James Patterson has written or co-written many "Bookshots" or novellas, and has co-written books with many authors. The list below separates the works into four main categories: fiction written for adults, for young adults and for children, and non-fiction.[1]
Blowback (2022), with Brendan DuBois, Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-49963-7
The Horsewoman (2022), with Mike Lupica, Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-49977-4
Lion & Lamb (2023), with Duane Swierczynski, Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-40489-1
12 Months to Live (2023), with Mike Lupica, Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-40569-0
Holmes, Marple & Poe: The Greatest Crime-Solving Team of the Twenty-First Century (2024), with Brian Sitts, Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-405195
The #1 Lawyer (2024), with Nancy Allen, Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-499675
Hard To Kill (2024), with Mike Lupica, Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-569910
Short stories
Collections
Triple Threat (2016), with Max DiLallo and Andrew Bourelle, collection of 3 novellas:
"Cross Kill" (Alex Cross series), "Zoo 2" (Zoo series #1.5), "The Pretender"
Kill or Be Killed (2016), with Maxine Paetro, Emily Raymond, Rees Jones and Shan Serafin, collection of 4 novellas:
"The Trial" (Women's Murder Club series #15.5), "Little Black Dress", "Heist", "The Women's War"
The Moores are Missing (2017), with Loren D. Estleman, Sam Hawken and Ed Chatterton, collection of 3 novellas:
"The Moores are Missing", "The Housewife", "Absolute Zero"
The Moores Are Missing (2017), with Loren D. Estleman and Lee Stone, collection of 3 novellas:
"The Moores are Missing", "Kill and Tell", "Dead Heat"
Two From the Heart (2017), with Emily Raymond, Frank Constantini and Brian Sitts, collection of 2 novellas:
"Tell Me Your Best Story", "The Lifesaver"
The Family Lawyer (2017), with Robert Rotstein, Christopher Charles and Rachel Howzell Hall, collection of 3 novellas:
"The Family Lawyer", "Night Sniper", "The Good Sister"
Triple Homicide (2017), with Maxine Paetro and James O. Born, collection of 3 novellas:
"Detective Cross" (Alex Cross series), "The Medical Examiner" (Women's Murder Club series #16.5), "Manhunt" (Michael Bennett series #10.5)
Murder in Paradise (2018), with Doug Allyn, Connor Hyde and Duane Swierczynski, collection of 3 novellas:
"The Lawyer Lifeguard", "The Doctor's Plot", "The Shut-In"
The House Next Door (2019), with Susan DiLallo, Max DiLallo and Tim Arnold, New York: Grand Central Publishing ISBN978-1538730805, collection of 3 novellas:
"The House Next Door", "The Killer's Wife", "We. Are. Not. Alone"
All novellas
Jon Roscoe Thriller series:
"The Hostage" (2016), with Robert Gold
"The Verdict" (2016), with Robert Gold
"Kidnapped" (2016), with Robert Gold
Detective Luc Moncrief series:
"French Kiss" (2016), with Richard DiLallo
"The Christmas Mystery" (2016), with Richard DiLallo
"French Twist" (2017), with Richard DiLallo
Owen Taylor series:
"The End" (2017), with Brendan DuBois
"After the End" (2017), with Brendan DuBois
Mitchum series:
"Hidden" (2017), with James O. Born
"Malicious" (2017), with James O. Born
"Malevolent" (2020), with James O. Born
Omnibus: The River Murders (2020), with James O. Born
Stand-alones:
"Action" (2014), with Brent Gargan, short story (Alex Cross series)
"$10,000,000 Marriage Proposal" (2016), with Hilary Liftin
"113 Minutes" (2016), with Max DiLallo
"Airport: Code Red" (2016), with Michael White, Penguin ISBN978-1786530370
"Black & Blue" (2016), with Candice Fox (Detective Harriet Blue series #0.5)
Humans, Bow Down (2016), with Emily Raymond, Jill Dembowski, illustrated by Alexander Ovchinnikov, New York: Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-34696-2
Sophia, Princess Among Beasts (2019), with Emily Raymond
Comics
Maximum Ride: The Manga series
Maximum Ride, Vol. 1 (2009), with NaRae Lee
Maximum Ride, Vol. 2 (2009), with NaRae Lee
Maximum Ride, Vol. 3 (2010), with NaRae Lee
Maximum Ride, Vol. 4 (2011), with NaRae Lee
Maximum Ride, Vol. 5 (2011), with NaRae Lee
Maximum Ride, Vol. 6 (2012), with NaRae Lee
Maximum Ride, Vol. 7 (2013), with NaRae Lee
Maximum Ride, Vol. 8 (2014), with NaRae Lee
