C.J. Box is a renowned American author, best known for his Joe Pickett series. Born and raised in Wyoming, Box currently resides near Cheyenne with his wife Laurie and their three daughters, Becky, Roxanne, and Laurie. He is a passionate outdoorsman who enjoys hunting, fishing, hiking, and other outdoor activities, which heavily influence his Joe Pickett series.
Box has received numerous awards for his work, including the Edgar Alan Poe Award for Best Novel (Blue Heaven, 2009), the Anthony Award, Prix Calibre 38 (France), the Macavity Award, the Gumshoe Award, and two Barry Awards. In 2016, he received the Western Heritage Award for Literature by the National Cowboy Museum and the Spur Award for Best Contemporary Novel by the Western Writers of America in 2017. His novels have been translated into 27 languages, and several have been optioned for film and television.
Box has had a diverse career, having worked as a ranch hand, surveyor, fishing guide, a small-town newspaper reporter and editor, and co-owning an international tourism marketing firm with his wife. He is an active member of his community, serving on the Board of Directors for the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo and the Wyoming Tourism Board. As an avid outdoorsman, Box has hunted, fished, hiked, rode, and skied throughout Wyoming and the Mountain West. His personal experiences and love for the outdoors have greatly contributed to his success as a best-selling author.
Joe Pickett Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Open Season
2001
2
Savage Run
2002
3
Winterkill
2003
4
Trophy Hunt
2004
5
Out of Range
2005
6
In Plain Sight
2006
7
Free Fire
2007
8
Blood Trail
2008
9
Below Zero
2009
10
Nowhere to Run
2010
11
Cold Wind
2011
12
Force of Nature
2012
13
Breaking Point
2013
14
Stone Cold
2014
15
Endangered
2015
16
Off the Grid
2016
17
Vicious Circle
2017
18
The Disappeared
2018
19
Wolf Pack
2019
20
Long Range
2020
21
Dark Sky
2021
22
Shadows Reel
2022
23
Storm Watch
2023
24
Three-Inch Teeth
2024
25
Battle Mountain
2025
26
The Crossroads
2026
Joe Pickett Short Stories/Novellas
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Dull Knife
2005
2
The Master Falconer
2011
3
One-Car Bridge
2015
4
Honor & ...
2017
5
Pirates of Yellowstone
2015
6
Honor & ... (With: Sandra Brown)
2017
7
Precious Cargo
2022
Joe Pickett Collections
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Shots Fired: Stories from Joe Pickett Country
2014
The Hoyt/Dewell Books
#
Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Back of Beyond
2011
2
The Highway
2013
3
Badlands
2015
4
Paradise Valley
2017
5
The Bitterroots
2019
6
Treasure State
2022
Standalone Novels
#
Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Blue Heaven
2007
2
Three Weeks to Say Goodbye
2008
3
Pronghorns of the Third Reich
2012
Short Stories/Novellas
#
Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
The End of Jim and Ezra
2015
2
Everyday is a Good Day on the River
2016
Non-Fiction Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Travel Smart: Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho (With: Paul Otteson)
1998
2
Travel Smart: Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho
1998
Bibliomysteries Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
The Book of Virtue (By: Ken Bruen)
2012
2
The Book of Virtue
2012
3
Pronghorns of the Third Reich
2012
4
The Book Thing
2012
5
The Book Thing (By: Laura Lippman)
2012
6
The Book Case
2012
7
The Book Case (By: Nelson DeMille)
2012
8
An Acceptable Sacrifice ( By: Jeffery Deaver)
2012
9
An Acceptable Sacrifice
2012
10
Death Leaves a Bookmark (By: William Link)
2012
11
Death Leaves a Bookmark
2012
12
The Final Testament
2013
13
The Final Testament (By: Peter Blauner)
2013
14
Rides a Stranger (By: David Bell)
2013
15
Rides a Stranger
2013
16
The Long Sonata of the Dead
2013
17
The Long Sonata of the Dead (By: Andrew Taylor)
2013
18
The Book of Ghosts ( By: Reed Farrel Coleman)
2013
19
The Book of Ghosts
2013
20
The Compendium of Srem
2014
21
The Compendium of Srem (By: F. Paul Wilson)
2014
22
What's in a Name?
2014
23
What's in a Name? ( By: Thomas H. Cook)
2014
24
Remaindered
2014
25
Remaindered (By: Peter Lovesey)
2014
26
The Sequel (By: R.L. Stine)
2014
27
The Sequel
2014
28
The Gospel of Sheba
2014
29
The Gospel of Sheba (By: Lyndsay Faye)
2014
30
Book Club (By: Loren D. Estleman)
2014
31
Book Club
2014
32
The Nature of My Inheritance (By: Bradford Morrow)
2014
33
The Nature of My Inheritance
2014
34
It's in the Book (By: Max Allan Collins, Mickey Spillane)
2014
35
It's in the Book
2014
36
The Scroll (By: Anne Perry)
2014
37
The Scroll
2014
38
The Book of the Lion
2015
39
The Book of the Lion (By: Thomas Perry)
2015
40
The Little Men (By: Megan Abbott)
2015
41
The Little Men
2015
42
Condor in the Stacks (By: James Grady)
2015
43
Condor in the Stacks
2015
44
Mystery, Inc.
