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Ali Cross Books in Order

Ali Cross by James Patterson contains 3 books, published between 2019 and 2022. The first book is Ali Cross (2019) and the newest is The Secret Detective (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
3
Published
2019–2022
Confirmed
3 of 3 titles
Pages on record
304 in 1 of 3 books
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Ali Cross is a children's mystery series by James Patterson, set in Washington, D.C. Three books make up the run: Ali Cross (2019), Like Father, Like Son (2021) and The Secret Detective (2022). The stories are detective fiction written for young readers, drawing on school settings and missing-persons cases. No further title has appeared since 2022, and the series is dormant.

How many Ali Cross books are there?

Ali Cross has 3 books, released between 2019 and 2022.

Ali Cross Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 3 Ali Cross 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 Like Father, Like Son by James Patterson, book 2 of the Ali Cross series (2021)
  2. Cover of The Secret Detective by James Patterson, book 3 of the Ali Cross series (2022)
  1. 1
    Ali Cross2019 · confirmed 4/4
    2019–
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  2. 2
    Like Father, Like Son2021 · 304 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2021304
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  3. 3
    The Secret Detective2022 · confirmed 4/4
    2022–
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Is there a chronological order for Ali Cross?

No separate chronological order is on record for Ali Cross, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Ali Cross books in order?

You should read the Ali Cross books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Ali Cross book also stands alone.

Where to start with Ali Cross

Start with Ali Cross (2019), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ali Cross book?

The Secret Detective (2022) is the newest Ali Cross book released so far.

Is there a new Ali Cross book coming?

No next Ali Cross book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Ali Cross at a glance

Paused
No new Ali Cross title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Ali Cross books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
304 pages across the 1 of 3 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ali Cross books, 2 of 3, were published in the 2020s.
Corroboration
3 of the 3 titles appear in all four independent book listings.

What the Ali Cross books are about

1 of the 3 Ali Cross books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by James Patterson

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

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