Kako brati knjige Jamesa Pattersona po vrsti

James Patterson je plodovit avtor, znan po napetih kriminalkah in trilerjih. Napisal je več kot 200 knjig s priljubljenimi ponavljajočimi se liki. Njegov slog je dinamičen in poln napetosti, zato je priljubljen pri bralcih, ki imajo radi zgodbe na robu stola. Med njegove najbolj znane serije sodijo Alex Cross, Ženski klub umorov in Maximum Ride. Ne glede na to, ali ste dolgoletni oboževalec ali ga šele odkrivate, vas bo ta vodič popeljal skozi obsežen opus Jamesa Pattersona in vam pomagal najti naslednjo knjigo za na polico.

Kdo je James Patterson?

James Patterson je ameriški avtor in filantrop, znan po priljubljenih kriminalkah in trilerjih. Rodil se je leta 1947 v Newburghu v zvezni državi New York, pisateljsko pot pa je začel v 70. letih. Napisal je več kot 200 knjig, mnoga njegova dela so postala uspešnice ter doživela ekranizacije kot filmi, TV-serije in stripi. Znan je po hitrem, učinkovitem slogu, kratkih poglavjih in zasvojljivih zgodbah. Piše v različnih žanrih, tudi mladinsko literaturo, resnične zločine, trilerje, otroške knjige (npr. Katt Dogg) in drugo. Je tudi velik podpornik pismenosti in izobraževanja ter je doniral milijone za bralne pobude in knjigarne.

Uvod v pisanje Jamesa Pattersona

James Patterson je priljubljen pisatelj, znan po napetih kriminalnih romanih in trilerjih. Med njegove uspešnice sodijo serije Ženski klub umorov, Alex Cross, Michael Bennett in Maximum Ride. Patterson piše zelo dinamično in privlačno, poglavja so kratka, zgodbe pa stalno držijo napetost. Med njegovimi samostojnimi romani so denimo When the Wind Blows, Mary Mary in Roses Are Red. Sodeloval je z Brendanom DuBoisom in pisal tudi za zbirko BookShots. Njegova dela so bila prirejena za film in televizijo, knjige pa so na voljo v knjigarnah in na Amazonu.

Knjižne serije Jamesa Pattersona

Serije Jamesa Pattersona priporočamo vsem ljubiteljem kriminalk in trilerjev. V seriji Ženski klub umorov spremljamo skupino žensk, ki v San Franciscu preiskujejo zločine, serija Alex Cross pa se vrti okoli detektiva in psihologa v Washingtonu. V romanu Alex Cross’s Trial se dogajanje prestavi v zgodovino, Mary Mary je samostojni roman o morilcu v Los Angelesu, v The People vs. Alex Cross pa je Cross sam na zatožni klopi. Patterson ima tudi številne samostojne romane in prispevke za BookShots. Njegove knjige so prava obvezna čtiva za vse, ki imajo radi takšne zgodbe. To so njegove glavne serije:

• Alex Cross
• Ženski klub umorov
• Michael Bennett
• Private
• Investigation Discovery’s True Crime
• NYPD Red
• Detektivka Harriet Blue
• Billy Harney
• Invisible
• Instinct
• Rory Yates
• Maximum Ride
• Daniel X
• Witch & Wizard
• Srednja šola
• Confessions
• Crazy House

Pregled knjig Jamesa Pattersona po letu izida

Leto 1976 je bilo prelomno, saj je takrat izšla prva knjiga Jamesa Pattersona, The Thomas Berryman Number. Njegove knjige so ustvarile številne priljubljene like in serije, med njimi Alex Cross, Ženski klub umorov, Michael Bennett, Maximum Ride in mnoge druge. Spodaj je zaporedje izida nekaterih njegovih najbolj znanih serij – čeprav jih je v resnici še precej več.

