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Updated 2026-07-11 / 128 books / 11 series
American author C.J. Box is best known for the Joe Pickett series and his standalone thrillers. A New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Edgar, Anthony, and Macavity Awards, his books have sold over 10 million copies worldwide. This page provides the C.J. Box books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.
All C.J. Box Books in Chronological Order
1998
Travel Smart: Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho(With: Paul Otteson)
POoNB / 1
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2001
Open Season
POoJPB / 1
Buy
2002
Savage Run
POoJPB / 2
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2003
Winterkill
POoJPB / 3
Buy
2004
Trophy Hunt
POoJPB / 4
Buy
2005
Dull Knife
POoJPSS / 1
Buy
2005
Out of Range
POoJPB / 5
Buy
2006
In Plain Sight
POoJPB / 6
Buy
2007
Blue Heaven
POoSN / 1
Buy
2007
Free Fire
POoJPB / 7
Buy
2008
Three Weeks to Say Goodbye
POoSN / 2
Buy
2008
Blood Trail
POoJPB / 8
Buy
2009
Below Zero
POoJPB / 9
Buy
2010
Nowhere to Run
POoJPB / 10
Buy
2011
Lethal(By: Sandra Brown)
POoLCB / 1
Buy
2011
Back of Beyond
POoTHB / 1
Buy
2011
The Master Falconer
POoJPSS / 2
Buy
2011
Cold Wind
POoJPB / 11
Buy
2012
The Book of Virtue(By: Ken Bruen)
POoBB / 1
Buy
2012
Pronghorns of the Third Reich
POoBB / 2
Buy
2012
The Book Thing(By: Laura Lippman)
POoBB / 3
Buy
2012
The Book Case(By: Nelson DeMille)
POoBB / 4
Buy
2012
An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver)
POoBB / 5
Buy
2012
Death Leaves a Bookmark(By: William Link)
POoBB / 6
Buy
2012
Force of Nature
POoJPB / 12
Buy
2013
The Highway
POoTHB / 2
Buy
2013
The Final Testament(By: Peter Blauner)
POoBB / 7
Buy
2013
Rides a Stranger(By: David Bell)
POoBB / 8
Buy
2013
The Long Sonata of the Dead(By: Andrew Taylor)
POoBB / 9
Buy
2013
The Book of Ghosts(By: Reed Farrel Coleman)
POoBB / 10
Buy
2013
Breaking Point
POoJPB / 13
Buy
2014
Shots Fired: Stories from Joe Pickett Country
POoJPC / 1
Buy
2014
The Compendium of Srem(By: F. Paul Wilson)
POoBB / 11
Buy
2014
What's in a Name?(By: Thomas H. Cook)
POoBB / 12
Buy
2014
Remaindered(By: Peter Lovesey)
POoBB / 13
Buy
2014
Stone Cold
POoJPB / 14
Buy
2014
The Sequel(By: R.L. Stine)
POoBB / 14
Buy
2014
The Gospel of Sheba(By: Lyndsay Faye)
POoBB / 15
Buy
2014
Book Club(By: Loren D. Estleman)
POoBB / 16
Buy
2014
The Nature of My Inheritance(By: Bradford Morrow)
POoBB / 17
Buy
2014
It's in the Book(By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane)
POoBB / 18
Buy
2014
The Scroll(By: Anne Perry)
POoBB / 19
Buy
2015
The End of Jim and Ezra
POoSS / 1
Buy
2015
One-Car Bridge
POoJPSS / 3
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2015
Badlands
POoTHB / 3
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2015
Pirates of Yellowstone
POoJPSS / 4
Buy
2015
Endangered
POoJPB / 15
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2015
The Book of the Lion(By: Thomas Perry)
POoBB / 20
Buy
2015
The Little Men(By: Megan Abbott)
POoBB / 21
Buy
2015
Condor in the Stacks(By: James Grady)
POoBB / 22
Buy
2015
Mystery, Inc.(By: Joyce Carol Oates)
POoBB / 23
Buy
2015
Every Seven Years(By: Denise Mina)
POoBB / 24
Buy
2015
From the Queen(By: Carolyn Hart)
POoBB / 25
Buy
2016
