James Patterson

James Patterson is a highly successful American author, best known for his thriller and mystery novels. With a prolific output of approximately ten books per year, Patterson has become an ubiquitous presence in bookstores around the world. His works have captivated audiences for decades, resulting in the sale of over 230 million books.

Born on March 22, 1947, in Newburgh, New York, Patterson pursued higher education at Manhattan College and Vanderbilt University, where he graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor's and Master's degree in English, respectively. His writing career began in 1976, and he has since produced a vast array of popular fiction, including the Alex Cross and Women's Murder Club series. In addition to his thrillers, Patterson also writes romance stories and non-fiction.

Patterson's success as an author has earned him numerous accolades and awards. He has received ten Emmy Awards, an Edgar Award, the National Book Foundation's Literarian Award, and the National Humanities Medal. Furthermore, Patterson has collaborated with notable figures such as Bill Clinton and Dolly Parton on co-authored novels. He has even ventured into writing about his own life, as seen in his memoir, "James Patterson by James Patterson."

Beyond his own works, Patterson is a strong advocate for literacy and encourages young readers to develop a love for reading. Inspired by his own son's struggles with reading, Patterson has created a range of books for young readers, including the Middle School, I Funny, Treasure Hunters, Dog Diaries, and Max Einstein series. He has also donated millions in grants to independent bookstores and has been the most borrowed author of adult fiction in UK libraries for the past eleven years in a row. Patterson currently resides in Florida with his wife and son.
Alex Cross Books
# Title Year
1 Along Came a Spider 1992
2 Kiss the Girls 1995
3 Jack & Jill 1996
4 Cat & Mouse 1997
5 Pop Goes the Weasel 1999
6 Roses Are Red 2000
7 Violets Are Blue 2001
8 Four Blind Mice 2002
9 The Big Bad Wolf 2003
10 London Bridges 2004
11 Mary, Mary 2005
12 Cross / Alex Cross 2006
13 Double Cross 2007
14 Cross Country 2008
15 I, Alex Cross 2009
16 Cross Fire 2010
17 Kill Alex Cross 2011
18 Alex Cross, Run 2013
19 Cross My Heart 2013
20 Hope to Die 2014
21 Cross Justice 2015
22 Cross the Line 2016
23 The People vs. Alex Cross 2017
24 Target 2018
25 Criss Cross 2019
26 Deadly Cross 2020
27 Fear No Evil 2021
28 Triple Cross 2022
29 Cross Down 2023
30 Alex Cross Must Die 2023
Bookshots: Alex Cross (with Brent Gargan)
# Title Year
1 Action 2014
2 Cross Kill 2016
3 Detective Cross 2017
Alex Cross Miscellaneous Books
# Title Year
1 Alex Cross's Trial 2009
2 Merry Christmas, Alex Cross 2011
Ali Cross Books
# Title Year
1 Ali Cross 2019
2 Like Father, Like Son 2021
3 The Secret Detective 2022
Women's Murder Club Books (with Andrew Gross, with Maxine Paetro)
# Title Year
1 1st to Die 2000
2 2nd Chance 2002
3 3rd Degree 2004
4 4th of July 2005
5 The 5th Horseman 2006
6 The 6th Target 2007
7 7th Heaven 2008
8 The 8th Confession 2009
9 The 9th Judgment 2010
10 10th Anniversary 2011
11 11th Hour 2012
12 12th of Never 2013
13 Unlucky 13 2014
14 14th Deadly Sin 2015
15 15th Affair 2016
16 16th Seduction 2017
17 The 17th Suspect 2018
18 The 18th Abduction 2019
19 The 19th Christmas 2019
20 The 20th Victim 2020
