022Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2014–2019)

Start with Invisible and read in order.

3 books (2016–2023)

Start with Jacky Ha-Ha and read in order.

#	Title
1	Jacky Ha-Ha 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	My Life is a Joke 2017Buy 🇺🇸
3	Jacky Ha-Ha Gets the Last Laugh 2023Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2023–2025)

Start with 12 Months to Live and read in order.

2 books (2019–2021)

Start with Katt vs. Dogg(With: Chris Grabenstein) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Katt vs. Dogg(With: Chris Grabenstein) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
2	Katt Loves Dogg(With: Chris Grabenstein) 2021Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2017–2019)

Start with Big Words for Little Geniuses and read in order.

#	Title
1	Big Words for Little Geniuses 2017Buy 🇺🇸
2	Cuddly Critters for Little Geniuses 2018Buy 🇺🇸
3	Bigger Words for Little Geniuses 2019Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2024–2025)

Start with Minerva Keen's Detective Club / The Poison Puzzle and read in order.

#	Title
1	Minerva Keen's Detective Club / The Poison Puzzle 2024Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Double Trouble Puzzle 2025Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2018–2021)

Start with The Genius Experiment, the first of 4 books in the Max Einstein series.

#	Title
1	The Genius Experiment 2018Buy 🇺🇸
2	Rebels with a Cause 2019Buy 🇺🇸
3	Saves the Future 2020Buy 🇺🇸
4	World Champions! 2021Buy 🇺🇸

9 books (2005–2015)

Start with The Angel Experiment, the first of 9 books in the Maximum Ride series.

#	Title
1	The Angel Experiment 2005Buy 🇺🇸
2	School's Out - Forever 2006Buy 🇺🇸
3	Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports 2007Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Final Warning 2008Buy 🇺🇸
5	Max 2009Buy 🇺🇸
6	Fang 2010Buy 🇺🇸
7	Angel 2011Buy 🇺🇸
8	Nevermore 2012Buy 🇺🇸
9	Maximum Ride Forever 2015Buy 🇺🇸

11 books (2009–2021)

Start with Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 1, the first of 11 books in the Maximum Ride Graphic Novels series.

#	Title
1	Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 1 2009Buy 🇺🇸
2	Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 2 2009Buy 🇺🇸
3	Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 3 2010Buy 🇺🇸
4	Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 4 2011Buy 🇺🇸
5	Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 5 2011Buy 🇺🇸
6	Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 6 2012Buy 🇺🇸
7	Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 7 2013Buy 🇺🇸
8	Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 8 2014Buy 🇺🇸
9	Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 9 2015Buy 🇺🇸
10	Max Ride: Ultimate Flight 2016Buy 🇺🇸
11	Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 10 2021Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2020–2021)

Start with Hawk(With: Gabrielle Charbonnet) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Hawk(With: Gabrielle Charbonnet) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
2	City of the Dead(With: Mindy McGinnis) 2021Buy 🇺🇸

18 books (2007–2026)

Start with Step on a Crack(With: Michael Ledwidge), the first of 18 books in the Michael Bennett series.

#	Title
1	Step on a Crack(With: Michael Ledwidge) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
2	Run for Your Life(With: Michael Ledwidge) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
3	Worst Case(With: Michael Ledwidge) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
4	Tick Tock(With: Michael Ledwidge) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
5	I, Michael Bennett(With: Michael Ledwidge) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
6	Gone(With: Michael Ledwidge) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
7	Burn(With: Michael Ledwidge) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
8	Alert(With: Michael Ledwidge) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
9	Bullseye(With: Michael Ledwidge) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
10	Haunted(With: James O. Born) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
11	Ambush(With: James O. Born) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
12	Blindside(With: James O. Born) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
13	The Russian(With: James O. Born) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
14	Shattered(With: James O. Born) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
15	Obsessed(With: James O. Born) 2023Buy 🇺🇸
16	Crosshairs / The Long Shot Killer(With: James O. Born) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
17	Paranoia(With: James O. Born) 2025Buy 🇺🇸
18	Delusional(With: James O. Born) 2026Buy 🇺🇸

19 books (2011–2025)

Start with Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life(With: Chris Tebbetts), the first of 19 books in the Middle School series.