Everyday is a Good Day on the River
POoSS / 2
Buy
2016
Off the Grid
POoJPB / 16
Buy
2016
The Travelling Companion(By: Ian Rankin)
POoBB / 26
Buy
2016
Citadel(By: Stephen Hunter)
POoBB / 27
Buy
2016
Reconciliation Day(By: Christopher Fowler)
POoBB / 28
Buy
2016
Dead Dames Don't Sing(By: John Harvey)
POoBB / 29
Buy
2016
The Haze(By: James W. Hall)
POoBB / 30
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2017
Honor & ...(With: Sandra Brown)
POoLCB / 2
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2017
Deserves to Be Dead(By: John Sandford,Lisa Jackson)
POoTMCB / 2
Buy
2017
Getaway(By: Lisa Scottoline,Nelson DeMille)
POoTMCB / 3
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2017
Paradise Valley
POoTHB / 4
Buy
2017
Vicious Circle
POoJPB / 17
Buy
2017
Hoodoo Harry(By: Joe R. Lansdale)
POoBB / 31
Buy
2018
Midnight Flame(By: Christopher Rice,Lara Adrian)
POoTMCB / 4
Buy
2018
The Disappeared
POoJPB / 18
Buy
2018
The Pretty Little Box(By: Charles Todd)
POoBB / 32
Buy
2018
Seven Years(By: Peter Robinson)
POoBB / 33
Buy
2018
The Hemingway Valise(By: Robert Olen Butler)
POoBB / 34
Buy
2018
The Last Honest Horse Thief(By: Michael Koryta)
POoBB / 35
Buy
2018
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository(By: John Connolly)
POoBB / 36
Buy
2019
The Bitterroots
POoTHB / 5
Buy
2019
Short Story(By: Karin Slaughter,Michael Koryta)
POoTMCB / 5
Buy
2019
Past Prologue(By: Diana Gabaldon,Steve Berry)
POoTMCB / 6
Buy
2019
Faking a Murderer(By: Lee Child,Kathy Reichs)
POoTMCB / 7
Buy
2019
Dig Here(By: Charlaine Harris,Andrew Gross)
POoTMCB / 8
Buy
2019
Taking the Veil(By: J.A. Jance,Eric Van Lustbader)
POoTMCB / 9
Buy
2019
Rambo on Their Minds(By: Gayle Lynds,David Morrell)
POoTMCB / 10
Buy
2019
Footloose(By: Val McDermid,Peter James)
POoTMCB / 11
Buy
2019
Wolf Pack
POoJPB / 19
Buy
2020
Long Range
POoJPB / 20
Buy
2020
The Girl Who Did Say No(By: David Handler)
POoBB / 37
Buy
2021
Dark Sky
POoJPB / 21
Buy
2022
Rambo(By: David Morrell)
POoMPB / 1
Buy
2022
Elvis Cole and Joe Pike(By: Robert Crais)
POoMPB / 2
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2022
Jack Taylor(By: Ken Bruen)
POoMPB / 3
Buy
2022
Jack Reacher(By: Lee Child)
POoMPB / 4
Buy
2022
Charlie Parker(By: John Connolly)
POoMPB / 5
Buy
2022
Precious Cargo
POoJPSS / 6
Buy
2022
Treasure State
POoTHB / 6
Buy
2022
Hieronymus Bosch(By: Michael Connelly)
POoMPB / 6
Buy
2022
Lincoln Rhyme(By: Jeffery Deaver)
POoMPB / 7
Buy
2022
Alex Delaware(By: Jonathan Kellerman)
POoMPB / 8
Buy
2022
Tess Monaghan(By: Laura Lippman)
POoMPB / 9
Buy
2022
Charlie Resnick(By: John Harvey)
POoMPB / 10
Buy
2022
Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus(By: Faye Kellerman)
POoMPB / 11
Buy
2022
Inspector Morse(By: Colin Dexter)
POoMPB / 12
Buy
2022
Dismas Hardy(By: John Lescroart)
POoMPB / 13
Buy
2022
Bob Lee Swagger(By: Stephen Hunter)
POoMPB / 14
Buy
2022
Aloysius X. L. Pendergast(By: Douglas Preston)
POoMPB / 15
Buy
2022
Lou Boldt(By: Ridley Pearson)
POoMPB / 16
Buy
2022
Spenser(By: Robert B. Parker)
POoMPB / 17
Buy
2022
Charlotte and Thomas Pitt(By: Anne Perry)
POoMPB / 18
Buy
2022
John Rebus(By: Ian Rankin)
POoMPB / 19
Buy
2022
Mallory(By: Carol O'Connell)
POoMPB / 20
Buy
2022
Jane Whitefield(By: Thomas Perry)
POoMPB / 21
Buy
2022
Ian Rutledge(By: Charles Todd)