Maximum Ride, Vol. 9 (2015), with NaRae Lee
Maximum Ride, Vol. 10 (expected publication: 2020), with NaRae Lee
Maximum Ride, Vol. 11 (2018), with NaRae Lee
Daniel X: The Manga series
Daniel X: The Manga, Vol 1 (2010), with Michael Ledwidge and Seung-Hui Kye
Daniel X: The Manga, Vol 2 (2011), with Ned Rust and Seung-Hui Kye
Daniel X: The Manga, Vol 3 (2012), with Adam Sadler and Seung-Hui Kye
My Brother Is a Big, Fat Liar (2013), with Lisa Papademetriou, illustrated by Neil Swaab, New York: Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-20754-6[42]
How I Survived Bullies, Broccoli, and Snake Hill (2013), with Christopher Tebbets, illustrated by Laura Park, New York: Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-23175-6
Ultimate Showdown (2014), with Julia Bergen, illustrated by Alec Longstreth, New York: Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-32211-9
5.5. How I Got Lost in London (2014)
Save Rafe! (2014), with Christopher Tebbets, illustrated by Laura Park, New York: Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-32212-6
Just My Rotten Luck (2015), with Christopher Tebbets, illustrated by Laura Park, New York: Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-28477-6
7.25. Rafe's Aussie Adventure (2015)
7.5. Going Bush (2016), with Martin Chatterton
Dog's Best Friend (2016), with Christopher Tebbets, illustrated by Jomike Tejido, New York: Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-34954-3
Middle School: Hollywood 101 (2016), with Martin Chatterton
Escape to Australia (2017), with Martin Chatterton, illustrated by Daniel Griffo, New York: Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-27262-9
Middle School: G'day, America (2018), with Martin Chatterton
From Hero to Zero (2018), with Christopher Tebbets
Born to Rock (2019), with Christopher Tebbets
Middle School: Master of Disaster (2020), with Christopher Tebbets
Middle School: Field Trip Fiasco (2021), with Martin Chatterton ISBN978-1-549-18629-5
Middle School: It's a Zoo in Here! (2022), with Brian Sitts
Ali Cross trilogy
Ali Cross (2020)
Like Father Like Son (2021)
The Secret Detective (2022)
I Funny series
I Funny (2012), with Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Laura Park, New York: Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-20693-8
I Even Funnier: A Middle School Story (2013), with Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Laura Park, New York: Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-20697-6[43]
I Totally Funniest: A Middle School Story (2015), with Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Laura Park, New York: Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-26161-6
I Funny TV: A Middle School Story (2015), with Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Laura Park, New York: Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-30109-1
I Funny School of Laughs: A Middle School Story (2017), with Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Laura Park, New York: Little, Brown and Company
The Nerdiest, Wimpiest, Dorkiest I Funny Ever (2018), with Chris Grabenstein
Treasure Hunters series
Treasure Hunters (2013), with Chris Grabenstein and Mark Shulman, illustrated by Juliana Neufeld, New York: Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-20756-0[44]
Danger Down the Nile (2014), with Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Juliana Neufeld, New York: Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-37086-8
Secret of the Forbidden City (2015), with Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Juliana Neufeld, New York: Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-28480-6
Peril at the Top of the World (2016), with Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Juliana Neufeld, New York: Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-34693-1
Quest for the City of Gold (2017), with Chris Grabenstein
All-American Adventure (2019), with Chris Grabenstein
The Plunder Down Under (2020), with Chris Grabenstein
The Ultimate Quest (2022), with Chris Grabenstein
House of Robots series
House of Robots (2014), with Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Juliana Neufeld, New York: Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-40591-1
