I prefer his independent books, I loved Guilty Wives and The Black Book, Sail, Honeymoon, The Murder House…the early Women’s Murder Club books (maybe 1-7 or so) were great, but have gotten stale.
I only read the first 2 in the series a very long time ago, with so many favorite authors I have a hard time reading and keeping up with series. I do enjoy his Detective Michael Bennett books as well!
Well, I’m not the one to ask for the mystery/thriller genre other than JP – I just thoroughly enjoy good fiction, Jodi Picoult novels are some of my absolute favorites for thought provoking and well researched stories, give her a try too – maybe start with House Rules or Small Great Things. I’m currently reading Leaving Time by her and have quickly gotten sucked into the story!
@Mansoor you are welcome! (Jonathan Kellerman is a similar writer when you are finished reading Patterson… though you’ll never be; he has books coming out continuously!) Lol
I’m not sure if this is what you mean, but Sam’s Letters to Jennifer is the only James Patterson book I have ever liked. I’m a big mystery fan, but his aren’t up to par in my book. This one was a romance and I loved it!!
I do, that’s why I kept trying. One of my friends told me give it up after trying several. Good advice. I hope you enjoy him. Try Sam’s Letters to Jennifer, though. It was good.
@Mansoor I have so many: Nevada Barr, Michael Connelly, Patricia Cornwell, Deborah Crombie, Aaron Elkins, Janet Evanovich, Dick Francis, Elizabeth George, Sue Grafton, Steve Hamilton, John Hart, Craig Johnson, Faye Kellerman, Laurie R. King, Stieg Larson, Margaret Maron, Sara Paretsky, Elizabeth Peters, Kwei Quartey, Kathy Reichs, Peter Robinson, David Rosenfelt, Alexander McCall Smith. Julia Spencer-Fleming. Haha–I got my alphabetical list out and picked my favorites. Always discovering new ones!!
I prefer his independent books, I loved Guilty Wives and The Black Book, Sail, Honeymoon, The Murder House…the early Women’s Murder Club books (maybe 1-7 or so) were great, but have gotten stale.
@Amy what about Alex Cross novels???
I only read the first 2 in the series a very long time ago, with so many favorite authors I have a hard time reading and keeping up with series. I do enjoy his Detective Michael Bennett books as well!
His books are also phenomenal on audio – I like to pop one in while cleaning house!
@Amy please tell me more writers who writes similar kinda novels.. David Baldacci for one I have read and is equivalent to James Patterson
Well, I’m not the one to ask for the mystery/thriller genre other than JP – I just thoroughly enjoy good fiction, Jodi Picoult novels are some of my absolute favorites for thought provoking and well researched stories, give her a try too – maybe start with House Rules or Small Great Things. I’m currently reading Leaving Time by her and have quickly gotten sucked into the story!
@Amy thanks a lot.. I have heard about Jodi Picoult from many, but never tried.. I guess it’s time now to put her in my TBR list
I personally liked the 1st few Alex Cross books cuz I liked the character(s). ?
@Lorrie well said and so true
The Black Book , written with David Ellis, is my favorite of his I have read in ages.
@Naomi thanks.. I have read only a few books of his but already iam hooked
@Naomi Same! I loved that book.
I like the alex cross series, especially the first ones
@Ann yes exactly.. I could never forget along came a spider and kiss the girls.. so I wana more like these which are truly spellbinding
I love the women murder club series!
@Anita yes.. I noted it.. Please tell the best among it
@Mansoor I like reading it in order as the characters grow.
@Anita I have the first 2 and they were awesome.. I hope the rest of them also like 1st to die
I LOVE PATTERSON: 1) Michael Bennett Series 2) Murder House 3) Woman’s Murder Club Series
@Amanda thanks a lot.. Tell me the best and most awesome from all these
@Mansoor I cant pick. Lol. Both series are so amazing. And Murder House is so catching you’ll wish it would never end.
@Amanda thanks for being such a great help lol :p
@Mansoor I can delete my comments
@Amanda no.. Please I was just being funny
I am gonna put them in my TBR list
NYPD RED is a pretty good series.
