James Patterson vs Stephen King

James Patterson and Stephen King both write long-running series, and both are listed on GoBookSeries with the books of each series in publication order. The lists below give the longest series for each author by number of books.

James Patterson

Longest series: Alex Cross (34 books)

Series by book count

Stephen King

Longest series: The Dark Tower (9 books)

Series by book count

How the two compare

The longer run belongs to James Patterson: Alex Cross, 34 books, against The Dark Tower at 9 books for Stephen King. The next longest series for James Patterson are Women's Murder Club (27), Private (21), Middle School (21). Both authors' books are listed in publication order on their author pages, with the year of each title next to it.

Also see

James Patterson reading order · Stephen King reading order · thriller book series

Every figure above is the count shown on the linked author page and can be checked there.