#	Title
1	Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life(With: Chris Tebbetts) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
2	Get Me Out of Here!(With: Chris Tebbetts) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
3	How I Survived Bullies, Broccoli, and Snake Hill(With: Chris Tebbetts) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
4	My Brother is a Big, Fat Liar(With: Lisa Papademetriou) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
5	How I Got Lost in London 2014Buy 🇺🇸
6	Save Rafe!(With: Chris Tebbetts) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
7	Ultimate Showdown(With: Julia Bergen) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
8	Just My Rotten Luck(With: Chris Tebbetts) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
9	Dog's Best Friend(With: Chris Tebbetts) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
10	Going Bush(With: Martin Chatterton) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
11	Hollywood 101(With: Martin Chatterton) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
12	Escape to Australia / Million-Dollar Mess Down Under(With: Martin Chatterton) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
13	From Hero to Zero(With: Chris Tebbetts) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
14	Born to Rock(With: Chris Tebbetts) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
15	Master of Disaster(With: Chris Tebbetts) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
16	Field Trip Fiasco(With: Martin Chatterton) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
17	It's a Zoo in Here!(With: Brian Sitts) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
18	Winter Blunderland(With: Brian Sitts) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
19	Too Uncool for School: 2025Buy 🇺🇸

8 books (2012–2025)

Start with NYPD Red, the first of 8 books in the NYPD Red series.

#	Title
1	NYPD Red 2012Buy 🇺🇸
2	NYPD Red 2 2014Buy 🇺🇸
3	NYPD Red 3 2015Buy 🇺🇸
4	NYPD Red 4 2016Buy 🇺🇸
5	Red Alert 2018Buy 🇺🇸
6	NYPD Red 6 2020Buy 🇺🇸
7	NYPD Red 7(By: Marshall Karp) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
8	NYPD Red 8(By: Marshall Karp) 2025Buy 🇺🇸

21 books (1991–2025)

Start with The Day America Told the Truth(With: Peter Kim), the first of 21 books in the Non-Fiction series.

#	Title
1	The Day America Told the Truth(With: Peter Kim) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
2	Torn Apart / Against Medical Advice / Med Head(With: Hal Friedman) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Murder of King Tut(With: Martin Dugard) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
4	Filthy Rich(With: John Connolly,Tim Malloy) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
5	All-American Murder(With: Alex Abramovich,Mike Harvkey) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
6	The House of Kennedy / The Kennedy Curse(With: Cynthia Fagen) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Last Days of John Lennon(By: Casey Sherman) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
8	E.R. Nurses: True Stories from America's Greatest Unsung Heroes(With: Matt Eversmann) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Defense Lawyer(With: Benjamin Wallace) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
10	Walk in My Combat Boots(With: Chris Mooney) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
11	Diana, William, and Harry(With: Chris Mooney) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
12	James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life 2022Buy 🇺🇸
13	Walk The Blue Line(With: Chris Mooney,Matt Eversmann) 2023Buy 🇺🇸
14	What Really Happens in Vegas(With: Mark Seal) 2023Buy 🇺🇸
15	American Heroes(With: Matt Eversmann) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
16	The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians(With: Matt Eversmann) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
17	Tiger, Tiger(With: Peter de Jonge) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
18	Disrupt Everything—and Win(With: Patrick R. Leddin) 2025Buy 🇺🇸
19	The #1 Dad Book 2025Buy 🇺🇸
20	The Idaho Four: An American Tragedy(With: Vicky Ward) 2025Buy 🇺🇸
21	The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe(With: Imogen Edwards-Jones) 2025Buy 🇺🇸

20 books (2010–2025)

Start with Private(With: Maxine Paetro,Mark Sullivan), the first of 20 books in the Private series.

