Order of Christopher Bollen Books

Christopher Bollen is an American author. He grew up in Cincinnati and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University. He served as editor-in-chief for the magazines V and Interview. His psychological novels are noted for their evocative prose and have drawn comparisons to the works of John Updike, Jeffrey Eugenides, and Jonathan Franzen.

Christopher Bollen made his debut as a novelist in 2012 with Lightning People. Below is a list of Christopher Bollen’s books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

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Christopher Bollen Synopses: Lightning People by Christopher Bollen is a standalone novel, and the author’s debut. Joseph Guiteau, a working actor, has fled the Midwest – and the shadow of a tragic family history – for a new life in New York City. In the wake of September 2001, he wanders through a city reshaped by grief and paranoia, attending conspiracy meetings in a restless search for meaning amid global and personal chaos. His fragile new marriage to Del, a Greek-born snake expert whose visa keeps her from deportation, is strained by a secret Joseph can’t outrun.

Their lives ripple outward, touching others bound by love, ambition, and disillusionment: William, a once-promising actor whose fading career drives him toward increasingly desperate acts; Madi, a young entrepreneur wrestling with the moral cost of her company’s success in outsourcing American jobs; and her brother Raj – Del’s former lover – a photographer capturing the hollow beauty of an alienated city.

Orient is Christopher Bollen’s second standalone novel. Orient is an isolated town on Long Island’s North Fork, its future as a historic village threatened by wealthy Manhattan transplants – many of them artists. One late summer morning, the body of a local caretaker is discovered in the water, and on the same day, a monstrous animal carcass washes ashore, rumored to have come from a nearby research lab. Suspicion falls on Mills Chevern, a tumbleweed orphan recently arrived from the West, with no roots and a murky past.

As deaths mount and fear spreads through the town, Mills is drawn into the mystery by Beth, a native returning from Manhattan, determined to uncover the truth. With the clock ticking, the two must navigate a web of secrets and lies, confronting a killer who may be smarter, faster, and far deadlier than they imagined.

The Destroyers is a standalone title by Christopher Bollen. Arriving on the sun-drenched Greek island of Patmos, Ian Bledsoe is broke, humiliated, and running from the fallout of his father’s death. His childhood friend Charlie – wealthy, charismatic, and thriving on the island – seems to offer the only lifeline Ian has left.

At first, Patmos is a dream: long days aboard Charlie’s yacht, the glow of friendship renewed, and the unexpected return of a girlfriend from Ian’s past. But beneath the island’s beauty – and beneath Charlie’s exuberance – lurks a shadow. When Charlie suddenly disappears, Ian is pulled into a tangled web of deception. Confronted by betrayals at every turn, he is forced to revisit a childhood game called Destroyers – a game that, he realizes, he and Charlie may never have truly left behind.