21 21st Birthday 2021
22 22 Seconds 2022
23 The 23rd Midnight 2023
24 The 24th Hour 2024
Bookshots: Women's Murder Club (with Maxine Paetro)
# Title Year
1 The Trial 2016
2 The Medical Examiner 2017
3 23 1/2 Lies 2023
Amy Cornwall Books (with Brendan DuBois)
# Title Year
1 The Cornwalls Are Gone / The Cornwalls Vanish / Out of Sight 2019
2 Countdown 2023
Black Book Books (with David Ellis)
# Title Year
1 The Black Book 2017
2 The Coldest Case 2021
3 The Red Book 2021
4 Escape 2022
Chef Books
# Title Year
1 The Chef 2019
Bookshots: Chef (with Jeffrey J. Keyes)
# Title Year
1 Killer Chef 2016
Confessions Books (with Maxine Paetro)
# Title Year
1 Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012
2 The Private School Murders 2013
3 The Paris Mysteries 2014
4 The Murder of an Angel 2015
Crazy House Books (with Gabrielle Charbonnet)
# Title Year
1 Crazy House 2017
2 The Fall of Crazy House 2018
Daniel X Books
# Title Year
1 The Dangerous Days of Daniel X 2007
2 Watch the Skies 2009
3 Demons and Druids 2010
4 Game Over 2011
5 Armageddon 2012
6 Lights Out 2015
7 Genesis 2022
Daniel X Graphic Novels
# Title Year
1 Alien Hunter 2008
2 Daniel X: The Manga, Vol. 1 2010
3 Daniel X: The Manga, Vol. 2 2011
4 Daniel X: The Manga, Vol. 3 2012
Detective Harriet Blue Books (with Candice Fox)
# Title Year
1 Never Never 2016
2 Fifty Fifty 2017
3 Liar Liar 2018
4 Hush 2019
BookShots: Detective Harriet Blue
# Title Year
1 Black & Blue 2016
David Shelley Books
# Title Year
1 Revenge 2018
Doc Savage Books (with Brian Sitts)
# Title Year
1 The Perfect Assassin 2022
Honeymoon Books (with Howard Roughan)
# Title Year
1 Honeymoon 2005
2 Second Honeymoon 2013
Instinct Books (with Howard Roughan)
# Title Year
1 Murder Games / Instinct 2017
2 Killer Instinct 2019
3 Steal 2022
Invisible Books (with David Ellis)
# Title Year
1 Invisible 2014
2 Unsolved 2019
Jane Smith Books (with Mike Lupica)
# Title Year
1 12 Months to Live 2023
Katt vs. Dogg Books (with Chris Grabenstein)
# Title Year
1 Katt Loves Dogg 2021
Maximum Ride Books
# Title Year
1 The Angel Experiment 2005
2 School's Out - Forever 2006
3 Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports 2007
4 The Final Warning 2008
5 Max 2009
6 Fang 2010
7 Angel 2011
8 Nevermore 2012
9 Maximum Ride Forever 2015
Maximum Ride: Hawk Books (with Gabrielle Charbonnet, with Mindy McGinnis)
# Title Year
1 Hawk 2020
2 City of the Dead 2021
Maximum Ride Graphic Novels
# Title Year
1 Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 1 2009
2 Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 2 2009
3 Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 3 2010
4 Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 4 2011
5 Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 5 2011
6 Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 6 2012
7 Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 7 2013
8 Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 8 2014
9 Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 9 2015
10 Max Ride: Ultimate Flight 2016
11 Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 10 2021
Michael Bennett Books (with James O. Born, with Michael Ledwidge)
# Title Year
1 Step on a Crack 2007
2 Run for Your Life 2009
3 Worst Case 2009
4 Tick Tock 2010
5 I, Michael Bennett 2012
6 Gone 2013
7 Burn 2014
8 Alert 2015
9 Bullseye 2016
10 Haunted 2017
11 Ambush 2018
12 Blindside 2020