2015
45
Mystery, Inc. (By: Joyce Carol Oates)
2015
46
Every Seven Years (By: Denise Mina)
2015
47
Every Seven Years
2015
48
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart)
2015
49
From the Queen
2015
50
The Travelling Companion
2016
51
The Travelling Companion ( By: Ian Rankin)
2016
52
Citadel (By: Stephen Hunter)
2016
53
Citadel
2016
54
Reconciliation Day (By: Christopher Fowler)
2016
55
Reconciliation Day
2016
56
Dead Dames Don't Sing
2016
57
Dead Dames Don't Sing (By: John Harvey)
2016
58
The Haze
2016
59
The Haze (By: James W. Hall)
2016
60
Hoodoo Harry
2017
61
Hoodoo Harry (By: Joe R. Lansdale)
2017
62
The Pretty Little Box ( By: Charles Todd)
2018
63
The Pretty Little Box
2018
64
Seven Years
2018
65
Seven Years (By: Peter Robinson)
2018
66
The Hemingway Valise (By: Robert Olen Butler)
2018
67
The Hemingway Valise
2018
68
The Last Honest Horse Thief
2018
69
The Last Honest Horse Thief (By: Michael Koryta)
2018
70
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository (By: John Connolly)
2018
71
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository
2018
72
The Girl Who Did Say No (By: David Handler)
2020
73
The Girl Who Did Say No
2020
74
The Traitor
2022
75
The Traitor (By: Martin Edwards)
2022
76
The Dark Door (By: Lisa Unger)
2022
77
The Dark Door
2022
78
The Honeymoon Trap
2022
79
The Honeymoon Trap (By: Peter Swanson)
2022
Bibliomysteries Series in Chronological Order
#
Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
The Book of Virtue
2012
2
The Book of Virtue (By: Ken Bruen)
2012
3
The Scroll
2014
4
The Scroll (By: Anne Perry)
2014
5
Pronghorns of the Third Reich
2012
6
An Acceptable Sacrifice ( By: Jeffery Deaver)
2012
7
An Acceptable Sacrifice
2012
8
Death Leaves a Bookmark (By: William Link)
2012
9
Death Leaves a Bookmark
2012
10
Seven Years (By: Peter Robinson)
2018
11
Seven Years
2018
12
The Book Thing (By: Laura Lippman)
2012
13
The Book Thing
2012
14
The Book of Ghosts ( By: Reed Farrel Coleman)
2013
15
The Book of Ghosts
2013
16
Book Club
2014
17
Book Club (By: Loren D. Estleman)
2014
18
The Long Sonata of the Dead
2013
19
The Long Sonata of the Dead (By: Andrew Taylor)
2013
20
The Final Testament
2013
21
The Final Testament (By: Peter Blauner)
2013
22
Rides a Stranger (By: David Bell)
2013
23
Rides a Stranger
2013
24
What's in a Name?
2014
25
What's in a Name? ( By: Thomas H. Cook)
2014
26
It's in the Book
2014
27
It's in the Book (By: Max Allan Collins, Mickey Spillane)
2014
28
The Nature of My Inheritance (By: Bradford Morrow)
2014
29
The Nature of My Inheritance
2014
30
Remaindered
2014
31
Remaindered (By: Peter Lovesey)
2014
32
The Compendium of Srem
2014
33
The Compendium of Srem (By: F. Paul Wilson)
2014
34
The Gospel of Sheba (By: Lyndsay Faye)
2014
35
The Gospel of Sheba
2014
36
The Sequel (By: R.L. Stine)
2014
37
The Sequel
2014
38
The Book of the Lion (By: Thomas Perry)
2015
39
The Book of the Lion
2015
40
The Little Men
2015
41
The Little Men (By: Megan Abbott)
2015
42
Every Seven Years (By: Denise Mina)
2015
43
Every Seven Years
2015
44
Citadel (By: Stephen Hunter)
2016
45
Citadel
2016
46
Condor in the Stacks (By: James Grady)
2015
47
Condor in the Stacks
2015
48
Mystery, Inc. (By: Joyce Carol Oates)
2015
49
Mystery, Inc.
