Best James Patterson Audiobooks

Best James Patterson Audiobooks

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   Escape

   Billy Harney • Book 3

   by James Patterson, David Ellis

   Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

   ★ 4.54 ABR Score (18.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.33 Goodreads (16.2K) ★ 4.7 Audible (2.3K)

   8h 53m listening time • Released 2022

   Detective Billy Harney investigates a billionaire crime boss down to his last twenty million—and currently behind bars. Edoardo Ballerini captures the gritty Chicago atmosphere and Harney's determination perfectly.

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   Detective Billy Harney investigates a billionaire crime boss down to his last twenty million—and currently behind bars. Edoardo Ballerini captures the gritty Chicago atmosphere and Harney's determination perfectly.

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   Cross Down

   Alex Cross • Book 31

   by James Patterson, Brendan DuBois

   Narrated by William Christopher Stephens, Kiff VandenHeuvel, Mela Lee, Inger Tudor, Zeno Robinson, Wayne Carr, Peter Giles

   ★ 4.52 ABR Score (26.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.4 Goodreads (25.5K) ★ 4.66 Audible (1.2K)

   9h 46m listening time • Released 2023

   With Alex Cross critically injured, partner John Sampson takes center stage in a military-style attack investigation brought to life by seven skilled narrators.

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   With Alex Cross critically injured, partner John Sampson takes center stage in a military-style attack investigation brought to life by seven skilled narrators.

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   Judge Stone

   by James Patterson

   Narrated by Viola Davis

   ★ 4.51 ABR Score (1.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.63 Goodreads (915) ★ 4.9 Audible (936)

   11h 20m listening time • Released 2026

   Viola Davis both authors and narrates this courtroom drama about small-town Judge Mary Stone, who balances running her family farm with presiding over Alabama's most controversial case.

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   Viola Davis both authors and narrates this courtroom drama about small-town Judge Mary Stone, who balances running her family farm with presiding over Alabama's most controversial case.

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   The People vs. Alex Cross

   Alex Cross • Book 25

   by James Patterson

   Narrated by Andre Blake

   ★ 4.47 ABR Score (31.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.25 Goodreads (27.7K) ★ 4.59 Audible (3.2K)

   8h 39m listening time • Released 2017

   Cross faces murder charges while opening a basement counseling office — until his clients start dying in ways that mirror his alleged crimes. Andre Blake's performance captures the detective's desperation to clear his name while bodies pile up.

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   Cross faces murder charges while opening a basement counseling office — until his clients start dying in ways that mirror his alleged crimes. Andre Blake's performance captures the detective's desperation to clear his name while bodies pile up.

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   The Black Book

   Billy Harney • Book 1

   by James Patterson, David Ellis

   Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

   ★ 4.46 ABR Score (58.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.28 Goodreads (43.4K) ★ 4.42 Audible (15.4K)

   10h 18m listening time • Released 2017

   Chicago cop Billy Harney wakes up next to three corpses with no memory of how he got there, launching a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of city politics.

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   Chicago cop Billy Harney wakes up next to three corpses with no memory of how he got there, launching a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of city politics.

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   Cross Justice

   Alex Cross • Book 23

   by James Patterson

   Narrated by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Jefferson Mays

   ★ 4.41 ABR Score (37.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.27 Goodreads (34.2K) ★ 4.48 Audible (3.2K)

   9h 39m listening time • Released 2015

   Cross returns to his North Carolina hometown when his cousin faces murder charges, confronting family secrets and small-town corruption. Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Jefferson Mays handle the emotional homecoming and procedural elements of Patterson's personal stakes thriller.

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   Cross returns to his North Carolina hometown when his cousin faces murder charges, confronting family secrets and small-town corruption. Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Jefferson Mays handle the emotional homecoming and procedural elements of Patterson's personal stakes thriller.

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   Kiss the Girls

   Alex Cross • Book 2

   by James Patterson

   Narrated by Michael Kramer

   ★ 4.41 ABR Score (357.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.01 Goodreads (355.1K) ★ 4.57 Audible (2.8K)

   10h 56m listening time • Released 2018

   Patterson pits Alex Cross against two serial killers working coast-to-coast in a twisted collaboration that Michael Kramer navigates with chilling precision.

