Our list of some of the best Michael Crichton books & series in recent years. Get inspired by one or more of the following books.
- The Great Train Robbery (2014)
- The Andromeda Strain (2017)
- Dragon Teeth: A Novel (2017)
- Pirate Latitudes (2010)
- Jurassic Park: A Novel (2012)
- Timeline: A Novel (2003)
- Sphere (2011)
- Grave Descend (Hard Case Crime) (2011)
- The Lost World: A Novel (Jurassic Park) (2012)
- Prey (2008)
- Travels (Vintage Departures) (2014)
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The Great Train Robbery (2014)
In teeming Victorian London, where lavish wealth and appalling poverty live side by side, Edward Pierce charms the most prominent of the well-to-do as he cunningly orchestrates the crime of the century. Who would suspect that a gentleman of breeding could mastermind the daring theft of a fortune in gold? Who could predict the consequences of making the extraordinary robbery aboard the pride of England’s industrial era, the mighty steam locomotive?
The Andromeda Strain (2017)
A military space probe, sent to collect extraterrestrial organisms from the upper atmosphere, is knocked out of orbit and falls to Earth. Twelve miles from the crash site, an inexplicable and deadly phenomenon terrorizes the residents of a sleepy desert town in Arizona, leaving only two survivors: an elderly addict and a newborn infant.
Dragon Teeth: A Novel (2017)
Not since Jurassic Park has digging up the past been so dangerousThe legendary #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park returns to the world of paleontology in this recently discovered novel. . . .The year is 1876.
Pirate Latitudes (2010)
“Crichton’s ultimate adventure.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Pirates Latitudes has the loot: Gore, sex, action….A lusty, rollicking 17th century adventure.”—USA Today “Riveting….Great entertainment….The pages and minutes fly by.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer #1 New York Times bestselling author, the incomparable Michael Crichton (“One of the great storytellers of our age” —Newsday) takes to the…
Jurassic Park: A Novel (2012)
“[Michael] Crichton’s dinosaurs are genuinely frightening.”—Chicago Sun-TimesAn astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Now humankind’s most thrilling fantasies have come true.
Timeline: A Novel (2003)
In an Arizona desert a man wanders in a daze, speaking words that make no sense. Within twenty-four hours he is dead, his body swiftly cremated by his only known associates. Halfway around the world archaeologists make a shocking discovery at a medieval site. Suddenly they are swept off to the headquarters of a secretive multinational corporation that has developed an astounding technology.
Sphere (2011)
“Ingenious and beguiling.”—Time“Crichton keeps us guessing at every turn in his best work since The Andromeda Strain.”—Los Angeles Times“Sphere may be Crichton’s best novel, but even if it ranked only second or third, it would be a must for suspense fans.”—Miami HeraldA classic thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Crichton, Sphere is a b…
Grave Descend (Hard Case Crime) (2011)
SOMETHING’S GOING DOWN OFF THE COAST OF JAMAICA Diver James McGregor is used to being hired to explore sunken ships. But there’s something strange about the wreck of the luxury yacht Grave Descend. No one who was aboard tells quite the same story about what happened. Then there’s the matter of the mysterious cargo they were carrying… In one of the most beautiful places on Earth, a sinister plot is about to unfold.
The Lost World: A Novel (Jurassic Park) (2012)
• Timeline, Sphere, Congo Jurassic Park, It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end—the dinosaurs destroyed, the park dismantled, and the island indefinitely closed to the public. There are rumors that something has survived. . . .
Prey (2008)
In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticles—micro-robots—has escaped from the laboratory. This cloud is self-sustaining and self-reproducing. It is intelligent and learns from experience. For all practical purposes, it is alive.It has been programmed as a predator.
Travels (Vintage Departures) (2014)
From the bestselling author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere comes a deeply personal memoir full of fascinating adventures as he travels everywhere from the Mayan pyramids to Kilimanjaro. Fueled by a powerful curiosity—and by a need to see, feel, and hear, firsthand and close-up—Michael Crichton’s journeys have carried him into worlds diverse and compelling—swimming with mud sharks in Tahiti, tracking wild animals through the jungle of Rwand…
Best Michael Crichton Books That You Need
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Travels
Author(s): Crichton, Michael
ID: 2668628, Publisher: Vintage, Year: 2012;1988, Size: 2 Mb, Format: epub
Micro
Author(s): Michael Crichton, Richard Preston
ID: 768448, Publisher: Harper, Year: 2011, Size: 1 Mb, Format: epub
Pirate Latitudes
Author(s): Michael Crichton
ID: 467338, Publisher: Harper, Year: 2010, Size: 523 Kb, Format: pdf
Please note that this booklist is not definite. Some books are really chart-busters according to Chicago Tribune, others are composed by unknown writers. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant books you could recommend? Drop a comment if you have any feedback on the list.