@Kim thanks a lot for the referral
@Mansoor you are welcome! (Jonathan Kellerman is a similar writer when you are finished reading Patterson… though you’ll never be; he has books coming out continuously!) Lol
@Kim I know him and read his A cold heart and when the bough breaks
Women’s murder series
@Kimberley thanks a lot
Mary Mary. Honeymoon. Along Came a Spider. Beach House.
All these masterpiece I have read apart from honeymoon.. so I will check it out
@Mansoor the Second Honeymoon is ok, as well but I felt it wasn’t necessary.
@Kim alright
Anything by him (but b4 he started adding co-authors)
@Anita.. to some extent I felt the same.. his masterpieces were better as solo writer.. anyhow tell me your favorites from him
@Mansoor, Along Came A Spider & Kiss The Girls (Alex Cross series) & the Women’s Murder Club series, the early ones
@Anita.. the feeling is totally mutual here
I love the Michael Bennet series. My sister recently bought me this one
@Jessica thanks a bunch.. kindly TELL me which you so far find the most compelling novel of J.P
Kill Me If You Can, Black Book, Along Came a Spider
@Mary thanks a lot.. Great choice yours.. Along came a spider was unputdownable for me
Kiss the Girls, Along Came a Spider, Cross
@Rock.. Great choice.. I love these 3 books
The sail, guilty wives, they are stand-alones.
@Griselda thanks a lot.. I add them in my TBR
I was a big fan. But it seemed like the books were al the same. In full disclosure I only read the cross series
@Julie.. I still think nothing compares to the earlier Detective Cross novels by JP
The first ones were amazing. Kiss the girls great book. But later it seemed like they were all on repeat.
@Julie.. Not with all books.. but in some series.. The variety is the spice of JP’s books
All of them lol
@Sandy so you are one helluva big fan of JP
@Mansoor me too!
@Amanda and I have always been
Pop goes the weasel was my first and i’ll never forget it!
Oh yes it was incredible
@Mansoor yes I am
I own all of his books except his romance ones
Wow.. amazing.. You really are a crazy fan of his
@Mansoor not crazy just love his books
@Sandy same here
Honeymoon
@Lisa actually that’s one of those books missed by me so thanks for recommending
@Mansoor it was co written by Howard someone I forget his last name but it’s a good read.
@Lisa was it very suspenseful or more action packed
@Mansoor suspenseful definitely
@Lisa.. That’s great.. Definitely gonna check it out
Diary to Sam. He also wrote another love story.
@Kelly thanks for the input..
I’m not sure if this is what you mean, but Sam’s Letters to Jennifer is the only James Patterson book I have ever liked. I’m a big mystery fan, but his aren’t up to par in my book. This one was a romance and I loved it!!
@Charlene give your input about more of your fav. JP novels
Mansoor Jahangir –I have read about 5 of his and disliked all the mysteries, so no input, I guess. And I usually love mysteries.
@Charlene really.. You know he is the top one when it comes to mystery thrillers..
I do, that’s why I kept trying. One of my friends told me give it up after trying several. Good advice. I hope you enjoy him. Try Sam’s Letters to Jennifer, though. It was good.
OK.. and who else is your fav mystery writer.. Plz refer
@Mansoor I have so many: Nevada Barr, Michael Connelly, Patricia Cornwell, Deborah Crombie, Aaron Elkins, Janet Evanovich, Dick Francis, Elizabeth George, Sue Grafton, Steve Hamilton, John Hart, Craig Johnson, Faye Kellerman, Laurie R. King, Stieg Larson, Margaret Maron, Sara Paretsky, Elizabeth Peters, Kwei Quartey, Kathy Reichs, Peter Robinson, David Rosenfelt, Alexander McCall Smith. Julia Spencer-Fleming. Haha–I got my alphabetical list out and picked my favorites. Always discovering new ones!!
@Charlene.. Wow.. Among these my fav are Michael Connelly, Patricia Cornwell, Dick Francis, Sue Grafton, Faye Kellerman, Sara Paretsky
The quickie
@Maria.. What this book is about.. I never heard it.. so if you recommend I will put this into my TBR
@Mansoor
Thanks @Maria dear for the revelation
I enjoyed Jester…
@Con thanks for telling
I really liked When the Wind Blows
@Sarah gosh!!!! … It was one of my most fav also..
