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Alex Cross books in order

The 18 books of Alex Cross in series order, with the median page count of each across English print editions. The 13 books with page data add up to about 5,580 pages.

Books in order
18
numbered on Wikidata
Total pages
5,580
sum of medians, 13 books
Reading time
98h
at average speed
  1. 1
    Along Came a Spider
    1993 · 14 editions
    475 pages
    8 h 22 min
  2. 2
    Kiss the Girls
    1995 · 12 editions
    470 pages
    8 h 17 min
  3. 3
    Jack & Jill
    1996 · 13 editions
    450 pages
    7 h 56 min
  4. 4
    Cat & Mouse
    1997 · 13 editions
    451 pages
    7 h 57 min
  5. 5
    Pop Goes the Weasel
    1999 · 9 editions
    423 pages
    7 h 27 min
  6. 6
    Roses Are Red
    2000 · 9 editions
    416 pages
    7 h 20 min
  7. 7
    Violets Are Blue
    2001 · 10 editions
    398 pages
    7 h 01 min
  8. 8
    Four Blind Mice
    2002 · too few editions with page counts to show a figure
    –
  9. 9
    The Big Bad Wolf
    2003 · 12 editions
    408 pages
    7 h 12 min
  10. 11
    Mary, Mary
    2005 · 11 editions
    435 pages
    7 h 40 min
  11. 12
    Cross
    2006 · 12 editions
    412 pages
    7 h 16 min
  12. 13
    Double Cross
    2007 · 6 editions
    434 pages
    7 h 39 min
  13. 14
    Cross Country
    2008 · too few editions with page counts to show a figure
    –
  14. 16
    I, Alex Cross
    6 editions
    391 pages
    6 h 54 min
  15. 17
    Cross Fire
    2010 · too few editions with page counts to show a figure
    –
  16. 19
    Merry Christmas, Alex Cross
    2012 · too few editions with page counts to show a figure
    –
  17. 20
    Alex Cross, run
    7 editions
    416 pages
    7 h 20 min
  18. 23
    Cross Justice
    2015 · too few editions with page counts to show a figure
    –

Pages per book, in series order

Median page count across English print editions.

1. Along Came a Spider4752. Kiss the Girls4693. Jack & Jill4504. Cat & Mouse4515. Pop Goes the Weasel4236. Roses Are Red4167. Violets Are Blue3989. The Big Bad Wolf40811. Mary, Mary43512. Cross41213. Double Cross43416. I, Alex Cross39120. Alex Cross, run416
1. Along Came a Spid…4752. Kiss the Girls4693. Jack & Jill4504. Cat & Mouse4515. Pop Goes the Weas…4236. Roses Are Red4167. Violets Are Blue3989. The Big Bad Wolf40811. Mary, Mary43512. Cross41213. Double Cross43416. I, Alex Cross39120. Alex Cross, run416
Open Library edition records; order from Wikidata series numbers.

How long to read the whole series?

Based on 5,580 pages for the 13 books with page data.

Reading time
98 h 21 min
At 30 min a day
197 days
At 1 hour a day
99 days
Order follows the series number recorded on Wikidata. Novellas numbered with decimals (for example 2.5) sit between the main books.

Data: Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors); Open Library monthly data dumps (works, editions, authors, reading log, ratings) (Open Library / Internet Archive); How many words do we read per minute? A review and meta-analysis of reading rate (Marc Brysbaert, Journal of Memory and Language 109 (2019)).