POoMPB / 22
Buy
2022
Shadows Reel
POoJPB / 22
Buy
2022
Amos Walker(By: Loren D. Estleman)
POoMPB / 23
Buy
2022
Precious Ramotswe(By: Alexander McCall Smith)
POoMPB / 24
Buy
2022
Maisie Dobbs(By: Jacqueline Winspear)
POoMPB / 25
Buy
2022
The Lincoln Lawyer(By: Michael Connelly)
POoMPB / 26
Buy
2022
The Traitor(By: Martin Edwards)
POoBB / 38
Buy
2022
The Dark Door(By: Lisa Unger)
POoBB / 39
Buy
2022
The Honeymoon Trap(By: Peter Swanson)
POoBB / 40
Buy
2023
Storm Watch
POoJPB / 23
Buy
2023
Condor(By: James Grady)
POoMPB / 27
Buy
2023
Ben Kincaid(By: William Bernhardt)
POoMPB / 28
Buy
2023
Repairman Jack(By: F. Paul Wilson)
POoMPB / 29
Buy
2024
Three-Inch Teeth
POoJPB / 24
Buy
2024
Joe Pickett
POoMPB / 30
Buy
2024
Peter Diamond(By: Peter Lovesey)
POoMPB / 31
Buy
2024
Nathan Heller(By: Max Allan Collins)
POoMPB / 32
Buy
2025
Battle Mountain
POoJPB / 25
Buy
2025
Orphan X(By: Gregg Hurwitz)
POoMPB / 33
Buy
2026
The Crossroads
POoJPB / 26
Buy
C.J. Box Book Series Reading Orders /
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01
The Book of Virtue(By: Ken Bruen)
2012
Buy
02
Pronghorns of the Third Reich
2012
Buy
03
The Book Thing(By: Laura Lippman)
2012
Buy
04
The Book Case(By: Nelson DeMille)
2012
Buy
05
An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver)
2012
Buy
06
Death Leaves a Bookmark(By: William Link)
2012
Buy
07
The Final Testament(By: Peter Blauner)
2013
Buy
08
Rides a Stranger(By: David Bell)
2013
Buy
09
The Long Sonata of the Dead(By: Andrew Taylor)
2013
Buy
10
The Book of Ghosts(By: Reed Farrel Coleman)
2013
Buy
11
The Compendium of Srem(By: F. Paul Wilson)
2014
Buy
12
What's in a Name?(By: Thomas H. Cook)
2014
Buy
13
Remaindered(By: Peter Lovesey)
2014
Buy
14
The Sequel(By: R.L. Stine)
2014
Buy
15
The Gospel of Sheba(By: Lyndsay Faye)
2014
Buy
16
Book Club(By: Loren D. Estleman)
2014
Buy
17
The Nature of My Inheritance(By: Bradford Morrow)
2014
Buy
18
It's in the Book(By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane)
2014
Buy
19
The Scroll(By: Anne Perry)
2014
Buy
20
The Book of the Lion(By: Thomas Perry)
2015
Buy
21
The Little Men(By: Megan Abbott)
2015
Buy
22
Condor in the Stacks(By: James Grady)
2015
Buy
23
Mystery, Inc.(By: Joyce Carol Oates)
2015
Buy
24
Every Seven Years(By: Denise Mina)
2015
Buy
25
From the Queen(By: Carolyn Hart)
2015
Buy
26
The Travelling Companion(By: Ian Rankin)
2016
Buy
27
Citadel(By: Stephen Hunter)
2016
Buy
28
Reconciliation Day(By: Christopher Fowler)
2016
Buy
29
Dead Dames Don't Sing(By: John Harvey)
2016
Buy
30
The Haze(By: James W. Hall)
2016
Buy
31
Hoodoo Harry(By: Joe R. Lansdale)
2017
Buy
32
The Pretty Little Box(By: Charles Todd)
2018
Buy
33
Seven Years(By: Peter Robinson)
2018
Buy
34
The Hemingway Valise(By: Robert Olen Butler)
2018
Buy
35
The Last Honest Horse Thief(By: Michael Koryta)
2018
Buy
36
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository(By: John Connolly)
2018
Buy
37
The Girl Who Did Say No(By: David Handler)
2020
Buy
38
The Traitor(By: Martin Edwards)
2022
Buy
39
The Dark Door(By: Lisa Unger)
2022
Buy
40
The Honeymoon Trap(By: Peter Swanson)
2022
Buy
01
Back of Beyond
2011
Buy
04
Paradise Valley
2017
Buy
05
The Bitterroots
2019
Buy
06
Treasure State
2022
Buy
01
Travel Smart: Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho(With: Paul Otteson)
