

But his popularity among readers remains incontrovertible. His author bio: “James Patterson has written more bestsellers and created more enduring fictional characters than any other novelist today.” Beloved by critics and peers? Not so much. In book publishing, there is James Patterson - and basically everyone else. (Chris Sorensen For The Washington Post) (Chris Sorensen for The Washington Post) (Chris Sorensen/for The Washington Post)īRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. Order of Alex Cross Booksīelow is the list of all Alex Cross books by James Patterson in their chronological order.Bestselling author James Patterson at his home in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. The series has led to three films, Kiss the Girls (1997), Along Came a Spider (2001), and Alex Cross (2012). The first book in the series, Along Came a Spider, was released in 1993 to positive reviews, spawning a series of over twenty subsequent novels. The series is published worldwide, with Little, Brown currently holding publication rights in the United States, in paperback, hardcover, and audiobook editions. Nearly all have made bestsellers lists and garnered favorable reviews, especially Double Cross Cross Fire I, Alex Cross and Alex Cross, Run.


The series has been running since the 1990s and is ongoing. The series is usually narrated in first-person perspective by Alex Cross, and occasionally from the villains’ point of view in third-person.

Supporting characters include two of Cross’s children, Damon, and Janelle, as well as his grandmother Nana Mama. The series focuses on Metropolitan Police Department detective and father Alex Cross as he faces threats to his family and the city of Washington, D.C. Alex Cross is a crime, mystery, and thriller novel series written by James Patterson.
