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Home / Authors / Michael Crichton Michael Crichton Before Jurassic Park’s dinosaurs roared across the page, Michael Crichton was already the undisputed master of the “techno-thriller,” a genre he practically invented. With a Harvard medical degree and a knack for translating complex science into page-turning prose, Crichton didn’t just write stories—he wrote warnings. His signature style is a relentless, almost cinematic pace married to meticulous research, making you believe that a rogue computer, a viral outbreak, or a cloned prehistoric beast is just one lab accident away. He made readers feel smart while keeping them breathless, proving that the most terrifying monster isn’t a ghost, but the next logical step of human ambition.
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1966 Odds On(As: John Lange) POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 1967 Scratch One(As: John Lange) POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 1968 A Case of Need(As: Jeffery Hudson) POoSN · 3 Buy ↗ 1968 Easy Go / The Last Tomb(As: John Lange) POoSN · 4 Buy ↗ 1969 The Andromeda Strain POoAB · 1 Buy ↗ 1969 Zero Cool(As: John Lange) POoSN · 5 Buy ↗ 1969 The Venom Business(As: John Lange) POoSN · 6 Buy ↗ 1970 Five Patients POoNB · 1 Buy ↗ 1970 Drug of Choice(As: John Lange) POoSN · 7 Buy ↗ 1970 Dealing, or The Berkeley-To-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues(As: Michael Douglas) POoSN · 8 Buy ↗ 1970 Dealing: or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty Brick Lost Bag Blues(As: Michael Douglas) POoSN · 9 Buy ↗ 1970 Grave Descend(As: John Lange) POoSN · 10 Buy ↗ 1972 Binary(As: John Lange) POoSN · 11 Buy ↗ 1972 The Terminal Man POoSN · 12 Buy ↗ 1974 Westworld POoSB · 1 Buy ↗ 1975 The Great Train Robbery POoSN · 13 Buy ↗ 1976 Eaters of the Dead / The 13th Warrior POoSN · 14 Buy ↗ 1977 Jasper Johns POoNB · 2 Buy ↗ 1983 Electronic Life POoNB · 3 Buy ↗ 1987 Sphere POoSN · 16 Buy ↗ 1988 Travels POoNB · 4 Buy ↗ 1990 Jurassic Park POoJPB · 1 Buy ↗ 1992 Rising Sun POoSN · 17 Buy ↗ 1994 Disclosure POoSN · 18 Buy ↗ 1995 The Lost World POoJPB · 2 Buy ↗ 1996 Twister(With: Anne-Marie Martin) POoSB · 2 Buy ↗ 1996 Airframe POoSN · 19 Buy ↗ 1999 Timeline POoSN · 20 Buy ↗ 2004 State of Fear POoSN · 22 Buy ↗ 2009 Pirate Latitudes POoSN · 24 Buy ↗ 2011 Micro(With: Richard Preston) POoSN · 25 Buy ↗ 2017 Dragon Teeth POoSN · 26 Buy ↗ 2019 The Andromeda Evolution(With: Daniel H. Wilson) POoAB · 2 Buy ↗ 2024 Eruption(With: James Patterson) POoSN · 27 Buy ↗ 2026 A Murder in Hollywood POoSN · 28 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Standalone Novels 28 books · 1966–2026
01 Odds On(As: John Lange) 1966 Buy ↗ 02 Scratch One(As: John Lange) 1967 Buy ↗ 03 A Case of Need(As: Jeffery Hudson) 1968 Buy ↗ 04 Easy Go / The Last Tomb(As: John Lange) 1968 Buy ↗ 05 Zero Cool(As: John Lange) 1969 Buy ↗ 06 The Venom Business(As: John Lange) 1969 Buy ↗ 07 Drug of Choice(As: John Lange) 1970 Buy ↗ 08 Dealing, or The Berkeley-To-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues(As: Michael Douglas) 1970 Buy ↗ 09 Dealing: or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty Brick Lost Bag Blues(As: Michael Douglas) 1970 Buy ↗ 10 Grave Descend(As: John Lange) 1970 Buy ↗ 11 Binary(As: John Lange) 1972 Buy ↗ 12 The Terminal Man 1972 Buy ↗ 13 The Great Train Robbery 1975 Buy ↗ 14 Eaters of the Dead / The 13th Warrior 1976 Buy ↗ 24 Pirate Latitudes 2009 Buy ↗ 25 Micro(With: Richard Preston) 2011 Buy ↗ 27 Eruption(With: James Patterson) 2024 Buy ↗ 28 A Murder in Hollywood 2026 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Jurassic Park Books 2 books · 1990–1995
02 The Lost World 1995 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books 4 books · 1970–1988
03 Electronic Life 1983 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Andromeda Books 2 books · 1969–2019
01 The Andromeda Strain 1969 Buy ↗ 02 The Andromeda Evolution(With: Daniel H. Wilson) 2019 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Scripts Books 2 books · 1974–1996
02 Twister(With: Anne-Marie Martin) 1996 Buy ↗