About this book
Odds On (1966) is Michael Crichton's first published novel, written while he was a Harvard Medical School student to help pay his way through school. It appeared originally under the pseudonym John Lange, a lean 288-page pulp thriller distinctly rougher and shorter than the technothrillers that later made him famous.
Key facts about Odds On
Michael Crichton wrote Odds On, a book on our list. It has been out since 1966. The book has 288 pages.
We list 1 edition of this book. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781783291182 to find the main one.
Michael Crichton has 31 books on our list. Since none belong to a series we track, all 31 stand alone. All 31 are out now. Other books by Michael Crichton on file include Eruption (2024), The Andromeda Evolution (2019), Dragon Teeth (2017) and Micro (2011).
After it came Scratch One in 1967. Since then, our list has added 30 more books by Michael Crichton. Meanwhile, A Murder in Hollywood is the latest published Michael Crichton book on file, from 5 May 2026.
About Michael Crichton
Michael Crichton was an American author, physician, and filmmaker whose techno-thrillers redefined the genre by grounding speculative, often catastrophic scenarios in rigorous scientific research, most famously in Jurassic Park, which imagined the genetic resurrection of dinosaurs and became a global cultural phenomenon after Steven Spielberg's 1993 film adaptation. See every Michael Crichton book in order.
Editions
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