About this book
Black Market (1986, 768 pages) is, at nearly twice the length of most of Patterson's other standalones, one of the longest books in this whole collection. It arrived after a six-year gap following Virgin and preceded The Midnight Club.
Key facts about Black Market
Black Market is a book by James Patterson. Readers have had it since 1 January 1986. It runs to 768 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Black Market. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780002259958 to find the main one.
James Patterson has 196 books in our catalogue. 137 of them belong to a series, while 59 stand alone. All 196 are out now. Other books by James Patterson on file include Private Tokyo (2026), The Mother-Daughter Book Club (2026), 26 Beauties (2026) and Judge Stone (2026).
Before this one, Virgin came out in 1980. After it came The Midnight Club in 1989. Since then, our list has added 191 more books by James Patterson.
James Patterson has 16 series on file, such as Alex Cross, Women's Murder Club and Honeymoon. Those series sit on our thriller, science fiction thriller and legal thriller shelves. Meanwhile, Delusional is the latest published James Patterson book on file, from 17 August 2026.
About James Patterson
James Patterson is an American author widely regarded as one of the bestselling and most prolific novelists in publishing history, with hundreds of books credited to his name across thrillers, young-adult fiction and non-fiction. See every James Patterson book in order.
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780002259958