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On April 1, 2005, James Patterson published The Angel Experiment – the first of nine novels in the Maximum Ride series.

This series is aimed at teens but, similar to other series like Harry Potter and The Hunger Games, is enjoyed just as much by adults.

There were originally only nine Maximum Ride books, but the series was inspired by two other novels by James Patterson that had been aimed at adults – When The Wind Blows and The Lake House.

Although the series initially ended with the release of Maximum Ride Forever in 2015, it was resurrected for a second series which began in 2016.

To help you read these novels in the correct order, we’ve provided a list below of all the stories featuring Maximum Ride in the order that they were published.

The list links to pages for each of the books; those pages will provide you with the following information:

• The date it was published
• A description of the story
• A link to get the book on Amazon or to check out reviews of it by other readers
• A picture of the novel’s cover

We also have a separate page with a complete listing of all James Patterson’s books in chronological order – you can find that here.

Maximum Ride Series In Order

Series 1

1. The Angel Experiment
2. School’s Out Forever
3. Saving The World And Other Extreme Sports
4. The Final Warning
5. Max
6. Fang
7. Angel
8. Nevermore
9. Maximum Ride Forever

Series 2

1. Ultimate Flight

On March 5, 2001, James Patterson published 1st To Die. This launched the start of the Women’s Murder Club series which has gone on to become one of his most read – and most loved – series of books.

1st To Die was written solely by Patterson, but the rest of the Women’s Murder Club books have been written with other authors – a couple of them with Andrew Gross and the rest with Maxine Paetro.

Millions of these novels have been sold which has resulted in many of the titles making it to the top of the New York Times bestsellers list.

On this page we’ve provided two lists of all the books in this series ordered by their date of publication, although their titles certainly make it easy to know the correct order!

The first list contains all of the full-length novels, while the second has any novellas or short stories that are linked to the series.

The lists have links to dedicated pages for each of the stories. On those pages, you can find out more information about each one, as well as a link to get a copy on Amazon if you haven’t yet had a chance to read it.

To find out how these books fit in with all of his other releases, take a look at our complete list of James Patterson books in order.

Women’s Murder Club Series In Order

Full-Length Novels

1. 1st To Die
2. 2nd Chance
3. 3rd Degree
4. 4th Of July
5. The 5th Horseman
6. The 6th Target
7. 7th Heaven
8. The 8th Confession
9. The 9th Judgment
10. 10th Anniversary
11. 11th Hour
12. 12th Of Never
13. Unlucky 13
14. 14th Deadly Sin
15. 15th Affair
16. 16th Seduction
17. The 17th Suspect
18. The 18th Abduction
19. The 19th Christmas
20. The 20th Victim
21. 21st Birthday
22. 22 Seconds
23. The 23rd Midnight
24. The 24th Hour

Other Women’s Murder Club Stories

1. The Trial
2. The Medical Examiner
3. 23 1/2 Lies

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

1. Along Came A Spider
2. Kiss The Girls
3. Jack And Jill
4. Cat And Mouse
5. Pop Goes The Weasel
6. Roses Are Red
7. Violets Are Blue
8. Four Blind Mice
9. The Big Bad Wolf
10. London Bridges
11. Mary, Mary
12. Cross
13. Double Cross
14. Cross Country
15. Alex Cross’s Trial
16. I, Alex Cross
17. Cross Fire
18. Kill Alex Cross
19. Merry Christmas, Alex Cross
20. Alex Cross, Run
21. Cross My Heart
22. Hope To Die
23. Cross Justice
24. Cross The Line
25. The People vs Alex Cross
26. Target: Alex Cross
27. Criss Cross
28. Deadly Cross
29. Fear No Evil
30. Triple Cross
31. Cross Down
32. Alex Cross Must Die
33. The House Of Cross

Other Alex Cross Stories

1. Cross Kill
2. Detective Cross

Too Uncool For School is the 17th book in the Middle School series by James Patterson and Martin Chatterton.

The release date of this story will be January 20, 2025.

Too Uncool For School book description

Rafe Khatchadorian has never been cool. But all that changes when he becomes the guitarist in an awesome rock band and wrangles a part-time job at Hills Village’s trendiest new coffee shop slash yoga studio. No more being at the bottom of the middle school food chain—Rafe is finally going to be popular!

He just has two teeny problems: the awesome rock band is led by none other than the school bully. And the band actually isn’t awesome—they absolutely stink, and Rafe has to whip them into shape for the Best Band Competition.

With Rafe’s newfound coolness on the line, will he find a way to hit the stage in style, or is he doomed to dorkdom forever?

The Texas Murders is the third installment in the Rory Yates series by James Patterson and Andrew Bourelle.

