Douglas Preston is an American author who typically writes alongside Lincoln Child. Together they have written numerous techno-thriller and horror novels, including the Pendergast series, the Gideon Crew series and other standalone novels. He also writes non-fiction books.

Douglas Preston’s first novel to be published was Jennie. His first novel writing with Lincoln Child was Relic, published in 1995. The novel was which was made into a major motion picture that was well received. Below is the order of all of when Douglas Preston’s books were originally released:

Publication Order of Pendergast Books

(with Lincoln Child)

Relic (1995)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Reliquary (1997)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Cabinet of Curiosities (2001)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Still Life with Crows (2003)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Brimstone (2004)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dance of Death (2005)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Book of the Dead (2006)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Wheel of Darkness (2007)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cemetery Dance (2009)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Fever Dream (2010)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cold Vengeance (2011)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Extraction (2012)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Two Graves (2012)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
White Fire (2013)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Blue Labyrinth (2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Crimson Shore (2015)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Obsidian Chamber (2016)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
City of Endless Night (2018)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Verses for the Dead (2018)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Strange Case of Monsieur Bertin (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Crooked River (2020)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Bloodless (2021)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Cabinet of Dr. Leng (2023)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Strange Case of Monsieur Bertin is short story from the Preston/Child website.

Publication Order of Wyman Ford Books

Tyrannosaur Canyon (2005)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Blasphemy (2007)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Impact (2009)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Kraken Project (2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Gideon Crew Books

(with Lincoln Child)

Gideon's Sword (2011)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Gideon's Corpse (2012)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Lost Island (2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Beyond the Ice Limit (2016)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Pharaoh Key (2018)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Nora Kelly Books

(with Lincoln Child)

Thunderhead (1999)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Old Bones (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Scorpion's Tail (2021)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Diablo Mesa (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dead Mountain (2023)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Jennie (1994)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Mount Dragon (With: Lincoln Child) (1996)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Riptide (With: Lincoln Child) (1998)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Ice Limit (With: Lincoln Child) (2000)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Codex (2003)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Extinction (2024)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Dinosaurs in the Attic (1986)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cities of Gold (1992)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Talking to the Ground (1995)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Monster of Florence (2006)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Forgotten Killer: Rudy Guede and the Murder of Meredith Kercher (With: Steve Moore,John Douglas Marshall,Mark Olshaker) (2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Lost City of the Monkey God (2017)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Mysterious Profiles Books

Elvis Cole and Joe Pike (By: Robert Crais) (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Jack Taylor (By: Ken Bruen) (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Jack Reacher (By: Lee Child) (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Charlie Parker (By: John Connolly) (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Hieronymus Bosch (By: Michael Connelly) (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Lincoln Rhyme (By: Jeffery Deaver) (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Alex Delaware (By: Jonathan Kellerman) (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Tess Monaghan (By: Laura Lippman) (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Charlie Resnick (By: John Harvey) (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus (By: Faye Kellerman) (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Inspector Morse (By: Colin Dexter) (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dismas Hardy (By: John Lescroart) (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Bob Lee Swagger (By: Stephen Hunter) (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Aloysius X. L. Pendergast (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Lou Boldt (By: Ridley Pearson) (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Spenser (By: Robert B. Parker) (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Charlotte and Thomas Pitt (By: Anne Perry) (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
John Rebus (By: Ian Rankin) (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Mallory (By: Carol O'Connell) (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Jane Whitefield (By: Thomas Perry) (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Ian Rutledge: A Mysterious Profile (By: Charles Todd) (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Amos Walker (By: Loren D. Estleman) (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Precious Ramotswe (By: Alexander McCall Smith) (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Maisie Dobbs (By: Jacqueline Winspear) (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Lincoln Lawyer (By: Michael Connelly) (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Anthologies

FaceOff(2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Gaslighted: Slappy the Ventriloquist Dummy vs. Aloysius Pendergast(2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering(2024)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Note: The Pendergast series, Gideon Crew series and the novels Mount Dragon, Riptide, Thunderhead and The Ice Limit were written with Lincoln Child.

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6 Responses to “Order of Douglas Preston Books”

  1. Disgruntled52: 5 years ago

    Do you want to know about short stories? I’ve found a book written by the team of Preston & Child entitled ‘Gone Fishing’ and features Lt. D’Agosta (no Pendergast).

    “Originally published in THRILLER (2006), edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author James Patterson.”

    Reply

  2. Florence: 7 years ago

    Is there going to be a follow up of “Crimson Shore”???

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    • Tina: 12 months ago

      The sequel to Crimson Shore is The Obsidian Chamber.

      Reply

  3. Zoo Man: 10 years ago

    I think this is a very helpful website…glad I found it!!

    Reply

  4. SuzyQ39: 10 years ago

    What readers want is a printable book list. Sans all the other stuff. Plain book list in chrono order. Is this too much to ask?

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    • Nancy Arsenault: 9 years ago

      I just copy and paste on Word and delete what I don’t want.

      Reply

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