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   Patterson pits Alex Cross against two serial killers working coast-to-coast in a twisted collaboration that Michael Kramer navigates with chilling precision.

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   Fear No Evil

   Alex Cross • Book 29

   by James Patterson

   Narrated by Cary Hite

   ★ 4.41 ABR Score (30.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.28 Goodreads (28.3K) ★ 4.49 Audible (2.5K)

   8h 22m listening time • Released 2021

   Cary Hite narrates as Alex Cross faces his most personal case yet, hunted by assassin teams in the Montana wilderness controlled by his family's longtime nemesis.

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   Cary Hite narrates as Alex Cross faces his most personal case yet, hunted by assassin teams in the Montana wilderness controlled by his family's longtime nemesis.

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   The 23rd Midnight (WMC #23)

   Women's Murder Club BookShots • Book 23

   by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

   Narrated by January LaVoy

   ★ 4.40 ABR Score (1.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.7 Audible (1.0K)

   8h 4m listening time • Released 2023

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    Jack & Jill

    Alex Cross • Book 3

    by James Patterson

    Narrated by Ron Butler, Maxwell Hamilton

    ★ 4.40 ABR Score (93.5K ratings)

    ★ 4.01 Goodreads (91.1K) ★ 4.61 Audible (2.4K)

    12h 10m listening time • Released 2017

    Two killers target Washington D.C.'s elite with nursery rhyme calling cards while Alex Cross races to decode their deadly game.

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    Two killers target Washington D.C.'s elite with nursery rhyme calling cards while Alex Cross races to decode their deadly game.

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    Cross and Sampson

    Alex Cross • Book 35

    by James Patterson, Brian Sitts

    Narrated by Isaiah Mustafa, Dion Graham

    ★ 4.40 ABR Score (6.6K ratings)

    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (6.2K) ★ 4.62 Audible (404)

    7h 24m listening time • Released 2026

    Alex Cross and John Sampson investigate separate crimes simultaneously - a bombing in DC and murder in North Carolina. Isaiah Mustafa and Dion Graham split narrative duties as the partners work apart for once.

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    Alex Cross and John Sampson investigate separate crimes simultaneously - a bombing in DC and murder in North Carolina. Isaiah Mustafa and Dion Graham split narrative duties as the partners work apart for once.

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    22 Seconds

    Women's Murder Club • Book 22

    by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

    Narrated by January LaVoy

    ★ 4.39 ABR Score (42.1K ratings)

    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (38.9K) ★ 4.54 Audible (3.2K)

    8h 16m listening time • Released 2022

    Lindsay Boxer hunts weapon smugglers while a killer targets former cops with personal messages, threatening both her badge and her life.

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    Lindsay Boxer hunts weapon smugglers while a killer targets former cops with personal messages, threatening both her badge and her life.

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    Roses Are Red

    Alex Cross • Book 6

    by James Patterson

    Narrated by Peter Jay Fernandez

    ★ 4.36 ABR Score (79.4K ratings)

    ★ 4.1 Goodreads (76.8K) ★ 4.5 Audible (2.6K)

    8h 5m listening time • Released 2000

    Peter Jay Fernandez captures Cross's intensity as he hunts the Mastermind, a criminal genius orchestrating bank robberies with lethal precision across Washington.

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    Peter Jay Fernandez captures Cross's intensity as he hunts the Mastermind, a criminal genius orchestrating bank robberies with lethal precision across Washington.

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    Invisible

    Invisible • Book 1

    by James Patterson, David Ellis

    Narrated by January LaVoy, Kevin T. Collins

    ★ 4.36 ABR Score (57.7K ratings)

    ★ 4.15 Goodreads (49.2K) ★ 4.39 Audible (8.6K)

    9h 15m listening time • Released 2014

    FBI researcher Emmy Dockery connects hundreds of unsolved kidnappings to one invisible killer, but only her ex-boyfriend agent Books will listen before the pattern turns deadly personal.