2015
50
The Travelling Companion
2016
51
The Travelling Companion ( By: Ian Rankin)
2016
52
The Haze
2016
53
The Haze (By: James W. Hall)
2016
54
Dead Dames Don't Sing
2016
55
Dead Dames Don't Sing (By: John Harvey)
2016
56
Reconciliation Day (By: Christopher Fowler)
2016
57
Reconciliation Day
2016
58
Hoodoo Harry
2017
59
Hoodoo Harry (By: Joe R. Lansdale)
2017
60
The Pretty Little Box ( By: Charles Todd)
2018
61
The Pretty Little Box
2018
62
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository (By: John Connolly)
2018
63
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository
2018
64
The Hemingway Valise (By: Robert Olen Butler)
2018
65
The Hemingway Valise
2018
66
The Last Honest Horse Thief
2018
67
The Last Honest Horse Thief (By: Michael Koryta)
2018
68
The Book Case
2012
69
The Book Case (By: Nelson DeMille)
2012
70
From the Queen
2015
71
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart)
2015
72
The Girl Who Did Say No (By: David Handler)
2020
73
The Girl Who Did Say No
2020
74
The Traitor (By: Martin Edwards)
2022
75
The Traitor
2022
76
The Dark Door (By: Lisa Unger)
2022
77
The Dark Door
2022
78
The Honeymoon Trap (By: Peter Swanson)
2022
79
The Honeymoon Trap
2022
Lee Coburn Books (with Sandra Brown)
#
Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Lethal ( By: Sandra Brown)
2011
2
Lethal
2011
3
Honor & ... (With: Sandra Brown)
2017
4
Honor & ...
2017
The MatchUp Collection Books
#
Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Honor & ...
2017
2
Honor & ... (With: Sandra Brown)
2017
3
Deserves to Be Dead (By: John Sandford, Lisa Jackson)
2017
4
Deserves to Be Dead
2017
5
Getaway
2017
6
Getaway (By: Lisa Scottoline, Nelson DeMille)
2017
7
Midnight Flame
2018
8
Midnight Flame (By: Christopher Rice, Lara Adrian)
2018
9
Short Story
2019
10
Short Story (By: Karin Slaughter, Michael Koryta)
2019
11
Past Prologue (By: Diana Gabaldon, Steve Berry)
2019
12
Past Prologue
2019
13
Faking a Murderer
2019
14
Faking a Murderer (By: Lee Child, Kathy Reichs)
2019
15
Dig Here (By: Charlaine Harris, Andrew Gross)
2019
16
Dig Here
2019
17
Taking the Veil
2019
18
Taking the Veil (By: J.A. Jance, Eric Van Lustbader)
2019
19
Rambo on Their Minds
2019
20
Rambo on Their Minds (By: Gayle Lynds, David Morrell)
2019
21
Footloose
2019
22
Footloose (By: Val McDermid, Peter James)
2019
Mysterious Profiles Books
#
Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Elvis Cole and Joe Pike (By: Robert Crais)
2022
2
Jack Taylor (By: Ken Bruen)
2022
3
Jack Reacher (By: Lee Child)
2022
4
Charlie Parker (By: John Connolly)
2022
5
Hieronymus Bosch (By: Michael Connelly)
2022
6
Lincoln Rhyme (By: Jeffery Deaver)
2022
7
Alex Delaware (By: Jonathan Kellerman)
2022
8
Tess Monaghan (By: Laura Lippman)
2022
9
Charlie Resnick (By: John Harvey)
2022
10
Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus (By: Faye Kellerman)
2022
11
Inspector Morse (By: Colin Dexter)
2022
12
Dismas Hardy (By: John Lescroart)
2022
13
Bob Lee Swagger (By: Stephen Hunter)
2022
14
Aloysius X. L. Pendergast (By: Douglas Preston)
2022
15
Lou Boldt (By: Ridley Pearson)
2022
16
Spenser (By: Robert B. Parker)
2022
17
Charlotte and Thomas Pitt (By: Anne Perry)
2022
18
John Rebus (By: Ian Rankin)
2022
19
Mallory (By: Carol O'Connell)
2022
20
Jane Whitefield (By: Thomas Perry)
2022
21
Ian Rutledge ( By: Charles Todd)
2022
22
Amos Walker (By: Loren D. Estleman)
2022
23
Precious Ramotswe (By: Alexander McCall Smith)
2022
24
Maisie Dobbs (By: Jacqueline Winspear)
2022
25
The Lincoln Lawyer (By: Michael Connelly)
2022
26
Condor ( By: James Grady)
2023
27
Ben Kincaid ( By: William Bernhardt)
2023
28
Repairman Jack (By: F. Paul Wilson)
2023
29
Joe Pickett
2024
30
Peter Diamond (By: Peter Lovesey)
2024
31
Nathan Heller (By: Max Allan Collins)
2024
C.J. Box Anthologies
#
Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
The Best American Mystery Stories 2006
2006
2
Once Upon a Crime: An Anthology of Murder, Mayhem and Suspense
2009
3
Hook, Line & Sinister
2010
4
Mysterious Writers: The Many Facets of Mystery Writing
2010
5
Inherit the Dead
2013
6
The Highway Kind
2016
7
The Best American Mystery Stories 2017
2017
8
Murder, They Wrote: Five Bibliomysteries by Edgar Award-Winning Authors
2018
9
Gather at the River
2019
10
The Best American Mystery Stories 2020
2020
11
Birds of Prey: The Harlan Coben Challenge
2022
12
Killin’ Time in San Diego: Bouchercon Anthology 2023