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Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Books in Order

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child has written 16 books, published between 1995 and 2024. The first book is Relic (1995) and the newest is Angel of Vengeance (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
1995–2024
Pages on record
5,319 in 12 of 16 books
Reading time
89–133 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,319 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 16 titles with a page count on record.

See all 16 books in order Printable Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child checklist

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child write thrillers together, and 16 of their joint books are catalogued here. Relic (1995) starts the collaboration and Angel of Vengeance (2024) is the most recent entry. Aloysius Pendergast, a government investigator, carries most of them through serial murder cases in New York. The pair keep publishing.

The Agent Pendergast novels by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child blend mystery, thriller and horror elements as Pendergast investigates each case.

How many Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child books are there?

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child has 16 books, released between 1995 and 2024.

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Relic (1995)
  2. Cover of Reliquary (1997)
  3. Cover of The Cabinet of Curiosities (2002)
  4. Cover of Brimstone (2004)
  5. Cover of Dance of Death (2005)
  6. Cover of Cemetery Dance (2009)
  7. Cover of Fever Dream (2010)
  8. Cover of Cold Vengeance (2011)
  9. Cover of White Fire (2013)
  10. Cover of Verses for the Dead (2018)
  11. Cover of Angel of Vengeance (2024)
  1. 1
    Relic1995 · 480 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995480
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  2. 2
    Reliquary1997 · 382 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997382
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  3. 3
    The Cabinet of Curiosities2002 · 466 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002466
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  4. 4
    Still Life with Crows2003 · confirmed 1/4
    2003–
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  5. 5
    Brimstone2004 · 497 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004497
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  6. 6
    Dance of Death2005 · 706 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005706
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  7. 7
    The Book Of The Dead2006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
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  8. 8
    The Wheel of Darkness2007 · 388 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007388
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  9. 9
    Cemetery Dance2009 · 435 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009435
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  10. 10
    Fever Dream2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  11. 11
    Cold Vengeance2011 · 356 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011356
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  12. 12
    White Fire2013 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013368
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  13. 13
    Crimson Shore2015 · 339 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015339
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  14. 14
    The Obsidian Chamber2016 · 550 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016550
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  15. 15
    Verses for the Dead2018 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018352
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  16. 16
    Angel of Vengeance2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Standalone books

16 books

16 Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 16 Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

Start with Relic (1995), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child book?

Angel of Vengeance (2024) is the newest Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child book released so far.

Is there a new Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child book coming?

No next Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child at a glance

Still publishing
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
5,319 pages across the 12 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 412 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child books, 7 of 16, were published in the 2000s.

What the Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child books are about

14 of the 16 Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: government investigators is tagged on 9 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

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