Alex Cross knjige

1. Along Came a Spider (1993)
2. Kiss the Girls (1995)
3. Jack & Jill (1996)
4. Cat and Mouse (1997)
5. Pop Goes the Weasel (1999)
6. Roses are Red (2000)
7. Violets are Blue (2001)
8. Four Blind Mice (2002)
9. The Big Bad Wolf (2003)
10. London Bridges (2004)
11. Mary, Mary (2005)
12. Cross (2006)
13. Double Cross (2007)
14. Cross Country (2008)
15. Alex Cross's Trial (2009)
16. I, Alex Cross (2009)
17. Cross Fire (2010)
18. Kill Alex Cross (2011)
19. Merry Christmas, Alex Cross (2012)
20. Alex Cross, Run (2013)
21. Cross My Heart (2013)
22. Hope to Die (2014)
23. Cross Justice (2015)
24. Cross the Line (2016)
25. The People vs. Alex Cross (2017)
26. Target: Alex Cross (2018)
27. Criss Cross (2019)
28. Deadly Cross (2020)
29. A Time for Mercy (2020)
30. Fear No Evil (2021)
31. Triple Cross (2022)
32. Cross Down (2023)

Ženski klub umorov knjige

1. 1st to Die (2001)
2. 2nd Chance (2002)
3. 3rd Degree (2004)
4. 4th of July (2005)
5. The 5th Horseman (2006)
6. The 6th Target (2007)
7. 7th Heaven (2008)
8. The 8th Confession (2009)
9. The 9th Judgment (2010)
10. 10th Anniversary (2011)
11. 11th Hour (2012)
12. 12th of Never (2013)
13. Unlucky 13 (2014)
14. 14th Deadly Sin (2015)
15. 15th Affair (2016)
16. “The Trial” (2016), novela
17. 16th Seduction (2017)
18. “The Medical Examiner” (2017), novela
19. 17th Suspect (2018)
20. 18th Abduction (2019)
21. 19th Christmas (2019)
22. 20th Victim (2020)
23. 21st Birthday (2021)
24. 22 Seconds (2022)

Michael Bennett knjige

Serijo Michael Bennett je soustvaril Michael Ledwidge.

1. Step on a Crack (2007)
2. Run for Your Life (2009)
3. Worst Case (2010)
4. Tick Tock (2011)
5. I, Michael Bennett (2012)
6. Gone (2013)
7. Burn (2014)
8. Alert (2015)
9. Bullseye (2016)
10. Haunted (2017)
11. Ambush (2018)
12. Blindside (2019)
13. The Russian (2020)
14. Crosshairs (2024)

Private serija

1. Private (2010)
2. Private: #1 Suspect (2012)
3. Private Games (2012)
4. Private: No. 1 Suspect (2013)
5. Private Berlin (2013)
6. Private L.A. (2014)
7. Private India: City on Fire (2014)
8. Private Vegas (2015)
9. Private Sydney (2015)
10. Private Paris (2016)
11. The Games (2016)
12. Count to Ten (2017)
13. Princess: A Private Novel (201
14. Private Moscow
15. Private Gold (2017)
16. Private Moscow (2020)
17. Private Rogue (2021)
18. Missing Persons (2024)

Investigation Discovery’s True Crime serija

1. Murder, Interrupted (2018)
2. Home Sweet Murder (2018)
3. Murder Beyond The Grave (2018)
4. Murder Thy Neighbor (2020)
5. Murder of Innocence (2020)
6. Till Murder Do Us Part (2021)

NYPD Red serija

1. NYPD Red (2012)
2. NYPD Red 2 (2014)
3. NYPD Red 3 (2015)
4. NYPD Red 4 (2016)
5. NYPD Red 5 ali Red Alert (2018)
6. NYPD Red 6 (2020)

Detektivka Harriet Blue serija

Serijo Detektivka Harriet Blue sta skupaj napisala James Patterson in Candice Fox. Vključuje tudi predzgodbo 'Black & Blue' iz leta 2016.

