Richard North Patterson Books in Order
Richard North Patterson has written 24 books, published between 1979 and 2023. The first book is The Lasko Tangent (1979) and the newest is Trial (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 24
- Published
- 1979–2023
- Confirmed
- 24 of 24 titles
- Pages on record
- 9,054 in 19 of 24 books
- Reading time
- 151–226 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,054 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 24 titles with a page count on record.
Legal and political thrillers make up Richard North Patterson's catalogue - lawyers, murder trials, presidential candidates and terrorism. The Lasko Tangent (1979) opens the list, and Degree of Guilt (1992) and Eyes of a Child (1995) belong to the Christopher Paget run. Kerry Kilcannon and Tony Lord head the other series. Twenty-four titles are catalogued, the last of them Trial in 2023.
How many Richard North Patterson books are there?
Richard North Patterson has 24 books, released between 1979 and 2023. They include 4 separate series.
Richard North Patterson Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 24 Richard North Patterson 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.
- 119793683/4
- 21981–3/4
- 31983–3/4
- 419854413/4
- 519916083/4
- 619927203/4
- 719957523/4
- 8The Final Judgment / Caroline MastersRichard North Patterson Standalone Novels #31995 · confirmed 3/41995–3/4
- 919985093/4
- 1019994273/4
- 1120005913/4
- 1220036103/4
- 1320055193/4
- 1420075623/4
- 1520073393/4
- 1620093713/4
- 1720093693/4
- 1820104013/4
- 192011–3/4
- 2020122783/4
- 2120133533/4
- 2220143883/4
- 2320174483/4
- 242023–3/4
Richard North Patterson 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.
Richard North Patterson Standalone Novels
11 books11 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Christopher Paget in order
4 booksKerry Kilcannon in order
3 booksMartha's Vineyard in order
3 booksTony Lord in order
2 booksRichard North Patterson Non-Fiction
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Richard North Patterson Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Richard North Patterson books run from The Lasko Tangent (1979) to Trial (2023), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Richard North Patterson in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Richard North Patterson books in order?
You only need to read Richard North Patterson books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Richard North Patterson
Start with The Lasko Tangent (1979), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Richard North Patterson book?
Trial (2023) is the newest Richard North Patterson book released so far.
Is there a new Richard North Patterson book coming?
No next Richard North Patterson book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Richard North Patterson has won
Wikidata records 2 awards for Richard North Patterson. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Grand Prix de Littérature Policière1995Wonfor Degree of Guilt
- Edgar Awards1980Won
Richard North Patterson at a glance
- Paused
- No new Richard North Patterson title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Richard North Patterson books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 9,054 pages across the 19 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 441 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Richard North Patterson books, 7 of 24, were published in the 2000s.
What the Richard North Patterson books are about
23 of the 24 Richard North Patterson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: suspense is tagged on 8 of 23. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Suspense 8 of 23 books
- Legal stories 7 of 23 books
- Thrillers 5 of 23 books
- Lawyers 4 of 23 books
- Murder 4 of 23 books
- Presidential candidates 4 of 23 books
- Family secrets 3 of 23 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 23 books
- Political fiction 3 of 23 books
- Presidents 3 of 23 books
- Women lawyers 3 of 23 books
- California 2 of 23 books