#	Title
1	Private(With: Maxine Paetro,Mark Sullivan) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
2	Private London(With: Mark Pearson) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
3	Private Games(With: Mark Sullivan,Mark Sullivan) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
4	Private:#1 Suspect(With: Maxine Paetro) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
5	Private Berlin(With: Mark Sullivan,Mark Sullivan) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
6	Private Down Under / Oz(With: Michael White) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
7	Private India(With: Ashwin Sanghi) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
8	Private L.A.(With: Mark Sullivan) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
9	Private Sydney / Missing(With: Kathryn Fox) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
10	Private Vegas(With: Maxine Paetro) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
11	Private Paris(With: Mark Sullivan,Mark Sullivan) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
12	Private Rio / The Games(With: Mark Sullivan) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
13	Private Delhi / Count to Ten(With: Ashwin Sanghi) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
14	Princess(With: Rees Jones) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
15	Private Moscow(With: Adam Hamdy) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
16	Private Rogue / Private: Missing Persons(With: Adam Hamdy) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
17	Private Beijing(With: Adam Hamdy) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
18	Private Rome(With: Adam Hamdy) 2023Buy 🇺🇸
19	Private Monaco(With: Adam Hamdy) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
20	Private Dublin(With: Adam Hamdy) 2025Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2018–2025)

Start with Texas Ranger and read in order.

#	Title
1	Texas Ranger 2018Buy 🇺🇸
2	Texas Outlaw 2020Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Texas Murders 2025Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2018–2021)

Start with Juror #3 and read in order.

#	Title
1	Juror #3 2018Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Jailhouse Lawyer / Power of Attorney 2021Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2021–2025)

Start with The Shadow(With: Brian Sitts) and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Shadow(With: Brian Sitts) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
2	Circle of Death(With: Brian Sitts) 2023Buy 🇺🇸
3	The President's Shadow(With: Richard DiLallo) 2025Buy 🇺🇸

10 books (2011–2026)

Start with Bloody Valentine, the first of 10 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

#	Title
1	Bloody Valentine 2011Buy 🇺🇸
2	Boys Will Be Boys 2011Buy 🇺🇸
3	Wedding Shots 2014Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Killer's Wife(With: Max DiLallo) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
5	We Are Not Alone(With: Tim Arnold) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
6	Zero Tolerance 2023Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Justice(With: Aaron Cooley) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
8	Game of Nines 2025Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Commuter(With: Aaron Tracy) 2025Buy 🇺🇸
10	Trapped(With: Max DiLallo) 2026Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2017–2023)

Start with Two from the Heart(With: Emily Raymond,Frank Costantini,Brian Sitts), the first of 4 books in the Short Story Collections series.

#	Title
1	Two from the Heart(With: Emily Raymond,Frank Costantini,Brian Sitts) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
2	Black Dress Affair(With: Emily Raymond,Susan DiLallo) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
3	The House Next Door(With: Max DiLallo,Tim Arnold,Susan DiLallo) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
4	3 Days to Live 2023Buy 🇺🇸

77 books (1976–2026)