1. Never Never (2016)
2. Fifty Fifty (2017)
3. Liar Liar (2018)
4. Hush Hush (2019)

Billy Harney serija

1. The Black Book (2017)
2. The Red Book (2021)
3. Escape (2022)

Invisible serija

Serija Invisible je nastala v sodelovanju z Davidom Ellisom.

1. Invisible (2014)
2. Unsolved (2019)

Instinct serija

1. Murder Games ali Instinct (2017)
2. Killer Instinct (2019)
3. Steal (2022)

Rory Yates serija

Serija Rory Yates je napisana v soavtorstvu z Andrewom Bourelleom.

1. Texas Ranger (2018)
2. Texas Outlaw (2020)

Maximum Ride serija

1. The Angel Experiment (2005)
2. School's Out—Forever (2006)
3. Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports (2007)
4. The Final Warning (2008)
5. MAX (2009)
6. Fang (2010)
7. Angel (2011)
8. Nevermore (2012)
9. Maximum Ride Forever (2015)

Maximum Ride: Hawk serija

1. Hawk (2020), v soavtorstvu z Gabrielle Charbonnet
2. City of the Dead (2021), v soavtorstvu z Mindy McGinnis

Daniel X serija

1. The Dangerous Days of Daniel X (2008)
2. Daniel X: Alien Hunter (2008)
3. Watch the Skies (2009)
4. Demons and Druids (2010)
5. Game Over (2011)
6. Armageddon (2012)
7. Lights Out (2015)

Ali Cross serija

1. Ali Cross (2020)
2. Like Father Like Son (2021)
3. The Secret Detective (2022)

Pasji dnevnik serija

Serijo Pasji dnevnik je soustvaril Steven Butler.

1. Dog Diaries (2018)
2. Happy Howlidays! (2018)
3. Mission Impawsible (2019)
4. Curse of the Mystery Mutt (2019)
5. Camping Chaos! (2020)
6. Dinosaur Disaster (2022)

Jacky Ha-Ha serija

Serijo Jacky Ha-Ha je soustvaril Chris Grabenstein.

1. Jacky Ha-Ha (2016)
2. Jacky Ha-Ha: My Life is a Joke (2017)

Stripi Jacky Ha-Ha

Obstajata dva spremljevalna stripa (komika), ki sta povezana s serijo Jacky Ha-Ha:

1. Jacky Ha-Ha: Strip (2020)
2. Jacky Ha-Ha: My Life is a Joke: Strip (2021)

Hiša robotov serija

Serijo Hiša robotov je soustvaril Chris Grabenstein, ilustratorka je Juliana Neufeld.

1. House of Robots (2014)
2. Robots Go Wild! (2015)
3. Robot Revolution! (2017)
4. House of Robots 4 (2022)

Lovci na zaklade serija

To je še ena serija, ki jo je soustvaril Chris Grabenstein (pri prvi knjigi tudi Mark Shulman), ilustrirala pa jo je Juliana Neufeld:

1. Treasure Hunters (2013)
2. Danger Down the Nile (2014)
3. Secret of the Forbidden City (2015)
4. Peril at the Top of the World (2016)
5. Quest for the City of Gold (2017)
6. All-American Adventure (2019)
7. The Plunder Down Under (2020)
8. The Ultimate Quest (2022)

I Funny serija

Serijo I Funny je soustvaril Chris Grabenstein, ilustrirala pa Laura Park.

1. I Funny (2012)
2. I Even Funnier: A Middle School Story (2013)
3. I Totally Funniest: A Middle School Story (2015)
4. I Funny TV: A Middle School Story (2015)
5. I Funny School of Laughs: A Middle School Story (2017)
6. The Nerdiest, Wimpiest, Dorkiest I Funny Ever (2018)

Max Einstein serija

To je še ena serija, ki jo je soustvaril Chris Grabenstein.

1. Max Einstein: The Genius Experiment (2018)
2. Max Einstein: Rebels With A Cause (2019)
3. Max Einstein: Saves the Future (2020)

Srednja šola serija

Serija Srednja šola ima več soavtorjev, med njimi Briana Sittsa, in več ilustratorjev.

1. Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2011)
2. Middle School: Get Me Out of Here! (2012)
3. My Brother Is a Big, Fat Liar (2013)
4. How I Survived Bullies, Broccoli, and Snake Hill (2013)
5. Ultimate Showdown (2014)
6. How I Got Lost in London (2014)
7. Save Rafe! (2014)
8. Just My Rotten Luck (2015)
9. Rafe's Aussie Adventure (2015)
10. Going Bush (2016)
11. Dog's Best Friend (2016)
12. Middle School: Hollywood 101 (2016)
13. Escape to Australia (2017)
14. Middle School: G'day, America (2018)
15. From Hero to Zero (2018)
16. Born to Rock (2019)
17. Middle School: Master of Disaster (2020)
18. Middle School: Field Trip Fiasco (2021)
19. Middle School: It's a Zoo in Here! (2022)

Confessions serija

Serija Confessions je napisana v soavtorstvu z Maxine Paetro.

1. Confessions of a Murder Suspect (2012)
2. Confessions: The Private School Murders (2013)
3. Confessions: The Paris Mysteries (2014)
4. Confessions: The Murder of an Angel (2015)

Crazy House serija

Serijo Crazy House je napisala Gabrielle Charbonnet.

1. Crazy House (2017)
2. Fall of Crazy House (2018)

Amy Cornwall serija

Serija Amy Cornwall je nastala v sodelovanju z Brendanom DuBoisom.

1. Out of Sight ali The Cornwalls are gone (2019)
2. Countdown (2023)

Nenamišljena dela

James Patterson je napisal številna nenamišljena dela, med njimi že omenjeno serijo Investigation Discovery’s True Crime in tudi naslednje knjige:

1. The Day America Told the Truth (1991)
2. The Second American Revolution: The People's Plan for Fixing America-Before Its Too Late (1994)
3. Torn Apart (2008)
4. Against Medical Advice (2008)
5. The Murder of King Tut (2009)
6. Trump vs. Clinton: In Their Own Words (2016)
7. Filthy Rich (2016)
8. All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row (2018)
9. The House of Kennedy (2020)
10. The Last Days of John Lennon (2020)
11. James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life (2022)

Samostojni romani

Samostojni leposlovni romani Jamesa Pattersona vključujejo:

1. The Thomas Berryman Number (1976)
2. Season of the Machete (1977)
3. See How They Run ali The Jericho Commandment (1979)
4. Virgin ali Cradle and All (1980)
5. Black Market ali Black Friday (1986)
6. The Midnight Club (1989)
7. Hide and Seek (1996)
8. Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas (2001)
9. The Beach House (2002)
10. The Jester (2003)
11. Sam's Letters to Jennifer (2004)
12. Lifeguard (2005)
13. Beach Road (2006)
14. Judge and Jury (2006)
15. The Quickie (2007)
16. You've Been Warned (2007)
17. Sail (2008)
18. Sundays at Tiffany's (2008)
19. Swimsuit (2009)
20. Don't Blink (2010)
21. The Postcard Killers (2010)
22. Bloody Valentine (2011)
23. Kill Me If You Can (2011)
24. Now You See Her (2011)
25. The Christmas Wedding (2011)
26. Toys (2011)
27. Guilty Wives (2012)
28. Mistress (2013)
29. The Murder House (2015)
30. Truth or Die (2015)
31. Woman of God (2016)
32. Black Dress Affair (2017)
33. Expelled (2017)
34. The Store (2017)
35. Juror No. 3 ali Juror #3 (2018)
36. The 13-Minute Murder (2018)
37. The First Lady (2018)
38. The President Is Missing (2018)
39. The Cornwalls Are Gone (2019)
40. The Inn (2019)
41. The Warning (2019)
42. Lost (2020)
43. The Summer House (2020)
44. 1st Case (2020)
45. Cajun Justice (2020)
46. The Coast-to-Coast Murders (2020)
47. The Midwife Murders (2020)
48. Three Women Disappear (2020)
49. The President's Daughter (2021)
50. The Shadow (2021)
51. The Noise: A Thriller (2021)
52. 2 Sisters Detective Agency (2021)
53. Run, Rose, Run (2022)
54. Death of the Black Widow (2022)
55. Blowback (2022)
56. The House of Wolves (2023)
57. Run, Rose, Run (2023)
58. Circle of Death (2023)
59. The #1 Lawyer (2024)
60. The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians (2024)
61. Holmes, Marple & Poe (2024)

