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Agent Pendergast · Book 3

The Cabinet of Curiosities

by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Published
1 January 2002
Pages
522
ISBN-13
9780446530224
Type
novel
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Cover of The Cabinet of Curiosities

About this book

Following "Reliquary" as the third Agent Pendergast novel, "The Cabinet of Curiosities" (2002, 522 pages) continues Preston and Child's long-running mythology of gothic New York horror filtered through Pendergast's unsettling composure.

Key facts about The Cabinet of Curiosities

The Cabinet of Curiosities is a novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Readers have had it since 2002. It runs to 522 pages.

Our list holds 3 editions of The Cabinet of Curiosities. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780446530224 to find the main one.

The Cabinet of Curiosities is book 3 of 24 in the Agent Pendergast series. The series has 24 published books. However, the series starts with Relic (1995). Pendergast: The Beginning is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 27 January 2026.

Additionally, Douglas Preston writes Wyman Ford, Gideon Crew and Nora Kelly, plus 1 more series. Those series sit on our thriller shelf. Meanwhile, Paradox is the latest published Douglas Preston book on file, from 1 April 2026.

About Douglas Preston

Douglas Preston is an American author best known for co-writing the Agent Pendergast series with Lincoln Child, following eccentric FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast through cases that combine forensic thriller plotting with gothic horror, secret history, and outsized set pieces. See every Douglas Preston book in order.

Its place in Agent Pendergast

The Cabinet of Curiosities is book 3 in the Agent Pendergast series. It follows Reliquary. It is followed by Still Life with Crows. See the full Agent Pendergast reading order.

Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast is an FBI investigator like no other: a wealthy, aristocratic New Orleans blue-blood with encyclopedic knowledge, unsettling composure, and a habit of solving cases through methods well outside FBI procedure — forensic deduction crossed with historical research, occult folklore and outright derring-do. Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child built the series out of their 1995 debut Relic (adapted into the 1997 film), and it has grown into a sprawling saga that ranges from New York…

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