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    FBI researcher Emmy Dockery connects hundreds of unsolved kidnappings to one invisible killer, but only her ex-boyfriend agent Books will listen before the pattern turns deadly personal.

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    The Coldest Case: A Black Book Audio Drama

    A Billy Harney Thriller

    by James Patterson, Aaron Tracy, Ryan Silbert

    Narrated by Aaron Paul, Krysten Ritter, Nathalie Emmanuel, Beau Bridges, full cast

    ★ 4.36 ABR Score (23.0K ratings)

    ★ 4.33 Audible (23.0K)

    3h 52m listening time • Released 2021

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    Hope to Die

    Alex Cross • Book 22

    by James Patterson

    Narrated by Michael Boatman, Scott Sowers

    ★ 4.35 ABR Score (35.8K ratings)

    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (33.2K) ★ 4.43 Audible (2.6K)

    9h 41m listening time • Released 2014

    Cross faces his most personal case when a psychotic mastermind kidnaps his entire family, and the dual narration by Michael Boatman and Scott Sowers adds layers to this cat-and-mouse psychological thriller.

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    Cross faces his most personal case when a psychotic mastermind kidnaps his entire family, and the dual narration by Michael Boatman and Scott Sowers adds layers to this cat-and-mouse psychological thriller.

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    25 Alive (WMC #25): A Women's Murder Club Thriller

    Women's Murder Club • Book 25

    by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

    Narrated by January LaVoy

    ★ 4.34 ABR Score (30.2K ratings)

    ★ 4.16 Goodreads (29.0K) ★ 4.52 Audible (1.2K)

    6h 40m listening time • Released 2025

    The Women's Murder Club investigates a former SFPD chief's murder in Golden Gate Park for this milestone twenty-fifth installment. Patterson and Paetro return to San Francisco with familiar characters facing a case that hits close to home.

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    The Women's Murder Club investigates a former SFPD chief's murder in Golden Gate Park for this milestone twenty-fifth installment. Patterson and Paetro return to San Francisco with familiar characters facing a case that hits close to home.

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    16th Seduction

    Women's Murder Club • Book 16

    by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

    Narrated by January LaVoy

    ★ 4.33 ABR Score (48.4K ratings)

    ★ 4.12 Goodreads (44.3K) ★ 4.53 Audible (4.0K)

    7h 1m listening time • Released 2017

    Detective Lindsay Boxer investigates mysterious heart attacks while dealing with her husband's betrayal and a new threat to San Francisco.

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    Detective Lindsay Boxer investigates mysterious heart attacks while dealing with her husband's betrayal and a new threat to San Francisco.

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    Violets Are Blue

    Alex Cross • Book 7

    by James Patterson

    Narrated by Daniel Whitner, Kevin O'Rourke

    ★ 4.33 ABR Score (73.7K ratings)

    ★ 4.02 Goodreads (71.5K) ★ 4.51 Audible (2.2K)

    8h 5m listening time • Released 2005

    Alex Cross hunts killers who believe they're vampires, committing ritualistic murders that blur the line between delusion and supernatural horror. Whitner and O'Rourke share narration duties in this macabre thriller that tests Cross's rationality.

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    Alex Cross hunts killers who believe they're vampires, committing ritualistic murders that blur the line between delusion and supernatural horror. Whitner and O'Rourke share narration duties in this macabre thriller that tests Cross's rationality.

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    1st To Die

    Women's Murder Club • Book 1

    by James Patterson

    Narrated by Suzanne Toren

    ★ 4.32 ABR Score (366.9K ratings)

    ★ 4.1 Goodreads (360.3K) ★ 4.31 Audible (6.5K)

    8h 56m listening time • Released 2001

    San Francisco homicide inspector Lindsay Boxer teams with a medical examiner, prosecutor, and crime reporter to track a killer targeting newlyweds. Patterson launches his Women's Murder Club series with fast-paced procedural action and the dynamic between four professional women.

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    San Francisco homicide inspector Lindsay Boxer teams with a medical examiner, prosecutor, and crime reporter to track a killer targeting newlyweds. Patterson launches his Women's Murder Club series with fast-paced procedural action and the dynamic between four professional women.

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All James Patterson Audiobooks (63)