Order of Alex Cross Books

Alex Cross is the fictional character created by James Patterson, and is a detective slash psychologist based in Washington.

Cross lives with his kids and Nana Mama. Below is the order of all of the Alex Cross novels:

Publication Order of Alex Cross Books

Along Came A Spider	(1992)
Kiss the Girls	(1995)
Jack & Jill	(1996)
Cat & Mouse	(1997)
Pop Goes the Weasel	(1999)
Roses Are Red	(2000)
Violets Are Blue	(2001)
Four Blind Mice	(2002)
The Big Bad Wolf	(2003)
London Bridges	(2004)
Mary, Mary	(2005)
Cross / Alex Cross	(2006)
Double Cross	(2007)
Cross Country	(2008)
I, Alex Cross	(2009)
Cross Fire	(2010)
Kill Alex Cross	(2011)
Alex Cross, Run	(2013)
Cross My Heart	(2013)
Hope to Die	(2014)
Cross Justice	(2015)
Cross the Line	(2016)
The People vs. Alex Cross	(2017)
Target	(2018)
Criss Cross	(2019)
Deadly Cross	(2020)
Fear No Evil	(2021)

Publication Order of Bookshots: Alex Cross Books

Cross Kill	(2016)
Detective Cross	(2017)

Publication Order of Alex Cross Miscellaneous Books

Alex Cross's Trial	(2009)
Merry Christmas, Alex Cross	(2011)

Publication Order of Ali Cross Books

Ali Cross	(2019)
Like Father, Like Son	(2021)

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20 Responses to “Order of Alex Cross Books”

1. WITTE: 5 months ago

   In whi thank youch Alex Cross book is the Pres.and Vp killed

   thank you MEWITTE

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2. Amy: 3 years ago

   I couldn’t get Mary Mary, so went on to Cross (Alex cross). How did Alex get Little Alex back again from Christine?

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3. Roby Pottenger: 4 years ago

   Alex Cross is the best detective series out there! Love, love, love Alex Cross!!

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4. Rick`: 6 years ago

   Alex Junior was born at the end of “Pop Goes the Weasel”

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5. James Dickison: 7 years ago

   I am just starting Cross Fire, I love the Alex Cross series, I started them out of series and went back, now I’m reading them in order, it really helps.

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6. Sherry: 7 years ago

   I am a huge Alex Cross fan, no matter who is writing them….hopefully, they are getting paid well

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7. Patti Jones: 7 years ago

   Does anyone know where little Alex came from? In the book “Cross” His wife is killed when Jannie is 6 months old, then 7 to 10 years later little Alex is mentioned. No second wife or even a girlfriend is mentioned.

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   • Graeme: 7 years ago

     I stopped reading these books a few years ago – but if memory serves me correct you are talking about Ali, who is Alex Cross Jr. This was the child they had with Christine. There was big custody battles over it and all that.

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     • info: 6 years ago

       They mention her in Cross Fire

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   • jjazzy1: 4 years ago

     Little Alex came from his girlfriend Christine who was kidnapped while they (his family and the girlfriend Christine) were in Bermuda vacationing. Little did he know that she was pregnant for him when she was kidnapped. She had the baby while in captivity for 10 months.

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8. Rex Dixon: 7 years ago

   I dont think he’s written half thge books he’s supposed to have. I’m sure that he has two or three writers and he gives them a start on a story and then leaves them to it.
   I read once that he spends a lot of time down South playing golf with D.Trump so I’m sure that doesn’t leave him much time for writing but plenty for going to the bank.

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9. David Winfrey: 7 years ago

   Mary, Mary … is the peak of the Alex Cross novels.

   Cross Country.. I don’t think Patterson even wrote that one.

   the latest book, no one is mentioning that it didn’t finish the story.. a total gimmick to get readers to buy the next one. And its not a cliff hanger. its simply Unfinished…. And I like Alex Cross.

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   • DeAnna Wing-Larson: 7 years ago

     I’m reading Cross Country right now and it is most definitely written by James Patterson. 🙂 and the part you read is a preview, his book hasn’t been published yet!!

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10. Sherry Burnisky: 8 years ago

    When is the next book after Cross My Heart

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    • Dean Cowie: 7 years ago

      Hope To Die is due out this year, although very little information is known at this point.

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    • Amy: 3 years ago

      Hope to Die

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11. Stacy Jolley: 8 years ago

    What about cradle and all?

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    • Dan_Malone: 8 years ago

      Hi Stacy – Cradle and All was not part of the Alex Cross series. It’s listed on our James Patterson page: http://www.orderofbooks.com/authors/james-patterson/

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      • dolphin558: 8 years ago

        Thanks for the clarification.

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12. Gwendolynhill: 8 years ago

    I’m truly in love with Alex Cross and hate that I didn’t start reading them earlier

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