Start with The Thomas Berryman Number, the first of 77 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	The Thomas Berryman Number 1976Buy 🇺🇸
2	Season of the Machete 1977Buy 🇺🇸
3	See How They Run / The Jericho Commandment 1979Buy 🇺🇸
4	Black Market / Black Friday 1986Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Midnight Club 1989Buy 🇺🇸
6	Hide & Seek 1995Buy 🇺🇸
7	Cradle and All / Virgin (Remastered) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
8	Sam's Letters to Jennifer 2001Buy 🇺🇸
9	Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas 2001Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Beach House(With: Peter de Jonge) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
11	The Jester(With: Andrew Gross) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
12	Lifeguard(With: Andrew Gross) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
13	Beach Road(With: Peter de Jonge) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
14	Judge & Jury(With: Andrew Gross) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
15	The Quickie(With: Michael Ledwidge) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
16	You've Been Warned(With: Howard Roughan) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
17	Sail(With: Howard Roughan) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
18	Sundays at Tiffany's(With: Gabrielle Charbonnet) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
19	Swimsuit(With: Maxine Paetro) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
20	Don't Blink(With: Howard Roughan) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
21	The Postcard Killers(With: Liza Marklund) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
22	Kill Me If You Can(With: Marshall Karp) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
23	Now You See Her(With: Michael Ledwidge) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
24	The Christmas Wedding(With: Richard DiLallo) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
25	Toys(With: Neil McMahon) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
26	Guilty Wives(With: David Ellis) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
27	First Love(With: Emily Raymond) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
28	Mistress(With: David Ellis) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
29	Homeroom Diaries(With: Lisa Papademetriou) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
30	Public School Superhero(With: Chris Tebbetts) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
31	The Murder House(With: David Ellis) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
32	Truth or Die(With: Howard Roughan) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
33	Woman of God(With: Maxine Paetro) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
34	Expelled / The Injustice(With: Emily Raymond) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
35	Humans, Bow Down(With: Emily Raymond) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
36	Pottymouth and Stoopid(With: Chris Grabenstein) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
37	The Store(With: Richard DiLallo) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
38	Disasterland(With: Robison Wells) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
39	The First Lady(With: Brendan DuBois) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
40	The President Is Missing(With: Bill Clinton) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
41	The House Next Door 2019Buy 🇺🇸
42	The Inn(With: Candice Fox) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
43	The Warning(With: Robison Wells) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
44	1st Case / Brilliant Lies(With: Chris Tebbetts) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
45	Cajun Justice(With: Tucker Axum) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
46	The Coast-to-Coast Murders(With: J.D. Barker) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
47	The Midwife Murders(With: Richard DiLallo) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
48	The Summer House(With: Brendan DuBois) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
49	Three Women Disappear(With: Shan Serafin) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
50	The Guilty 2021Buy 🇺🇸
51	The Noise(With: J.D. Barker) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
52	The President's Daughter(With: Bill Clinton) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
53	Blowback(With: Brendan DuBois) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
54	Death of the Black Widow(With: J.D. Barker) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
55	Run, Rose, Run(With: Dolly Parton) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
56	The Elephant Girl(With: Ellen Banda-Aaku,Sophia Krevoy) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
57	The Girl in the Castle(With: Emily Raymond) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
58	The Horsewoman(With: Mike Lupica) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
59	The Ninth Month(With: Richard DiLallo) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
60	The Twelve Topsy-Turvy, Very Messy Days ofChristmas(With: Tad Safran) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
61	Lion & Lamb 2023Buy 🇺🇸
62	Minerva Keen's Detective Club(With: Keir Graff) 2023Buy 🇺🇸
63	Things I Wish I Told My Mother(With: Susan Patterson,Susan DiLallo) 2023Buy 🇺🇸
64	Confessions of the Dead(With: J.D. Barker) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
65	Eruption(With: Michael Crichton) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
66	Lies He Told Me(With: David Ellis) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
67	Raised by Wolves(With: Emily Raymond) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
68	The #1 Lawyer(With: Nancy Allen) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
69	The Murder Inn(With: Candice Fox) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
70	Billion-Dollar Ransom(With: Duane Swierczynski) 2025Buy 🇺🇸
71	Emma on Fire(With: Emily Raymond) 2025Buy 🇺🇸
72	The First Gentleman(With: Bill Clinton) 2025Buy 🇺🇸
73	The Picasso Heist(With: Howard Roughan) 2025Buy 🇺🇸
74	The Writer / The Imperfect Murder(With: J.D. Barker) 2025Buy 🇺🇸
75	Judge Stone(With: Viola Davis) 2026Buy 🇺🇸
76	The Country Road Murders(With: Mike Lupica) 2026Buy 🇺🇸
77	The Invisible Woman(With: Susan DiLallo) 2026Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2024–2025)

Start with The Time Travel Twins and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Time Travel Twins 2024Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Time Travel Twins: The Pharaoh's Tomb 2025Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2020–2020)

#	Title
1	Lost 2020Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1996–2019)

Start with Miracle on the 17th Green and read in order.