13 The Russian 2021
14 Shattered 2022
15 Obsessed 2023
16 Crosshairs 2024
Bookshots: Michael Bennett (with James O. Born)
# Title Year
1 Chase 2016
2 Manhunt 2017
Discovery's Murder is Forever Books
# Title Year
1 Murder, Interrupted 2018
2 Home Sweet Murder 2018
3 Murder Beyond the Grave 2018
4 Murder Thy Neighbor 2020
5 Murder of Innocence 2020
6 Till Murder Do Us Part 2021
NYPD Red Books (with Marshall Karp)
# Title Year
1 NYPD Red 2012
2 NYPD Red 2 2014
3 NYPD Red 3 2015
4 NYPD Red 4 2016
5 Red Alert 2018
6 NYPD Red 6 2020
7 NYPD Red 7 2022
Private Books
# Title Year
1 Private 2010
2 Private London 2011
3 Private Games 2012
4 Private: #1 Suspect 2012
5 Private Berlin 2013
6 Private L.A. 2014
7 Private Down Under / Oz 2014
8 Private India 2014
9 Private Vegas 2015
10 Private Sydney / Missing 2015
11 Private Paris 2016
12 Private Rio / The Games 2016
13 Private Delhi / Count to Ten 2017
14 Princess 2018
15 Private Moscow 2020
16 Private Rogue 2021
17 Private Beijing 2022
18 Private: Missing Persons 2024
Bookshots: Private (with Jassy Mackenzie, with Rees Jones)
# Title Year
1 Private Royals 2016
2 Private: Gold 2017
Rory Yates Books (with Andrew Bourelle)
# Title Year
1 Texas Ranger 2018
2 Texas Outlaw 2020
Ruby Bozarth Books
# Title Year
1 Juror #3 2018
2 The Jailhouse Lawyer / Power of Attorney 2021
Shadow Books (with Brian Sitts)
# Title Year
1 The Shadow 2021
2 Circle of Death 2023
Tom Moon Books (with James O. Born)
# Title Year
1 Lost 2020
Travis McKinley Books (with Peter de Jonge)
# Title Year
1 Miracle on the 17th Green 1996
2 Miracle at Augusta 2015
3 Miracle at St. Andrews 2019
When the Wind Blows Books
# Title Year
1 When the Wind Blows 1998
2 The Lake House 2003
Witch & Wizard Books
# Title Year
1 Witch & Wizard 2009
2 The Gift 2010
3 The Fire 2011
4 The Kiss 2013
5 The Lost 2014
Witch & Wizard Graphic Novels
# Title Year
1 Battle for Shadowland 2010
2 Witch & Wizard: The Manga, Vol. 1 2011
3 Witch & Wizard: The Manga, Vol. 2 2012
4 Witch & Wizard: The Manga, Vol. 3 2013
Zoo Books (with Michael Ledwidge)
# Title Year
1 Zoo 2012
2 Zoo: The Graphic Novel 2012
Bookshots: Zoo (with Michael Ledwidge)
# Title Year
1 Zoo 2 2016
Standalone Novels
# Title Year
1 The Thomas Berryman Number 1976
2 Season of the Machete 1977
3 See How They Run / The Jericho Commandment 1979
4 Black Market / Black Friday 1986
5 The Midnight Club 1989
6 Hide & Seek 1995
7 Cradle and All / Virgin (Remastered) 1999
8 Sam's Letters to Jennifer 2001
9 Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas 2001
10 The Beach House 2002
11 The Jester 2003
12 Lifeguard 2005
13 Beach Road 2006
14 Judge & Jury 2006
15 The Quickie 2007
16 You've Been Warned 2007
17 Sundays at Tiffany's 2008
18 Sail 2008
19 Swimsuit 2009
20 The Postcard Killers 2010
21 Don't Blink 2010
22 Toys 2011
23 Now You See Her 2011
24 Kill Me If You Can 2011
25 The Christmas Wedding 2011
26 Guilty Wives 2012
27 Mistress 2013
28 First Love 2013
29 Homeroom Diaries 2014
30 Public School Superhero 2015
31 Truth or Die 2015
32 The Murder House 2015
33 Woman of God 2016
34 Word of Mouse 2016
35 Humans, Bow Down 2017
36 Pottymouth and Stoopid 2017
37 The Store 2017
38 Expelled / The Injustice 2017
39 The President Is Missing 2018
40 Juror #3 2018
41 The First Lady 2018
42 The House Next Door 2019
43 The Inn 2019
44 The Warning 2019
45 The Summer House 2020
46 Cajun Justice 2020
