Douglas Preston

8 Series

Douglas Preston is an American author known for his collaborative techno-thriller and horror novels with Lincoln Child. Their notable works include the Pendergast series and the Gideon Crew series, along with several standalone novels. Preston also authored non-fiction books, expanding his range beyond fiction.

Three brothers race against time to uncover their father's hidden grave and the treasures it holds. Their quest is complicated by a diverse group of opportunists drawn by the promise of wealth and the rumored ancient Mayan codex, believed to cure serious diseases. As the pursuit intensifies, greed and ambition fuel the formation of alliances and spark fierce rivalries. The stakes are immense, with the potential for both great fortune and groundbreaking medical discoveries hanging in the balance.

Pendergast (with Lincoln Child)

Relic

(1995)

Reliquary

(1997)

The Cabinet of Curiosities

(2001)

Still Life with Crows

(2003)

Brimstone

(2004)

Dance of Death

(2005)

The Book of the Dead

(2006)

The Wheel of Darkness

(2007)

Cemetery Dance

(2009)

Fever Dream

(2010)

Cold Vengeance

(2011)

Extraction

(2012)

Two Graves

(2012)

White Fire

(2013)

Blue Labyrinth

(2014)

Crimson Shore

(2015)

The Obsidian Chamber

(2016)

City of Endless Night

(2018)

Verses for the Dead

(2018)

The Strange Case of Monsieur Bertin

(2019)

Crooked River

(2020)

Bloodless

(2021)

The Cabinet of Dr. Leng

(2023)

Angel of Vengeance

(2024)

Wyman Ford

Tyrannosaur Canyon

(2005)

Blasphemy

(2007)

Impact

(2009)

The Kraken Project

(2014)

Gideon Crew (with Lincoln Child)

Gideon's Sword

(2011)

Gideon's Corpse

(2012)

The Lost Island

(2014)

Beyond the Ice Limit

(2016)

The Pharaoh Key

(2018)

Nora Kelly (with Lincoln Child)

Thunderhead

(1999)

Old Bones

(2019)

The Scorpion's Tail

(2021)

Diablo Mesa

(2022)

Dead Mountain

(2023)

Badlands

(2025)

Standalone Novels

Jennie

(1994)

Mount Dragon

(1996)(With: Lincoln Child)

Riptide

(1998)(With: Lincoln Child)

The Ice Limit

(2000)(With: Lincoln Child)

The Codex

(2003)

Extinction

(2024)

Non-Fiction

Dinosaurs in the Attic

(1986)

Cities of Gold

(1992)

Talking to the Ground

(1995)

The Monster of Florence

(2006)

The Forgotten Killer: Rudy Guede and the Murder of Meredith Kercher

(2014)(With: Steve Moore,John Douglas Marshall,Mark Olshaker)

The Lost City of the Monkey God

(2017)

The Lost Tomb

(2023)

Mysterious Profiles

Rambo

(2022)(By: David Morrell)

Elvis Cole and Joe Pike

(2022)(By: Robert Crais)

Jack Taylor

(2022)(By: Ken Bruen)

Jack Reacher

(2022)(By: Lee Child)

Charlie Parker

(2022)(By: John Connolly)

Hieronymus Bosch

(2022)(By: Michael Connelly)

Lincoln Rhyme

(2022)(By: Jeffery Deaver)

Alex Delaware

(2022)(By: Jonathan Kellerman)

Tess Monaghan

(2022)(By: Laura Lippman)

Charlie Resnick

(2022)(By: John Harvey)

Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus

(2022)(By: Faye Kellerman)

Inspector Morse

(2022)(By: Colin Dexter)

Dismas Hardy

(2022)(By: John Lescroart)

Bob Lee Swagger

(2022)(By: Stephen Hunter)

Aloysius X. L. Pendergast

(2022)

Lou Boldt

(2022)(By: Ridley Pearson)

Spenser

(2022)(By: Robert B. Parker)

Charlotte and Thomas Pitt

(2022)(By: Anne Perry)

John Rebus

(2022)(By: Ian Rankin)

Mallory

(2022)(By: Carol O'Connell)

Jane Whitefield

(2022)(By: Thomas Perry)

Ian Rutledge

(2022)(By: Charles Todd)

Amos Walker

(2022)(By: Loren D. Estleman)

Precious Ramotswe

(2022)(By: Alexander McCall Smith)

Maisie Dobbs

(2022)(By: Jacqueline Winspear)

The Lincoln Lawyer

(2022)(By: Michael Connelly)

Condor

(2023)(By: James Grady)

Ben Kincaid

(2023)(By: William Bernhardt)

Repairman Jack

(2023)(By: F. Paul Wilson)

Joe Pickett

(2024)(By: C.J. Box)

Peter Diamond

(2024)(By: Peter Lovesey)

Nathan Heller

(2024)(By: Max Allan Collins)

Anthologies

Gone Fishing and Other Stories

(2012)

FaceOff

(2014)

Gaslighted: Slappy the Ventriloquist Dummy vs. Aloysius Pendergast

(2014)

Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering

(2024)

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