About this book
The Great Train Robbery (1975), 317 pages, is Michael Crichton's foray into the heist novel, a genre departure from the science thrillers that made him famous. It followed The Terminal Man and preceded Eaters of the Dead, another genre swerve into faux-historical fiction.
Key facts about The Great Train Robbery
The Great Train Robbery is a book by Michael Crichton. Readers have had it since 12 May 1975. It runs to 317 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of The Great Train Robbery. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780586044544 to find the main one.
Michael Crichton has 31 books in our catalogue. 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).
Before this one, The Terminal Man came out in 1972. After it came Eaters of the Dead in 1976. Since then, our list has added 18 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
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780586044544