Kratke zgodbe

James Patterson je v svoji karieri napisal veliko kratkih zgodb. Najdemo samostojne kratke zgodbe, novele in zbirke, med drugim:

1. Triple Threat (2016)
2. Kill or Be Killed (2016)
3. The Moores are Missing (2017)
4. The Moores Are Missing (2017)
5. Two From the Heart (2017)
6. The Family Lawyer (2017)
7. Triple Homicide (2017)
8. Murder in Paradise (2018)
9. The House Next Door (2019)

BookShots

BookShots so zbirka kratkih, intenzivnih knjig Jamesa Pattersona, ki jih lahko preberete na mah. Novela ima manj kot 150 strani in ponuja hitro, napeto branje. Za najbolj svež seznam BookShots naslovov preverite uradno stran Jamesa Pattersona. Tule je nekaj primerov:

1. Cross Kill (2016)—Alex Cross serija
2. Zoo 2: Animal Instinct (2016)—Zoo serija
3. The Trial (2016)—Ženski klub umorov serija
4. Little Black Dress (2016)
5. Learning to Ride (2016)
6. Chase (2016)—Michael Bennett serija
7. Let's Play Make-Believe (2016)
8. The Witnesses (2016)
9. 113 Minutes (2016)—BookShots serija
10. Killer Chef (2016)—BookShots serija
11. Taking the Titanic (2016)—BookShots serija
12. French Twist (2016)—BookShots serija
13. The Christmas Mystery (2016)—BookShots serija
14. The House Husband (2017)—BookShots serija
15. After the End (2017)—BookShots serija
16. The Medical Examiner (2017)—Ženski klub umorov serija
17. Manhunt (2017)—Michael Bennett serija
18. The Family Lawyer (2017)—BookShots serija
19. The Store (2017)—BookShots serija
20. The Moores are Missing (2017)—BookShots serija
21. The Dolls (2017)—BookShots serija
22. Triple Threat (2017)—BookShots serija
23. Stealing Gulfstreams (2017)—BookShots serija
24. Diary of a Succubus (2017)—BookShots serija
25. The Lawyer Lifeguard (2017)—BookShots serija
26. The Shut-In (2017)—BookShots serija
27. Private: Gold (2017)—Private serija
28. The Palm Beach Murders (2018)—BookShots serija
29. Scott Free (2018)—BookShots serija
30. Private: Princess (2018)—Private serija
31. Rebound (2018) - BookShots serija
32. The Chef (2019)—BookShots serija
33. The House Next Door (2019)—BookShots serija
34. The River Murders (2019)—BookShots serija

Zvočne knjige Jamesa Pattersona

Knjige Jamesa Pattersona so na voljo tudi kot zvočne knjige za vse, ki radi poslušajo zgodbe na poti ali med opravili. Ena od platform, kjer najdete bogato zbirko njegovih zvočnih knjig, je Speechify. To je inovativna storitev s pestro ponudbo zvočnih knjig, vključno z njegovimi znanimi serijami in samostojnimi romani. Speechify slovi po odlični uporabniški izkušnji in kakovostni zvočni interpretaciji. Tako lahko brez težav poslušate npr. Alex Cross, Ženski klub umorov, Michael Bennett, Private in mnoge druge. Obsežna zbirka Speechify zagotavlja, da bodo ljubitelji Pattersona vedno našli kaj zase.