In 1993, James Patterson released his 8th book – Along Came A Spider – which introduced the world to Detective Alex Cross.
More than 20 novels later, Cross is one of the world’s most loved characters and series of books, resulting in numerous #1 New York Times bestsellers and movies starring Morgan Freeman and Tyler Perry as the detective.
To help you keep track of the order in which you should read these stories, we’ve produced two lists below of all the stories in the Alex Cross series in order chronologically. The first contains all of the full-length novels, while the second contains any novellas or short stories that he appears in.
The series lists have links to separate pages for each of the books. We have all kinds of information on those pages:
- The date of publication
- A description of the story (don’t worry – we haven’t given away any of the twists!)
- A link to the book on Amazon for you to check out reviews by other readers or to get a copy if you’ve not yet read it
- A picture of the book’s cover
If you’d like to see a list of all James Patterson’s books in order – not just those featuring Alex Cross – you can find one here.
Alex Cross Series In Order
Full-Length Novels
- Along Came A Spider
- Kiss The Girls
- Jack And Jill
- Cat And Mouse
- Pop Goes The Weasel
- Roses Are Red
- Violets Are Blue
- Four Blind Mice
- The Big Bad Wolf
- London Bridges
- Mary, Mary
- Cross
- Double Cross
- Cross Country
- Alex Cross’s Trial
- I, Alex Cross
- Cross Fire
- Kill Alex Cross
- Merry Christmas, Alex Cross
- Alex Cross, Run
- Cross My Heart
- Hope To Die
- Cross Justice
- Cross The Line
- The People vs Alex Cross
- Target: Alex Cross
- Criss Cross
- Deadly Cross
- Fear No Evil
- Triple Cross
- Cross Down
- Alex Cross Must Die
- The House Of Cross
Other Alex Cross Stories
