Author · updated 2026
Douglas Preston Books in Order
Every Douglas Preston book in publication order — 49 in total, spanning 1986–2021.
Publication Order of Pendergast Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Relic | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Reliquary | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Cabinet of Curiosities | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Still Life with Crows | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Brimstone | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Dance of Death | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Book of the Dead | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Wheel of Darkness | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Cemetery Dance | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Fever Dream | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Cold Vengeance | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Two Graves | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Extraction | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | White Fire | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Blue Labyrinth | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Crimson Shore | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | The Obsidian Chamber | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | City of Endless Night | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Verses for the Dead | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Crooked River | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Wyman Ford Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyrannosaur Canyon | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Blasphemy | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Impact | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Kraken Project | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Gideon Crew Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gideon's Sword | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Gideon's Corpse | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Lost Island | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Beyond the Ice Limit | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Pharaoh Key | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Nora Kelly Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Bones | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Scorpion's Tail | 2021 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jennie | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Mount Dragon | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Riptide | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Thunderhead | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Ice Limit | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Codex | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinosaurs in the Attic | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Cities of Gold | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Talking to the Ground | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Monster of Florence | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Forgotten Killer: Rudy Guede and the Murder of Meredith Kercher | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Lost City of the Monkey God | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of R. L. Stine's Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beware! R.L. Stine Picks His Favourite Scary Stories | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Fear | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Gaslighted: Slappy the Ventriloquist Dummy vs. Aloysius Pendergast | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Scream and Scream Again! | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FaceOff | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Gaslighted: Slappy the Ventriloquist Dummy vs. Aloysius Pendergast | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 49, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinosaurs in the Attic | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Cities of Gold | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Jennie | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Relic | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Talking to the Ground | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Mount Dragon | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Reliquary | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Riptide | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Thunderhead | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | The Ice Limit | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | The Cabinet of Curiosities | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Beware! R.L. Stine Picks His Favourite Scary Stories | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Still Life with Crows | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | The Codex | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Brimstone | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Dance of Death | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Tyrannosaur Canyon | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | The Book of the Dead | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | The Monster of Florence | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | The Wheel of Darkness | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Blasphemy | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Cemetery Dance | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Impact | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Fever Dream | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Fear | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Cold Vengeance | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Gideon's Sword | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Two Graves | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Extraction | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Gideon's Corpse | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | White Fire | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | Blue Labyrinth | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | The Kraken Project | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | The Lost Island | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | The Forgotten Killer: Rudy Guede and the Murder of Meredith Kercher | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | Gaslighted: Slappy the Ventriloquist Dummy vs. Aloysius Pendergast | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | FaceOff | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | Gaslighted: Slappy the Ventriloquist Dummy vs. Aloysius Pendergast | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | Crimson Shore | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | The Obsidian Chamber | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | Beyond the Ice Limit | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | The Lost City of the Monkey God | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | City of Endless Night | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | Verses for the Dead | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | The Pharaoh Key | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | Scream and Scream Again! | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | Old Bones | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | Crooked River | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | The Scorpion's Tail | 2021 | Amazon US UK |
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