Order of Michael Palmer Books
Michael Palmer (1942-2013) was an American novelist of medical thrillers. Before becoming a novelist, Michael Palmer spent 20 years practicing medicine. Palmer didn’t originally want to be an author, but after reading Coma by Robin Cook (a fellow Wesleyan grad), he realized he could too. As of this writing, all of his novels have made the New York Times Bestseller List.
Michael Palmer became a published author in 1982 with The Sisterhood. Below is a list of Michael Palmer’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Dr. Lou Welcome Books
| Oath of Office | (2012) |    |
| Political Suicide | (2012) | |
| Resistant | (2014) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Sisterhood | (1982) | |
| Side Effects | (1986) | |
| Flashback | (1988) | |
| Extreme Measures | (1991) | |
| Natural Causes | (1994) | |
| Silent Treatment | (1995) | |
| Critical Judgment | (1996) | |
| Miracle Cure | (1998) | |
| The Patient | (2000) | |
| Fatal | (2002) | |
| The Society | (2004) | |
| The Fifth Vial | (2007) | |
| The First Patient | (2008) | |
| The Second Opinion | (2009) | |
| The Last Surgeon | (2010) | |
| A Heartbeat Away | (2011) | |
| Trauma | (2015) | |
| Mercy | (2016) | |
| The First Family | (2018) | |
Publication Order of Daniel Palmer Short Stories/Novellas
(with Daniel Palmer)
| Disfigured | (2006) | |
| The Dead Club | (2010) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
(with Daniel Palmer)
| Disfigured | (2006) | |
| The Dead Club | (2010) | |
| On Call | (2012) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Natural Suspect | (2001) | |
| First Thrills | (2010) | |
| No Rest for the Dead | (2011) | |
Notes: Natural Suspect is a multi-author collaborative novel which was written alongside William Bernhardt, Leslie Glass, Gini Hartzmark, John Katzenbach, John Lescroart, Bonnie MacDougal, Phillip Margolin, Brad Meltzer, Lisa Scottoline and Laurence Shames.
No Rest for the Dead is a collaborative novel which was written with Jeff Abbott, Lori Armstrong, David Baldacci, Sandra Brown, Thomas H. Cook, Jeffery Deaver, Diana Gabaldon, Tess Gerritsen, Andrew F. Gulli, Lamia Gulli, Peter James, J.A. Jance, Faye Kellerman, Raymond Khoury, John Lescroart, Jeff Lindsay, Gayle Lynds, Alexander McCall Smith, Phillip Margolin, T. Jefferson Parker, Matthew Pearl, Kathy Reichs, Marcus Sakey, Jonathan Santlofer, Lisa Scottoline, R.L. Stine and Marcia Talley.
All novels as of Trauma are written by Daniel Palmer, based on the work of Michael Palmer.
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Trauma Release Date: May 12th 2015
The book title above, “No Rest for the Dead,” is a mistake. It should read, “A Heartbeat Away.”
Sort of. No Rest for the Dead is a different book. I’ll add A Heartbeat Away now.
Do books need to be read in order
No, they do not.