Lincoln Child Books in Order

Lincoln Child is an American thriller author best known for co-creating the Pendergast series with Douglas Preston, a collaboration that has run for more than thirty years and produced over twenty bestselling novels. Before he became an author Lincoln Child worked eight years as an editor at St. Martin’s Press, starting from editorial assistant all the way to full editor. While there, he edited hundreds of books, including Douglas Preston’s first nonfiction work, Dinosaurs in the Attic. That working relationship eventually created Relic, which launched the Pendergast series and reached #1 on the New York Times bestseller list.

Lincoln Child has also written the solo Jeremy Logan series, which follows a Yale professor who specializes in investigating phenomena that have no obvious rational explanation. His solo novels have repeatedly appeared on the bestseller list as well.

This page lists all Lincoln Child books in order, including the Pendergast series and other co-authored work with Douglas Preston, his solo series and standalone novels.

Latest Lincoln Child Books

Pendergast: The Beginning
Pendergast: The Beginning (Pendergast #23), January 2026

FBI Agent Pendergast Series (Books in Order)

The Pendergast series follows FBI Special Agent Aloysius X. L. Pendergast, an eccentric, independently wealthy FBI investigator from New Orleans who takes on cases that combine crime, science, history, and the genuinely unexplained. He works solo and gets no assignments from the Bureau, lives in and works a mansion on Riverside Drive in New York, and brings a certain charm, an especially high level of intelligence, and a unique style to every investigation.

For the full Pendergast reading order, see Pendergast Books in Order.

Co-authored with Douglas Preston.

Reading Order

  1. Pendergast: The Beginning, 2026
  2. Relic, 1995
  3. Reliquary, 1997
  4. The Cabinet of Curiosities, 2002
  5. Still Life with Crows, 2003
  6. Brimstone, 2004
  7. Dance of Death, 2005
  8. The Book of the Dead, 2007
  9. The Wheel of Darkness, 2008
  10. Cemetery Dance, 2009
  11. Fever Dream, 2010
  12. Cold Vengeance, 2011
  13. Extraction, 2012
  14. Two Graves, 2012
  15. White Fire, 2013
  16. Blue Labyrinth, 2014
  17. Crimson Shore, 2015
  18. The Obsidian Chamber, 2016
  19. City of Endless Night, 2018
  20. Verses for the Dead, 2018
  21. Crooked River, 2020
  22. Bloodless, 2021
  23. The Cabinet of Dr. Leng, 2023
  24. Angel of Vengeance, 2024

Reading notes:

  • Pendergast: The Beginning is a novel set before the events of Relic but published much later.

Other Pendergast Books

Nora Kelly Series (Books in Order)

The Nora Kelly series follows museum archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson as they investigate crimes where the past often meets the present. The series is set mostly in the American Southwest and begins with Old Bones, however, the much earlier published standalone novel Thunderhead introduces a younger Nora Kelly. Nora Kelly and Corrie Swanson first appear in earlier Pendergast novels, which gives extra background information to loyal series readers. However, the Nora Kelly books can be read on their own.

Co-authored with Douglas Preston.

Reading Order

  1. Thunderhead, 1999
  2. Old Bones, 2019
  3. The Scorpion’s Tale, 2021
  4. Diablo Mesa, 2022
  5. Dead Mountain, 2023
  6. Badlands, 2025

Gideon Crew Series (Books in Order)

The Gideon Crew series follows physicists and thief Gideon Crew, who works extremely dangerous intelligence missions for a private firm. Gideon is terminally ill throughout the entire series, which makes him willing to take risks most operatives wouldn’t consider. The series is considered an adventure-thriller with a strong scientific element. The standalone The Ice Limit is connected to the fourth Gideon Crew book, Beyond the Ice Limit.

Co-authored with Douglas Preston.

Reading Order

  1. Gideon’s Sword, 2011
  2. Gideon’s Corpse, 2012
  3. The Lost Island, 2014
  4. Beyond the Ice Limit, 2016
  5. The Pharaoh Key, 2018

Dr. Jeremy Logan Series (Books in Order)

The Jeremy Logan series follows Dr. Jeremy Logan, a Yale professor who describes himself as an “enigmalogist,” a specialist in phenomena that defy rational explanation. He investigates the strange cases no one else will take seriously: anomalies, unexplained events, things that don’t fit in people’s normal worldview. The series gradually shifts him from supporting character to full protagonist as the story progresses.

Reading Order

  1.  Deep Storm, 2007
  2. Terminal Freeze, 2009
  3. The Third Gate, 2012
  4. The Forgotten Room, 2015
  5. Full Wolf Moon, 2017
  6. Chrysalis, 2022

Standalone Novels

Novellas, and Short Stories

Co-authored with Douglas Preston

Short Story Collections and Anthologies

Tales of the Dark Anthology

  1. Tales of the Dark, 1987
  2. Tales of the Dark 2, 1987
  3. Tales of the Dark 3, 1988

Lincoln Child Biography

Lincoln Child author

Lincoln Child is a New York Times bestselling American author of thrillers, best known for the popular Pendergast novels, which he co-authored with Douglas Preston.
Author website: prestonchild.com

Born in Westport, Connecticut in 1957, Lincoln Child graduated from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota with a degree in English in 1979. He joined St. Martin’s Press as an editorial assistant that same year and worked his way up to full editor by 1984.

During this time, he edited over a hundred fiction and non-fiction books, while at the same time collecting ghost and horror stories, effectively founding the press’s mass-market horror division. He also edited Dinosaurs in the Attic by Douglas Preston, and the two struck up a friendship that would lead to their debut novel Relic in 1995.

In 1987 Lincoln Child left publishing to work as a systems analyst at MetLife, but continued writing. After Relic became a bestseller, he left the corporate world to write full time. His first solo novel, Utopia, was published in 2002, followed by Death Match in 2004, and then the Jeremy Logan series beginning with Deep Storm, published in 2007.

Lincoln Child has lived in New Jersey and, more recently, in Sarasota, Florida.

Lincoln Child Books Adaptations

  • The Relic – adapted into the film Relic (1997)

Lincoln Child Awards and Honors

Nominations and Shortlists

  • The Ice Limit – Evergreen Book Award (2003)
  • Still Life with Crows – Audie Awards nomination for Science-Fiction (2004)
  • Brimstone – Audie Awards nomination for Mystery and Science-Fiction (2005)
  • White Fire – International Thriller Writers Award, Best Hardcover Novel (2014)
  • Blue Labyrinth – Audie Awards nomination for Thriller or Suspense (2016)
  • Crimson Shore – Audie Awards nomination for Mystery (2017)
  • Full Wolf Moon – Goodreads Choice Award nomination (2017)
  • The Scorpion’s Tail – Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award for Mystery (2022)

Edited by

Marika

Founder of Mystery Sequels, a reference site focused on listing mystery and thriller books in the correct reading order. I maintain and update the site’s bibliographies as new titles are released, ensuring accuracy and consistency across author and series pages.

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4 Comments

  1. Please write another Logan book! The series needs another…

  2. I love your Jeremy Logan series.Do you plan to continue on with this series?

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