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The next one is The Family Cross, coming October 19, 2026.
James Patterson is one of the world's bestselling authors, with series such as Alex Cross, Women's Murder Club and Michael Bennett.
Checked Friday, October 9, 2026
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Novels The Thomas Berryman Number (1976) Season of the Machete (1977) See How They Run (1979) Virgin (1980) Black Market (1986) The Midnight Club (1989) Along Came a Spider (1993) Kiss the Girls (1995) Jack and Jill (1996) Miracle on the 17th Green (1996) Hide & Seek (1996) Cat and Mouse (1997) When the Wind Blows (1998) Pop Goes the Weasel (1999) Roses Are Red (2000) Violets Are Blue (2001) 1st to Die (2001) Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas (2001) Four Blind Mice (2002) 2nd Chance (2002) The Beach House (2002) The Big Bad Wolf (2003) The Lake House (2003) The Jester (2003) London Bridges (2004) 3rd Degree (2004) Sam's Letters to Jennifer (2004) Mary, Mary (2005) 4th of July (2005) Honeymoon (2005) Lifeguard (2005) The Angel Experiment (2005) Cross (2006) The 5th Horseman (2006) Beach Road (2006) Judge and Jury (2006) School's Out – Forever (2006) Double Cross (2007) The 6th Target (2007) Step on a Crack (2007) The Quickie (2007) You've Been Warned (2007) Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports (2007) Cross Country (2008) 7th Heaven (2008) Sail (2008) Sundays at Tiffany's (2008) The Final Warning (2008) The Dangerous Days of Daniel X (2008) Daniel X: Alien Hunter (2008) Alex Cross's Trial (2009) I, Alex Cross (2009) The 8th Confession (2009) Run for Your Life (2009) Swimsuit (2009) MAX (2009) Watch the Skies (2009) Witch & Wizard (2009) Cross Fire (2010) The 9th Judgment (2010) Worst Case (2010) Private (2010) Don't Blink (2010) The Postcard Killers (2010) Fang (2010) Demons and Druids (2010) The Gift (2010) Kill Alex Cross (2011) 10th Anniversary (2011) Tick Tock (2011) Private London (2011) Bloody Valentine (2011) Kill Me If You Can (2011) Now You See Her (2011) The Christmas Wedding (2011) Toys (2011) Angel (2011) Game Over (2011) The Fire (2011) The Worst Years of My Life (2011) Merry Christmas, Alex Cross (2012) 11th Hour (2012) I, Michael Bennett (2012) Private #1 Suspect (2012) Private Games (2012) Private: Oz (2012) Zoo (2012) NYPD Red (2012) Guilty Wives (2012) Nevermore (2012) Armageddon (2012) Confessions of a Murder Suspect (2012) Get Me Out of Here! (2012) I Funny (2012) Alex Cross, Run (2013) Cross My Heart (2013) 12th of Never (2013) Second Honeymoon (2013) Gone (2013) Private Berlin (2013) Private L.A. (2013) Mistress (2013) The Kiss (2013) Confessions: The Private School Murders (2013) My Brother Is a Big, Fat Liar (2013) How I Survived Bullies, Broccoli, and Snake Hill (2013) I Even Funnier (2013) Treasure Hunters (2013) Hope to Die (2014) Unlucky 13 (2014) Burn (2014) Private India (2014) NYPD Red 2 (2014) Invisible (2014) The Lost (2014) Confessions: The Paris Mysteries (2014) First Love (2014) Homeroom Diaries (2014) Ultimate Showdown (2014) How I Got Lost in London (2014) Save Rafe! (2014) Danger Down the Nile (2014) House of Robots (2014) Cross Justice (2015) Miracle at Augusta (2015) 14th Deadly Sin (2015) Alert (2015) Private Vegas (2015) NYPD Red 3 (2015) The Murder House (2015) Truth or Die (2015) Maximum Ride Forever (2015) Lights Out (2015) Confessions: The Murder of an Angel (2015) Just My Rotten Luck (2015) Rafe's Aussie Adventure (2015) I Totally Funniest (2015) I Funny TV (2015) Secret of the Forbidden City (2015) Robots Go Wild! (2015) Public School Superhero (2015) Cross the Line (2016) 15th Affair (2016) Bullseye (2016) Private Paris (2016) The Games: A Private Novel (2016) Private: Missing (2016) NYPD Red 4 (2016) Never Never (2016) Woman of God (2016) Humans, Bow Down (2016) Going Bush (2016) Dog's Best Friend (2016) Middle School: Hollywood 101 (2016) Peril at the Top of the World (2016) Jacky Ha-Ha (2016) Word of Mouse (2016) Pottymouth and Stoopid (2016) The People vs. Alex Cross (2017) 16th Seduction (2017) Haunted (2017) Count to Ten: A Private Novel (2017) Fifty Fifty (2017) Crazy House (2017) Murder Games (2017) The Black Book (2017) Black Dress Affair (2017) Expelled (2017) The Store (2017) Escape to Australia (2017) I Funny: School of Laughs (2017) Quest for the City of Gold (2017) Robot Revolution! (2017) Jacky Ha-Ha: My Life is a Joke (2017) Laugh Out Loud (2017) Target: Alex Cross (2018) 17th Suspect (2018) Ambush (2018) Princess: A Private Novel (2018) NYPD Red 5 (2018) Liar Liar (2018) Revenge (2018) Fall of Crazy House (2018) Texas Ranger (2018) Juror No. 3 (2018) The 13-Minute Murder (2018) The First Lady (2018) The President Is Missing (2018) Middle School: G'day, America (2018) From Hero to Zero (2018) The Nerdiest, Wimpiest, Dorkiest I Funny Ever (2018) Dog Diaries (2018) Happy Howlidays! (2018) The Genius Experiment (2018) Not So Normal Norbert (2018) Unbelievably Boring Bart (2018) Criss Cross (2019) Ali Cross (2019) Miracle at St. Andrews (2019) 18th Abduction (2019) 19th Christmas (2019) Unsolved (2019) Hush Hush (2019) The Chef (2019) Killer Instinct (2019) Out of Sight (2019) The Cornwalls Are Gone (2019) The Inn (2019) The Warning (2019) Sophia, Princess Among Beasts (2019) Born to Rock (2019) All-American Adventure (2019) Mission Impawsible (2019) Curse of the Mystery Mutt (2019) Rebels With A Cause (2019) Katt vs. Dogg (2019) Deadly Cross (2020) 20th Victim (2020) Blindside (2020) Private Moscow (2020) NYPD Red 6 (2020) Texas Outlaw (2020) Lost (2020) The Summer House (2020) 1st Case (2020) Cajun Justice (2020) The Coast-to-Coast Murders (2020) The Midwife Murders (2020) Three Women Disappear (2020) Hawk (2020) Master of Disaster (2020) The Plunder Down Under (2020) Camping Chaos! (2020) Saves the Future (2020) Becoming Muhammad Ali (2020) Fear No Evil (2021) Ali Cross: Like Father Like Son (2021) 21st Birthday (2021) The Russian (2021) Missing Persons (2021) The Red Book (2021) The Shadow (2021) 2 Sisters Detective Agency (2021) The President's Daughter (2021) The Noise: A Thriller (2021) City of the Dead (2021) Field Trip Fiasco (2021) Like Father Like Son (2021) Best Nerds Forever (2021) Triple Cross (2022) 22 Seconds (2022) Shattered (2022) Steal (2022) Escape (2022) Run, Rose, Run (2022) Death of the Black Widow (2022) Blowback (2022) The Horsewoman (2022) The Twelve Topsy-Turvy, Very Messy Days of Christmas (2022) It's a Zoo in Here! (2022) The Secret Detective (2022) The Ultimate Quest (2022) Dinosaur Disaster (2022) Cross Down (2023) The 23rd Midnight (2023) 23 1/2 Lies (2023) Obsessed (2023) Countdown (2023) Circle of Death (2023) The House of Wolves (2023) Lion & Lamb (2023) 12 Months to Live (2023) Jacky Ha-Ha Gets the Last Laugh (2023) Alex Cross Must Die (2024) The House of Cross (2024) The 24th Hour (2024) Crosshairs (2024) Holmes, Marple & Poe: The Greatest Crime-Solving Team of the Twenty-First Century (2024) The #1 Lawyer (2024) Eruption (2024) Hard To Kill (2024) Return of the Spider (2025) 25 Alive (2025) Paranoia (2025) The Texas Murders (2025) 2 Sisters Murder Investigations: A Thriller (2025) The Writer (2025) The First Gentleman (2025) The Hamptons Lawyer (2025) Billion Dollar Ransom (2025) The Family Cross (2026, upcoming) The Most Dangerous Games (2026) Comics Maximum Ride, Vol. 1 (2009) Maximum Ride, Vol. 2 (2009) Maximum Ride, Vol. 3 (2010) Maximum Ride, Vol. 4 (2011) Maximum Ride, Vol. 5 (2011) Maximum Ride, Vol. 6 (2012) Maximum Ride, Vol. 7 (2013) Maximum Ride, Vol. 8 (2014) Maximum Ride, Vol. 9 (2015) Maximum Ride, Vol. 10 (2020) Maximum Ride, Vol. 11 (2018) Daniel X: The Manga, Vol 1 (2010) Daniel X: The Manga, Vol 2 (2011) Daniel X: The Manga, Vol 3 (2012) Battle for Shadowland (2010) Operation Zero (2011) Witch & Wizard: The Manga, Vol. 1 (2011) Witch & Wizard: The Manga, Vol. 2 (2012) Witch & Wizard: The Manga, Vol. 3 (2013) Zoo: The Graphic Novel (2012) Book list from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), checked Friday, October 9, 2026.
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Common questions What is James Patterson's new book? The next one is The Family Cross, coming October 19, 2026.
When is James Patterson's next book coming out? The Family Cross comes out October 19, 2026. A new Alex Cross novel.
What order should I read James Patterson's books in? The novels: start with The Thomas Berryman Number (1976). Short stories: start with Triple Threat (2016). Comics: start with Maximum Ride, Vol. 1 (2009). The full list in order is on this page.
How many books has James Patterson written? We list 354 James Patterson books, including those announced but not yet published.