1998
Buy
02
The Master Falconer
2011
Buy
03
One-Car Bridge
2015
Buy
04
Pirates of Yellowstone
2015
Buy
06
Precious Cargo
2022
Buy
06
In Plain Sight
2006
Buy
10
Nowhere to Run
2010
Buy
12
Force of Nature
2012
Buy
13
Breaking Point
2013
Buy
17
Vicious Circle
2017
Buy
18
The Disappeared
2018
Buy
24
Three-Inch Teeth
2024
Buy
25
Battle Mountain
2025
Buy
26
The Crossroads
2026
Buy
01
Lethal(By: Sandra Brown)
2011
Buy
02
Honor & ...(With: Sandra Brown)
2017
Buy
02
Deserves to Be Dead(By: John Sandford,Lisa Jackson)
2017
Buy
03
Getaway(By: Lisa Scottoline,Nelson DeMille)
2017
Buy
04
Midnight Flame(By: Christopher Rice,Lara Adrian)
2018
Buy
05
Short Story(By: Karin Slaughter,Michael Koryta)
2019
Buy
06
Past Prologue(By: Diana Gabaldon,Steve Berry)
2019
Buy
07
Faking a Murderer(By: Lee Child,Kathy Reichs)
2019
Buy
08
Dig Here(By: Charlaine Harris,Andrew Gross)
2019
Buy
09
Taking the Veil(By: J.A. Jance,Eric Van Lustbader)
2019
Buy
10
Rambo on Their Minds(By: Gayle Lynds,David Morrell)
2019
Buy
11
Footloose(By: Val McDermid,Peter James)
2019
Buy
01
Rambo(By: David Morrell)
2022
Buy
02
Elvis Cole and Joe Pike(By: Robert Crais)
2022
Buy
03
Jack Taylor(By: Ken Bruen)
2022
Buy
04
Jack Reacher(By: Lee Child)
2022
Buy
05
Charlie Parker(By: John Connolly)
2022
Buy
06
Hieronymus Bosch(By: Michael Connelly)
2022
Buy
07
Lincoln Rhyme(By: Jeffery Deaver)
2022
Buy
08
Alex Delaware(By: Jonathan Kellerman)
2022
Buy
09
Tess Monaghan(By: Laura Lippman)
2022
Buy
10
Charlie Resnick(By: John Harvey)
2022
Buy
11
Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus(By: Faye Kellerman)
2022
Buy
12
Inspector Morse(By: Colin Dexter)
2022
Buy
13
Dismas Hardy(By: John Lescroart)
2022
Buy
14
Bob Lee Swagger(By: Stephen Hunter)
2022
Buy
15
Aloysius X. L. Pendergast(By: Douglas Preston)
2022
Buy
16
Lou Boldt(By: Ridley Pearson)
2022
Buy
17
Spenser(By: Robert B. Parker)
2022
Buy
18
Charlotte and Thomas Pitt(By: Anne Perry)
2022
Buy
19
John Rebus(By: Ian Rankin)
2022
Buy
20
Mallory(By: Carol O'Connell)
2022
Buy
21
Jane Whitefield(By: Thomas Perry)
2022
Buy
22
Ian Rutledge(By: Charles Todd)
2022
Buy
23
Amos Walker(By: Loren D. Estleman)
2022
Buy
24
Precious Ramotswe(By: Alexander McCall Smith)
2022
Buy
25
Maisie Dobbs(By: Jacqueline Winspear)
2022
Buy
26
The Lincoln Lawyer(By: Michael Connelly)
2022
Buy
27
Condor(By: James Grady)
2023
Buy
28
Ben Kincaid(By: William Bernhardt)
2023
Buy
29
Repairman Jack(By: F. Paul Wilson)
2023
Buy
31
Peter Diamond(By: Peter Lovesey)
2024
Buy
32
Nathan Heller(By: Max Allan Collins)
2024
Buy
33
Orphan X(By: Gregg Hurwitz)
2025
Buy
01
Shots Fired: Stories from Joe Pickett Country
2014
Buy
01
The End of Jim and Ezra
2015
Buy
02
Everyday is a Good Day on the River
2016
Buy
02
Three Weeks to Say Goodbye
2008
Buy
Where to start with C.J. Box
What is the best order to read C.J. Box books?
Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series,
follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.
Are standalone books and series both included?
Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are
broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.
Source note: Sequencebooks organizes author, book, and series records from its catalog data.
Publication years and series order are shown when available.