Author

Brendan DuBois

Q: What should I read first by Brendan DuBois?

Start with the Alex Cross series, since it is the first on file, then read it in publication order.

Brendan DuBois has 29 known credited books (29 published) across 4 series. Start with Alex Cross. Brendan DuBois contributes to Alex Cross (created by James Patterson).

Brendan DuBois is an American author from New Hampshire and a former newspaper reporter who has written more than twenty novels and over 150 short stories across mystery, thriller and alternate-history fiction. He is best known for the long-running Lewis Cole mystery series, following a magazine columnist and former Department of Defense analyst investigating crimes along the New Hampshire seacoast, and for Resurrection Day, which won the Sidewise Award for Best Alternative History Novel. In recent years he has become a regular co-author with James Patterson, sharing credit on the bestsellers The First Lady, The Cornwalls Are Gone, After the End and The Witnesses. New readers wanting his independent voice should start with the first Lewis Cole novel, Dead Sand, which established his blend of regional New England atmosphere and classic private-investigator plotting; those who came to him through the Patterson partnership can trace his contributions most directly in The Cornwalls Are Gone and its sequels. DuBois's short fiction has won the Shamus Award three times and appeared widely in genre magazines including Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. He is also a former Jeopardy! champion. There is no film or television adaptation of his work to date.

Series: 4
Credited books: 29
Published: 29
Latest published book: Terminal Surf 1 January 2024
Active: 1994–present
Best known for: Alex Cross

Key facts about Brendan DuBois

Brendan DuBois has 29 books on our list. 18 of them belong to a series, while 11 stand alone. Since all 29 are out now, every book here is ready to read. Their series sit on our thriller, mystery and post-apocalyptic science fiction shelves.

Brendan DuBois has 4 series on file. Alex Cross has 35 books, while Lewis Cole has 12 books. Empire of the North has 2 books, starting in 2012.

Dark Victory has 3 books, starting in 2015. In particular, Alex Cross is the longest series on file. Alex Cross began with James Patterson, while Brendan DuBois has books in it too.

Alex Cross starts with Along Came a Spider, while Lewis Cole starts with Dead Sand. Empire of the North starts with The Noble Warrior.

Since Alex Cross is the first series on file, it is the place to start. Their first published book on file came out in 1994. Meanwhile, Terminal Surf is the latest published book, out on 1 January 2024.

There are also 11 standalone books. You can read them in any order, since each one stands alone. The newest one that is out is Blowback, from 2022. The oldest on file is Resurrection Day, from 1999.