47 1st Case 2020
48 The Midwife Murders 2020
49 The Coast-to-Coast Murders 2020
50 Three Women Disappear 2020
51 The President's Daughter 2021
52 The Noise 2021
53 The Jailhouse Lawyer / Power of Attorney 2021
54 2 Sisters Detective Agency 2021
55 The Guilty 2021
56 The Horsewoman 2022
57 Run, Rose, Run 2022
58 Death of the Black Widow 2022
59 The Elephant Girl 2022
60 The Ninth Month 2022
61 Blowback 2022
62 The Girl in the Castle 2022
63 The Twelve Topsy-Turvy, Very Messy Days of Christmas 2022
64 The House of Wolves 2023
65 Things I Wish I Told My Mother 2023
66 Lion & Lamb 2023
67 Holmes, Miss Marple & Poe 2024
68 The #1 Lawyer 2024
69 The Murder Inn 2024
70 Eruption 2024
71 Cemetery Lake 2024
Short Stories/Novellas
# Title Year
1 Bloody Valentine 2011
2 Boys Will Be Boys 2011
3 Zero Tolerance 2023
Bookshots: Detective Luc Moncrief (with Richard DiLallo)
# Title Year
1 French Kiss 2016
2 The Christmas Mystery 2016
3 French Twist 2017
Bookshots: Diamond Trilogy (with Elizabeth Hayley)
# Title Year
1 Dazzling 2016
2 Radiant 2016
3 Exquisite 2017
Bookshots: Jon Roscoe Thriller (with Robert Gold)
# Title Year
1 The Hostage 2016
2 The Verdict 2016
3 Kidnapped 2016
Bookshots: Owen Taylor Books (with Brendan DuBois)
# Title Year
1 The End 2017
2 After the End 2017
BookShots: Flames
# Title Year
1 Learning to Ride 2016
2 Sacking the Quarterback 2016
3 The Mating Season 2016
4 The Return 2016
5 Bodyguard 2016
6 Hot Winter Nights 2016
7 Seducing Shakespeare 2017
8 Bedding the Highlander 2017
9 Sabotage 2017
10 50 Hidden Desires 2017
11 Sexy Summer Flings 2017
12 Love Me Tender 2017
13 The Experiment 2017
14 The Weekend Wife 2017
15 Dawn's Early Light 2017
16 Christmas Sanctuary 2017
17 Shopping for Love 2018
18 Once Upon a Kiss 2018
Bookshots: Mitchum Books (with James O. Born)
# Title Year
1 Hidden 2017
2 Malicious 2017
3 Malevolent 2020
Bookshots: Standalone
# Title Year
1 Let's Play Make-Believe / The Palm Beach Murders 2016
2 Break Point 2016
3 Heist 2016
4 Airport Code Red 2016
5 The Witnesses 2016
6 Little Black Dress 2016
7 Dead Heat 2016
8 The Pretender 2016
9 Hunted 2016
10 113 Minutes 2016
11 Trump vs. Clinton 2016
12 The Women's War 2016
13 $10,000,000 Marriage Proposal 2016
14 Taking the Titanic 2016
15 Come and Get Us 2016
16 The House Husband 2017
17 The Shut-In 2017
18 Night Sniper 2017
19 Diary of a Succubus 2017
20 Stealing Gulfstreams 2017
21 The Lawyer Lifeguard 2017
22 Stingrays 2017
23 Nooners 2017
24 Steeplechase 2017
25 Deadly Cargo 2017
26 The Dolls 2017
27 The Family Lawyer 2017
28 Dead Man Running 2017
29 Scott Free 2017
30 Absolute Zero 2017
31 You've Been Warned - Again 2017
32 The Exile 2017
33 The Moores Are Missing & The Housewife 2017
34 Avalanche 2017
35 Kill and Tell 2017
36 The Doctor's Plot 2018
37 The 13-Minute Murder 2019
Short Story Collections
# Title Year
1 The House Next Door 2019
2 3 Days to Live 2023
Non-Fiction Books
# Title Year
1 The Day America Told the Truth 1991
2 Torn Apart / Against Medical Advice 2008
3 The Murder of King Tut 2009
4 Med Head: My Knock-down, Drag-out, Drugged-up Battle with My Brain 2010
5 Filthy Rich 2016
6 All-American Murder 2018
7 The House of Kennedy / The Kennedy Curse 2020
8 The Last Days of John Lennon 2020
9 Walk in My Combat Boots 2021
10 The Defense Lawyer 2021
11 E.R. Nurses: True Stories from America's Greatest Unsung Heroes 2021
