* The Last Lecture
* The Devil in the White City
* The Professor and the Madman
* The Rule of Four
* Kill Alex Cross
Articles:
* "The Real Story Behind The Last Lecture" (Esquire, 2008)
* "The Devil in the White City: Behind the Scenes" (Vanity Fair, 2003)
* "The Professor and the Madman: A Journey into Madness" (The New Yorker, 1998)
* "The Rule of Four: Inside the World's Most Secret Organization" (Wired, 2015)
* "Kill Alex Cross: James Patterson's Bestseller Gets a Reboot" (The Hollywood Reporter, 2017)
Short stories:
* "The House on Maple Street" (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, 2000)
* "The Girl in the Glass Box" (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, 2002)
* "The Man Who Loved Dogs" (Playboy, 2004)
* "The Woman in the Window" (Redbook, 2006)
* "The Girl on the Train" (Marie Claire, 2015)