Alex Cross · Book 22

Hope to Die

Published
24 November 2014
Pages
400
ISBN-13
9781444827453
Type
novel
Cover of Hope to Die

About this book

"Hope to Die" appeared in 2014-11-24 at 400 pages, the twenty-second Alex Cross novel. Patterson writes each entry to stand alone with built-in recaps, so new readers can join here even as the book continues Cross's long arc between the D.C. Metropolitan Police, the FBI, and his family.

Key facts about Hope to Die

James Patterson wrote Hope to Die, a novel on our list. It has been out since 24 November 2014. The book has 400 pages.

We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781444827453 to find the main one.

Hope to Die is book 22 of 35 in the Alex Cross series. The series has 35 published books. However, the series starts with Along Came a Spider (1993). Cross and Sampson is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 9 February 2026.

Additionally, James Patterson writes Women's Murder Club, Honeymoon and Michael Bennett, plus 12 more series. 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.

Its place in Alex Cross

Hope to Die is book 22 in the Alex Cross series. It follows Cross My Heart. It is followed by Cross Justice. See the full Alex Cross reading order.

Dr. Alex Cross is a Washington, D.C. homicide detective and forensic psychologist — a widowed father raising his family in Southeast D.C. with the help of his indomitable grandmother, Nana Mama. That home life is the series' anchor, because everything else in Cross's world is chaos: James Patterson has spent three decades throwing history's most theatrical serial killers and criminal masterminds at him, from Gary Soneji in Along Came a Spider to Kyle Craig, the Mastermind, whose vendetta spans many books. The…

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