None measure up to Along Came a Spider!
@Barbara I totally second you and add 2 more in it.. that’s kiss the girls and when the wind blows..
I agree with your choices!
Thanks dear
Along came a spider,kiss the girls, maximum ride
@Trudy it seems you and me seem to read same kinda books.. These 3 are my super fav. Kiss the girls I read more than twice
Never read Maximum ride. The others . Several times!
@Mansoor have you read the whole maximum ride series? I started previewing them for my children and got sucked in,lol.
@Nancy it’s an awesome YA series
@Trudy not all the books but definitely will
My favourite is Sam’s Letters to Jennifer
@Cheryl wow.. Thanks and I did note it down
Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas is probably one of the most beautiful books I’ve ever read
@Nick yes.. You are right… Thanks for sharing
@Nick yes, I agree. One book I’ll never forget.
I LOVE the Women’s Murder Mystery Club books, there are 16 as of May.
*EDIT I was incorrect there are 17 as of May ‘18*
Also if you like Patterson try Patricia Cornwall, her books are wonderful!!!
17 is out
@Sandy what? When? How did I miss that…or is my count off and that is the one that came out this past May?
Never mind my count was off I read that one. You can preorder 18 for April 2019
Wow that’s amazing
@Kait I haven’t read that one
@Kait here’s my jp bookcase
@Sandy I have to get my John Grisham, Patricia Cornwell, and Patterson’s Women’s Club on preorder and have them the day they come out lol.
@Sandy I finally let my husband get rid of my Alex Cross and Michael Bennett books I just wasn’t into those series anymore
@Kait oh my I won’t get rid of my books
@Sandy we just don’t have the room and I already have the attic full of boxes of books
He was only allowed to keep his Vince Flynn books and some other favorites.
I went back to our library sale bought kiss the girls because I realized I didn’t have that one. Bought 17th suspect and a wrinkle in time!!!
1. Honeymoon
2. Private
3. Now You See Her
@Sherry-Crystal wow.. Great books… Thanks a lot for sharing..
@Mansoor You’re welcome ?
@Sherry-Crystal my pleasure
Cradle and All (originally titled Virgin)
@KC I read that one.. Just remarkable book
His early Alex Delaware, like Along Came a Spider and Kiss the Girls
@MaryAnn those were rocking books.. Too good
Love his earlier books along came a spider etc
@Denise exactly.. All his books with Alex Cross and Gary Soneji were masterpieces
I am currently listing to along came a spider and I’m hooked its my first book by him
@Bobby definitely.. Its a thriller of highest kind nd quite equal to silence of the lambs in its intensity
My top 2 are definitely Kiss the Girls, and Along Came a Spider. I also really enjoyed his recent true crime books.
@Becca join the club.. These 2 are my most fav also
Kiss the Girls is my fave.
No doubt.. Roller-coaster ride of thrills that boon
Any alex cross
@Lori that’s so true
Beach Road, Beach House, Roses Are Red.
@Rachel I read the last 2 and believe me those were electrifying
@Mansoor Beach Road was my favorite. Omg, what a roller coaster ride!
@Rachel.. that’s true dear and what a complex mind the author have
Suzanne’s diary for Nicholas, Sams letters to Jennifer, Witch and Wizard! Have Kleenex for the first two though!
@Jaime Awww.. No doubt the books were great
Following! I have a bunch of James Patterson books and haven’t read a single one.
What?!? Omg so quick and easy and good
@Denise people just keep giving me his books and I just haven’t managed to crack one open yet. Not really sure what my hold up is!
@Angela how come!???
@Angela start! Let me know what you think!
Honeymoon by patterson
@Dan great choice
Reading now you see her currently. Very good. It’s my first book of his I’ve read.
@Jennifer good that you start reading him
Murder House, First Degree, Along Came a Spider
@Michele these all are just wonderful books
@Mansoor thanks. I agree.
@Michele my pleasure
along came a spider, when the wind blows, and the 1st to die. well any of the alex cross books.
@Cheryl jut awesome.. You chose the best of the books