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Douglas Preston Books in Order

Find every Douglas Preston book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 88 books / 8 series

American author Douglas Preston is best known for the Pendergast series co-authored with Lincoln Child. His books have sold millions worldwide. This page provides the Douglas Preston books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All Douglas Preston Books in Chronological Order

1986 Dinosaurs in the Attic POoNB / 1 Buy
1992 Cities of Gold POoNB / 2 Buy
1994 Jennie POoSN / 1 Buy
1995 Relic POoPB / 1 Buy
1995 Talking to the Ground POoNB / 3 Buy
1996 Mount Dragon(With: Lincoln Child) POoSN / 2 Buy
1997 Reliquary POoPB / 2 Buy
1998 Riptide(With: Lincoln Child) POoSN / 3 Buy
1999 Thunderhead POoNKB / 1 Buy
2000 The Ice Limit(With: Lincoln Child) POoSN / 4 Buy
2001 The Cabinet of Curiosities POoPB / 3 Buy
2003 Still Life with Crows POoPB / 4 Buy
2003 The Codex POoSN / 5 Buy
2004 Brimstone POoPB / 5 Buy
2005 Tyrannosaur Canyon POoWFB / 1 Buy
2005 Dance of Death POoPB / 6 Buy
2006 The Monster of Florence POoNB / 4 Buy
2006 The Book of the Dead POoPB / 7 Buy
2007 Blasphemy POoWFB / 2 Buy
2007 The Wheel of Darkness POoPB / 8 Buy
2009 Impact POoWFB / 3 Buy
2009 Cemetery Dance POoPB / 9 Buy
2010 Fever Dream POoPB / 10 Buy
2011 Gideon's Sword POoGCB / 1 Buy
2011 Cold Vengeance POoPB / 11 Buy
2012 Gideon's Corpse POoGCB / 2 Buy
2012 Extraction POoPB / 12 Buy
2012 Two Graves POoPB / 13 Buy
2013 White Fire POoPB / 14 Buy
2014 The Lost Island POoGCB / 3 Buy
2014 The Kraken Project POoWFB / 4 Buy
2014 The Forgotten Killer: Rudy Guede and the Murder of Meredith Kercher(With: John Douglas Marshall) POoNB / 5 Buy
2014 Blue Labyrinth POoPB / 15 Buy
2015 Crimson Shore POoPB / 16 Buy
2016 Beyond the Ice Limit POoGCB / 4 Buy
2016 The Obsidian Chamber POoPB / 17 Buy
2017 The Lost City of the Monkey God POoNB / 6 Buy
2018 The Pharaoh Key POoGCB / 5 Buy
2018 City of Endless Night POoPB / 18 Buy
2018 Verses for the Dead POoPB / 19 Buy
2019 Old Bones POoNKB / 2 Buy
2019 The Strange Case of Monsieur Bertin POoPB / 20 Buy
2020 Crooked River POoPB / 21 Buy
2021 The Scorpion's Tail POoNKB / 3 Buy
2021 Bloodless POoPB / 22 Buy
2022 Rambo(By: David Morrell) POoMPB / 1 Buy
2022 Elvis Cole and Joe Pike(By: Robert Crais) POoMPB / 2 Buy
2022 Jack Taylor(By: Ken Bruen) POoMPB / 3 Buy
2022 Diablo Mesa POoNKB / 4 Buy
2022 Jack Reacher(By: Lee Child) POoMPB / 4 Buy
2022 Charlie Parker(By: John Connolly) POoMPB / 5 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 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 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
2023 Dead Mountain POoNKB / 5 Buy
2023 The Lost Tomb POoNB / 7 Buy
2023 The Cabinet of Dr. Leng POoPB / 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 Extinction POoC&CB / 1 Buy
2024 Angel of Vengeance POoPB / 24 Buy
2024 Joe Pickett(By: C.J. Box) POoMPB / 30 Buy
2024 Peter Diamond(By: Peter Lovesey) POoMPB / 31 Buy
2024 Nathan Heller(By: Max Allan Collins) POoMPB / 32 Buy
2025 Badlands POoNKB / 6 Buy
2025 Orphan X(By: Gregg Hurwitz) POoMPB / 33 Buy
2026 Paradox POoC&CB / 2 Buy
2026 The Beginning POoPB / 25 Buy
2026 Pendergast POoPB / 26 Buy

Douglas Preston Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

01 Extinction 2024 Buy
02 Paradox 2026 Buy
01 Dinosaurs in the Attic 1986 Buy
02 Cities of Gold 1992 Buy
03 Talking to the Ground 1995 Buy
04 The Monster of Florence 2006 Buy
05 The Forgotten Killer: Rudy Guede and the Murder of Meredith Kercher(With: John Douglas Marshall) 2014 Buy
06 The Lost City of the Monkey God 2017 Buy
07 The Lost Tomb 2023 Buy
01 Gideon's Sword 2011 Buy
02 Gideon's Corpse 2012 Buy
03 The Lost Island 2014 Buy
04 Beyond the Ice Limit 2016 Buy
05 The Pharaoh Key 2018 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 5 books / 1994-2003
01 Jennie 1994 Buy
02 Mount Dragon(With: Lincoln Child) 1996 Buy
03 Riptide(With: Lincoln Child) 1998 Buy
04 The Ice Limit(With: Lincoln Child) 2000 Buy
05 The Codex 2003 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 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
30 Joe Pickett(By: C.J. Box) 2024 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
Wyman Ford Books in Reading Order 4 books / 2005-2014
01 Tyrannosaur Canyon 2005 Buy
02 Blasphemy 2007 Buy
03 Impact 2009 Buy
04 The Kraken Project 2014 Buy
Nora Kelly Books in Reading Order 6 books / 1999-2025
01 Thunderhead 1999 Buy
02 Old Bones 2019 Buy
03 The Scorpion's Tail 2021 Buy
04 Diablo Mesa 2022 Buy
05 Dead Mountain 2023 Buy
06 Badlands 2025 Buy
Pendergast Books in Reading Order 26 books / 1995-2026
01 Relic 1995 Buy
02 Reliquary 1997 Buy
03 The Cabinet of Curiosities 2001 Buy
04 Still Life with Crows 2003 Buy
05 Brimstone 2004 Buy
06 Dance of Death 2005 Buy
07 The Book of the Dead 2006 Buy
08 The Wheel of Darkness 2007 Buy
09 Cemetery Dance 2009 Buy
10 Fever Dream 2010 Buy
11 Cold Vengeance 2011 Buy
12 Extraction 2012 Buy
13 Two Graves 2012 Buy
14 White Fire 2013 Buy
15 Blue Labyrinth 2014 Buy
16 Crimson Shore 2015 Buy
17 The Obsidian Chamber 2016 Buy
18 City of Endless Night 2018 Buy
19 Verses for the Dead 2018 Buy
20 The Strange Case of Monsieur Bertin 2019 Buy
21 Crooked River 2020 Buy
22 Bloodless 2021 Buy
23 The Cabinet of Dr. Leng 2023 Buy
24 Angel of Vengeance 2024 Buy
25 The Beginning 2026 Buy
26 Pendergast 2026 Buy

Where to start with Douglas Preston

What is the best order to read Douglas Preston 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.

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