12 James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life 2022
13 Diana, William, and Harry 2022
14 Walk The Blue Line 2023
15 What Really Happens in Vegas 2023
16 Tiger, Tiger 2024
Children's Books
# Title Year
1 SantaKid 2004
2 Give Please a Chance 2016
3 Penguins of America 2017
4 Laugh Out Loud 2017
5 Give Thank You a Try 2017
6 Not So Normal Norbert 2018
7 Unbelievably Boring Bartholomew 2018
8 Katt vs. Dogg 2019
9 Sophia, Princess Among Beasts 2019
10 Becoming Muhammad Ali 2020
11 Scaredy Cat 2021
12 Best Nerds Forever 2021
13 Elephant Goes Potty 2023
Candies Books (with Andy Elkerton)
# Title Year
1 The Candies Save Christmas 2017
2 The Candies' Easter Party 2018
Dog Diaries Books (with Steven Butler)
# Title Year
1 Dog Diaries 2018
2 Happy Howlidays 2018
3 Mission Impawsible 2019
4 Curse of the Mystery Mitt 2019
5 Dog Diaries: Double-Dog Dare 2020
6 Ruffing It 2021
7 Big Top Bonanza! 2021
8 Dinosaur Disaster 2022
House of Robots Books (with Chris Grabenstein)
# Title Year
1 House of Robots 2014
2 Robots Go Wild! 2015
3 Robot Revolution 2017
I Funny Books (with Chris Grabenstein)
# Title Year
1 I Funny 2012
2 I Even Funnier 2013
3 I Totally Funniest 2015
4 I Funny TV 2015
5 School of Laughs 2017
6 Laugh Out Loud 2017
7 The Nerdiest, Wimpiest, Dorkiest I Funny Ever 2018
Jacky Ha-Ha Books (with Chris Grabenstein)
# Title Year
1 Jacky Ha-Ha 2016
2 My Life is a Joke 2017
3 Jacky Ha-Ha Gets the Last Laugh 2023
Little Geniuses Books (with Susan Patterson)
# Title Year
1 Big Words for Little Geniuses 2017
2 Cuddly Critters for Little Geniuses 2018
3 Bigger Words for Little Geniuses 2019
Max Einstein Books (with Chris Grabenstein)
# Title Year
1 The Genius Experiment 2018
2 Rebels with a Cause 2019
3 Saves the Future 2020
4 World Champions! 2021
Middle School Books
# Title Year
1 Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life 2011
2 Get Me Out of Here! 2012
3 How I Survived Bullies, Broccoli, and Snake Hill 2013
4 My Brother is a Big, Fat Liar 2013
5 Ultimate Showdown 2014
6 How I Got Lost in London 2014
7 Save Rafe! 2014
8 Just My Rotten Luck 2015
9 Going Bush 2016
10 Dog's Best Friend 2016
11 Hollywood 101 2016
12 Escape to Australia / Million-Dollar Mess Down Under 2017
13 From Hero to Zero 2017
14 Born to Rock 2019
15 Master of Disaster 2020
16 Field Trip Fiasco 2021
17 It's a Zoo in Here! 2022
18 Winter Blunderland 2022
Treasure Hunters Books (with Chris Grabenstein)
# Title Year
1 Treasure Hunters 2013
2 Danger Down the Nile 2014
3 Secret of the Forbidden City 2015
4 Peril at the Top of the World 2016
5 Quest for the City of Gold 2017
6 All-American Adventure 2019
7 The Plunder Down Under 2020
8 The Ultimate Quest 2022
Graphic Novels (with Emily Raymond)
# Title Year
1 The Runaway's Diary 2022
Emily Raymond Graphic Novels (with Emily Raymond)
# Title Year
1 The Runaway's Diary 2022
Jacky Ha-Ha Graphic Novels (with Chris Grabenstein, with Adam Rau, with Betty C. Tang)
# Title Year
1 Jacky Ha-Ha: My Life is a Joke 2021
Minerva Keen Books (with Keir Graff)
# Title Year
1 Minerva Keen's Detective Club 2023
James Patterson Anthologies
# Title Year
1 Thriller: Stories To Keep You Up All Night 2006
2 Half-Minute Horrors 2009
3 By the Book 2014
4 Days Like This 2015
5 The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 2015
6 The Lifesaver 2017
7 Two from the Heart 2017
8 The Family Lawyer 2017
9 The Moores Are Missing & The Housewife 2017