The release date of this novel will be January 14, 2025.

The Texas Murders book description

Texas Ranger Rory Yates wears a five-pointed silver badge and travels his home state investigating unsolved crimes alongside local law enforcement.

He’s also a quick-draw champion, and at a weekend target-shooting competition, he’s impressed with archery champion Ava Cruz.

Cruz, an officer with the Tigua Tribal police, is wary of Texas Rangers, but she and Yates forge an uneasy partnership when he joins her in investigating the disappearances of native women who have gone missing on the summer solstice over the past several years.

When a killer lures them to the edges of Texas’s most unforgiving landscape, Cruz and Yates discover that they have more in common than they realize.

Holmes Is Missing is the second installment in the Holmes, Marple & Poe series by James Patterson and Brian Sitts.

The release date of this novel will be January 6, 2025.

Holmes Is Missing book description

Success has come quickly to Holmes, Marple & Poe Investigations, a Brooklyn-based elite team of three detectives with famous names and mysterious pasts.

At two a.m., Auguste Poe, the “muscle” of the trio, speeds across the Williamsburg Bridge toward a fresh NYPD crime scene, called by Detective Helene Grey. His passenger, Margaret Marple, is the “eyes” of their operation—a PI whose contact list is rivaled only by her keen powers of observation.

Six infants are missing.

So is the “brain” of their agency, Brendan Holmes.

When the two PIs arrive at the scene, they’re confronted by a perplexing abduction case.

Poe whispers to Marple, “Of all the times to be one brain short!”

If only they could consult with the errant Holmes—before the kidnappers strike again.

The House Of Cross is the 33rd book in the New York Times bestselling Alex Cross series by James Patterson.

The release date of this novel will be November 25, 2024.

The House Of Cross book description

In Washington, DC, the president-elect is planning her inauguration.

The list of Supreme Court candidates is highly confidential—until it becomes evidence in Detective Alex Cross’s toughest investigation.

One candidate is gunned down. A second is stabbed. A third is murdered near midnight on a city street.

Cross is the FBI’s top expert in criminal behavior. For the sake of his family, his city, and his country, he must put himself in the most dangerous place there is: inside the mind of a diabolical killer.

Murder Island is the second book in the Doc Savage series (the first being The Perfect Assassin) by James Patterson and Brian Sitts.

The release date of this novel was October 8, 2024.

Murder Island book description

When professor turned crime-fighter Brandt “‘Doc'”Savage and his girlfriend Kira Sunlight land on a desert island in the middle of the Atlantic, they think they’ve found a perfect utopia. An escape from their tumultuous pasts.

But they don’t have long to enjoy their newfound peace before they are violently separated and dragged to opposite ends of the Earth.

Doc’s search for Kira takes him from the coast of Brazil to northern Europe and the jungles of the Congo, and he discovers they are entangled in a global conspiracy that is bigger he ever could have imagined.

The Poison Puzzle is the first book in the MK’s Detective Club series by bestselling author James Patterson and Keir Graff.

The release date of this story was May 7, 2024.

The Poison Puzzle book description

Living in the luxurious Arcanum building—with its interior balconies perfect for playing tag, an elevator like an iron birdcage, and quirky neighbors behind every apartment door—has always been fun and games for twelve-year-old Minerva Keen … until her neighbors start getting poisoned. Anyone could be next, and everyone is a suspect, including Minerva herself.

To clear her name and help the police crack the case, Minerva starts her own detective club. So what if it has only two other members, one being Minerva’s accident-prone daredevil brother and the other being the biggest and quietest kid in school, who happens to be afraid of his own shadow? Minerva knows that with her brainpower, the club’s sleuthing skills, and case files full of suspects, they can unmask the poisoner … hopefully before it’s too late.

This page-turning new mystery series is packed with thrills, chills, laughs, and unforgettable characters and will leave kids eager to join the best club around.

The 24th Hour is the 24th book in the bestselling Women’s Murder Club series by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.

The release date of this novel was May 6, 2024.

The 24th Hour book description

SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer, Medical Examiner Claire Washburn, Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano, and crime writer Cindy Thomas gather at one of San Francisco’s finest restaurants to celebrate exciting news: Cindy is getting married.

Before they can raise their glasses, there’s a disturbance in the restaurant. A woman has been assaulted.

Claire examines the victim. Lindsay makes an arrest. Yuki takes the case. Cindy covers it.

The legal strategy is complicated by gaps in the plaintiff’s memory—and the shocking reason behind her ever-changing testimony.

As Yuki leads the prosecution, Lindsay chases down a high-society killer whose target practice may leave the Women’s Murder Club short a bridesmaid … or two.