Robots Go Wild! (2015), with Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Juliana Neufeld, New York: Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-28479-0
Robot Revolution! (2017), with Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Juliana Neufeld, New York: Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-34958-1
House of Robots 4 (2022)
Jacky Ha-Ha series
Jacky Ha-Ha (2016), with Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Kerascoët, New York: Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-26249-1[45]
Jacky Ha-Ha: My Life is a Joke (2017), with Chris Grabenstein
Dog Diaries series
Dog Diaries (2018), with Steven Butler, New York: Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-48748-1
Happy Howlidays! (2018), with Steven Butler
Mission Impawsible (2019), with Steven Butler
Curse of the Mystery Mutt (2019), with Steven Butler
Camping Chaos! (2020), with Steven Butler
Dinosaur Disaster (2022), with Steven Butler
Max Einstein series
Max Einstein: The Genius Experiment (2018), with Chris Grabenstein, New York: Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0316523967
Max Einstein: Rebels With A Cause (2019), with Chris Grabenstein
Max Einstein: Saves the Future (2020), with Chris Grabenstein
Katt Dogg series
Katt vs. Dogg (2019), with Chris Grabenstein
Katt Loves Dogg (2021), with Chris Grabenstein
Stand-alones
Public School Superhero (2015), with Christopher Tebbetts, illustrated by Cory Thomas, New York: Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-32214-0
Word of Mouse (2016), with Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Joe Sutphin, New York: Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-34956-7
Laugh Out Loud (2017), with Chris Grabenstein
Not So Normal Norbert (2018), with Joey Green, New York: Knopf & Little, Brown and Company
"Boys Will Be Boys" (2011), Guys Read series, New York: Walden Pond Press ISBN978-0-06-211215-6
Picture books
Little Geniuses series
Big Words for Little Geniuses (2017), with Susan Patterson, illustrated by Hsinping Pan, picture book, New York: Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-50294-8
Cuddly Critters for Little Geniuses (2018), with Susan Patterson, illustrated by Hsinping Pan, picture book, New York: JIMMY Patterson Books, Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-48628-6
Stand-alones
SantaKid (2004), illustrated by Michael Garland, picture book, New York: Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-00061-1
Give Please a Chance (2016), with Bill O'Reilly, picture book
Med Head: My Knock-down, Drag-out, Drugged-up Battle with My Brain (2010), with Hal Friedman, memoirs, New York: Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-07617-3[46]
The House of Kennedy (2020), with Cynthia Fagen
The Last Days of John Lennon (2020), with Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge, New York: Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-316-42907-8[47]
"E.R. Nurses" (2021), with Matt Eversmann and Chris Mooney, New York: Little, Brown and Company ISBN978-0-759-55426-9Patterson, James; Eversmann, Matt; Mooney, Chris (2021). E.R. Nurse. New York: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN978-0-759-55426-9.
Walk in My Combat Boots: True Stories from America's Bravest Warriors (2021), with Matt Eversmann, and Chris Mooney, Little, Brown and Company
Trump vs. Clinton: In Their Own Words (2016), Bookshots ISBN978-0316546508
Sociology
The Day America Told the Truth (1991), with Peter Kim, New York: Prentice Hall Press ISBN978-0134634807[49]
The Second American Revolution: The People's Plan for Fixing America-Before Its Too Late (1994), with Peter Kim, New York: William Morrow and Company ISBN978-0688117306
All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row (2018), with Alex Abramovich and Mike Harvkey
Discovery's Murder is Forever also known as Investigation Discovery's True Crime series:
^Patterson, James; Grabenstein, Chris; Shulman, Mark (2013). Treasure Hunters. Illustrated by Juliana Neufeld. New York: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN978-0-316-20756-0.
^Patterson, James; Grabenstein, Chris (2016). Jacky Ha-Ha. Illustrated by Kerascoët. New York: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN978-0-316-26249-1.