The Pendergast Series with Lincoln Child is a Thriller series by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, made up of 24 books published between 1995 and 2024. It begins with Relic (1995), and is best read in publication order. The most recent entry is Angel of Vengeance (2024), spanning 29 years of storytelling.
Pendergast Series with Lincoln Child series: frequently asked questions
What order should I read the Pendergast Series with Lincoln Child series?
Start with Relic (1995), the first book in the Pendergast Series with Lincoln Child series by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. Follow the books in publication order for the best reading experience.
How many books are in the Pendergast Series with Lincoln Child series?
There are 24 books in the Pendergast Series with Lincoln Child series by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, published between 1995 and 2024.
What is the first book in the Pendergast Series with Lincoln Child series?
The first book in the Pendergast Series with Lincoln Child series is Relic, published in 1995 by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child.
What is the latest book in the Pendergast Series with Lincoln Child series?
The most recent book in the Pendergast Series with Lincoln Child series is Angel of Vengeance (2024) by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child.
About the Pendergast Series with Lincoln Child series
Preston & Child's Pendergast novels are gloriously over-the-top thrillers blending crime, horror and the macabre. Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast is an eccentric, impossibly cultured FBI agent — pale, brilliant and faintly sinister — who investigates cases that veer from serial murder into the genuinely uncanny.
The series began with the monster-in-the-museum classic "Relic" and has grown into a sprawling saga with recurring villains, a Gothic family history, and set-pieces that gleefully cross from procedural into the supernatural-adjacent. They are pure page-turning entertainment.
While several form internal trilogies, reading in publication order from "Relic" is the most rewarding way to follow Pendergast's tangled backstory.