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(b.Douglas Preston was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1956, and grew up in the deadly boring suburb of Wellesley. His first job was as an editor at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. His stint at the museum resulted in his first nonfiction book, Dinosaurs in the Attic, as well as his first novel, Relic, co-authored with Lincoln Child, which was made into a movie by Paramount Pictures. Relic was followed by a string of other thrillers co-written with Child, many featuring eccentric FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast. Preston spends his free time riding horses in New Mexico and gunkholing around the Maine coast in an old lobster boat. He counts in his ancestry the poet Emily Dickinson, the newspaperman Horace Greeley, and the infamous murderer and opium addict Amasa Greenough.
Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Literary Fiction
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Series
Agent Pendergast (with Lincoln Child)
1. The Relic (1995)
2. Reliquary (1997)
3. The Cabinet of Curiosities (2002)
4. Still Life with Crows (2003)
5. Brimstone (2004)
6. Dance of Death (2005)
7. The Book of the Dead (2006)
8. The Wheel of Darkness (2007)
9. Cemetery Dance (2009)
10. Fever Dream (2010)
11. Cold Vengeance (2011)
12. Two Graves (2012)
12.5. Extraction (2012)
13. White Fire (2013)
14. Blue Labyrinth (2014)
15. Crimson Shore (2015)
16. The Obsidian Chamber (2016)
17. City of Endless Night (2018)
18. Verses for the Dead (2018)
19. Crooked River (2020)
20. Bloodless (2021)
Aloysius X. L. Pendergast: A Mysterious Profile (2022)
21. The Cabinet of Dr. Leng (2023)
22. Angel of Vengeance (2024)
1. The Relic (1995)
2. Reliquary (1997)
3. The Cabinet of Curiosities (2002)
4. Still Life with Crows (2003)
5. Brimstone (2004)
6. Dance of Death (2005)
7. The Book of the Dead (2006)
8. The Wheel of Darkness (2007)
9. Cemetery Dance (2009)
10. Fever Dream (2010)
11. Cold Vengeance (2011)
12. Two Graves (2012)
12.5. Extraction (2012)
13. White Fire (2013)
14. Blue Labyrinth (2014)
15. Crimson Shore (2015)
16. The Obsidian Chamber (2016)
17. City of Endless Night (2018)
18. Verses for the Dead (2018)
19. Crooked River (2020)
20. Bloodless (2021)
Aloysius X. L. Pendergast: A Mysterious Profile (2022)
21. The Cabinet of Dr. Leng (2023)
22. Angel of Vengeance (2024)
Nora Kelly (with Lincoln Child)
0.5. The Cabinet of Curiosities (2002)
1. Old Bones (2019)
2. The Scorpion's Tail (2021)
3. Diablo Mesa (2022)
4. Dead Mountain (2023)
5. Badlands (2025)
0.5. The Cabinet of Curiosities (2002)
1. Old Bones (2019)
2. The Scorpion's Tail (2021)
3. Diablo Mesa (2022)
4. Dead Mountain (2023)
5. Badlands (2025)
Wyman Ford
1. Tyrannosaur Canyon (2005)
2. Blasphemy (2007)
3. Impact (2010)
4. The Kraken Project (2014)
1. Tyrannosaur Canyon (2005)
2. Blasphemy (2007)
3. Impact (2010)
4. The Kraken Project (2014)
Gideon Crew (with Lincoln Child)
1. Gideon's Sword (2011)
2. Gideon's Corpse (2012)
3. The Lost Island (2014)
4. Beyond the Ice Limit (2016)
5. The Pharaoh Key (2018)
1. Gideon's Sword (2011)
2. Gideon's Corpse (2012)
3. The Lost Island (2014)
4. Beyond the Ice Limit (2016)
5. The Pharaoh Key (2018)
Novels
Jennie (1994)
Mount Dragon (1996) (with Lincoln Child)
Riptide (1998) (with Lincoln Child)
Thunderhead (1999) (with Lincoln Child)
The Ice Limit (2000) (with Lincoln Child)
The Codex (2001)
Fourteen Days (2023) (with others)
Mount Dragon (1996) (with Lincoln Child)
Riptide (1998) (with Lincoln Child)
Thunderhead (1999) (with Lincoln Child)
The Ice Limit (2000) (with Lincoln Child)
The Codex (2001)
Fourteen Days (2023) (with others)
Novellas and Short Stories
Anthologies edited
Series contributed to
Non fiction show
Books containing stories by Douglas Preston
The Lineup (2009)
The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives
edited by
Otto Penzler
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Douglas Preston recommends
Night in the City (2025)
Michael McGarrity
"Michael McGarrity must surely be one of the most accomplished and versatile writers of our time. In so many of his books, McGarrity transcends genre-from best-selling mysteries and thrillers to sweeping historical epics. He has now published Night in the City, a work of noir set in Manhattan. It is a novel as compelling and splendid as his New Mexico books, a work of rich literary value, disquieting, fast-paced, and atmospheric. It beautifully conjures up New York of the 1950s and introduces us to a character for the ages, Sam Monroe-an assistant DA accused of a brutal murder. I highly, highly recommend this novel."
What She's Hiding (2025)
Art Bell
"If you love a dark, stylish thriller with a wicked sense of humor, What She's Hiding by Art Bell is for you. With memorable characters, a noirish New York City setting, and a story that cuts like a knife, this novel will keep you reading until the wee hours. I highly recommend it!"
The Oligarch's Daughter (2025)
Joseph Finder
"Joseph Finder has written some of the finest spy novels of our time, and he just keeps getting better. The Oligarch's Daughter, his latest, rockets the reader into the terrifying story of Paul Brightman, who innocently falls in love with a Russian oligarch's daughter and finds his life brutally overturned - forced to live under a false name, pursued by Russian killers, and forced to confront a malevolent conspiracy within the US government itself. On display is Finder's intricate and fascinating knowledge of spycraft, Russia, and intelligence. I highly, highly recommend this unrelenting thriller!'"
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