#	Title
1	Miracle on the 17th Green 1996Buy 🇺🇸
2	Miracle at Augusta 2015Buy 🇺🇸
3	Miracle at St. Andrews 2019Buy 🇺🇸

9 books (2013–2023)

Start with Treasure Hunters, the first of 9 books in the Treasure Hunters series.

#	Title
1	Treasure Hunters 2013Buy 🇺🇸
2	Danger Down the Nile 2014Buy 🇺🇸
3	Secret of the Forbidden City 2015Buy 🇺🇸
4	Peril at the Top of the World 2016Buy 🇺🇸
5	Quest for the City of Gold 2017Buy 🇺🇸
6	All-American Adventure 2019Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Plunder Down Under 2020Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Ultimate Quest 2022Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Greatest Treasure Hunt 2023Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1998–2003)

Start with When the Wind Blows and read in order.

#	Title
1	When the Wind Blows 1998Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Lake House 2003Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (2009–2014)

Start with Witch & Wizard(With: Gabrielle Charbonnet), the first of 5 books in the Witch & Wizard series.

#	Title
1	Witch & Wizard(With: Gabrielle Charbonnet) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Gift(With: Ned Rust) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Fire(With: Jill Dembowski) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Kiss(With: Jill Dembowski) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Lost(With: Emily Raymond) 2014Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (2010–2013)

Start with Battle for Shadowland, the first of 5 books in the Witch & Wizard Graphic Novels series.

#	Title
1	Battle for Shadowland 2010Buy 🇺🇸
2	Operation Zero 2011Buy 🇺🇸
3	Witch & Wizard: The Manga, Vol. 1(With: Gabrielle Charbonnet,Svetlana Chmakova) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
4	Witch & Wizard: The Manga, Vol. 2(With: Ned Rust,Svetlana Chmakova) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
5	Witch & Wizard: The Manga, Vol. 3(With: Jill Dembowski,Svetlana Chmakova) 2013Buy 🇺🇸

26 books (2000–2026)

Start with 1st to Die, the first of 26 books in the Women's Murder Club series.

#	Title
1	1st to Die 2000Buy 🇺🇸
2	2nd Chance(With: Andrew Gross) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
3	3rd Degree(With: Andrew Gross) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
4	4th of July(With: Maxine Paetro) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
5	The 5th Horseman(With: Maxine Paetro) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
6	The 6th Target(With: Maxine Paetro) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
7	7th Heaven(With: Maxine Paetro) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
8	The 8th Confession(With: Maxine Paetro) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
9	The 9th Judgment(With: Maxine Paetro) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
10	10th Anniversary(With: Maxine Paetro) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
11	11th Hour(With: Maxine Paetro) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
12	12th of Never(With: Maxine Paetro) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
13	Unlucky 13(With: Maxine Paetro) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
14	14th Deadly Sin(With: Maxine Paetro) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
15	15th Affair(With: Maxine Paetro) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
16	16th Seduction(With: Maxine Paetro) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
17	The 17th Suspect(With: Maxine Paetro) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
18	The 18th Abduction(With: Maxine Paetro) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
19	The 19th Christmas(With: Maxine Paetro) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
20	The 20th Victim(With: Maxine Paetro) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
21	21st Birthday(With: Maxine Paetro) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
22	22 Seconds(With: Maxine Paetro) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
23	The 23rd Midnight(With: Maxine Paetro) 2023Buy 🇺🇸
24	The 24th Hour(With: Maxine Paetro) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
25	25 Alive(With: Maxine Paetro) 2025Buy 🇺🇸
26	26 Beauties 2026Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2016–2025)

Start with Word of Mouse and read in order.

#	Title
1	Word of Mouse 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Great Mouse Escape 2025Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2012–2016)

Start with Zoo and read in order.

#	Title
1	Zoo 2012Buy 🇺🇸
2	Zoo: The Graphic Novel 2012Buy 🇺🇸
3	Zoo 2 2016Buy 🇺🇸