The Big Bad Wolf
- Published
- 17 November 2003
- Pages
- 393
- ISBN-13
- 9780446614313
- Type
- novel
About this book
"The Big Bad Wolf" (2003-11-17) runs 393 pages as the ninth entry in the Alex Cross series, part of a run that began in 1993 and has sold on the order of 100 million copies, making Cross one of the best-selling fictional detectives ever.
Key facts about The Big Bad Wolf
James Patterson wrote The Big Bad Wolf, a novel on our list. It has been out since 17 November 2003. The book has 393 pages.
We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780446614313 to find the main one.
The Big Bad Wolf is book 9 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
The Big Bad Wolf is book 9 in the Alex Cross series. It follows Four Blind Mice. It is followed by London Bridges. 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…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780755334223
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781472221988
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780739437063