Cotton Malone books

The Cotton Malone page covers Steve Berry's international thriller series featuring a retired Justice Department agent drawn into globe-spanning conspiracies involving historical secrets.

Cassiopeia Vitt Adventure Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Balkan Escape 2010 Buy
The Museum of Mysteries 2018 Buy
The Lake of Learning 2019 Buy
The House of Long Ago 2020 Buy
The End of Forever 2021 Buy

Cotton Malone Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Templar Legacy 2006 Buy
The Alexandria Link 2007 Buy
The Venetian Betrayal 2007 Buy
The Charlemagne Pursuit 2008 Buy
The Paris Vendetta 2009 Buy
The Emperor’s Tomb 2010 Buy
The Devil’s Gold 2011 Buy
The Jefferson Key 2011 Buy
The Admiral’s Mark 2012 Buy
The Tudor Plot 2013 Buy
The King’s Deception 2013 Buy
The Lincoln Myth 2014 Buy
The Devil’s Bones 2014 Buy
The Patriot Threat 2015 Buy
The 14th Colony / Plan Zero 2016 Buy
The Lost Order 2017 Buy
The Bishop’s Pawn 2018 Buy
The Malta Exchange 2019 Buy
Past Prologue 2019 Buy
The Warsaw Protocol 2020 Buy
The Kaiser’s Web 2021 Buy
The Last Kingdom 2023 Buy
The Atlas Maneuver 2024 Buy
The Medici Return 2025 Buy
The Devil’s Bible 2026 Buy

The Cotton Malone page covers Steve Berry’s long-running international thriller series. Cotton Malone is a retired U.S. Justice Department operative who owns a rare bookshop in Copenhagen but keeps getting pulled into conspiracies that connect historical mysteries to present-day threats. The series has run to 25 books since The Templar Legacy in 2006.

Berry builds each novel around a real historical mystery or institution — the Knights Templar, the Library of Alexandria, the Lincoln assassination, the Malta Exchange — and uses Malone’s intelligence background and book knowledge to connect past and present. The series also includes the Cassiopeia Vitt Adventure spinoff, which follows one of Malone’s allies through her own cases.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Cotton Malone written?

Cotton Malone has written 30 books across two series.

What was Cotton Malone's first book?

Cotton Malone’s first book is The Templar Legacy, published in 2006.

Who writes the Cotton Malone books?

The Cotton Malone series is written by Steve Berry, an American thriller author. Cotton Malone is the protagonist, not the author. Berry has published 25 Cotton Malone novels since 2006, along with the related Cassiopeia Vitt Adventure spinoff series.

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