John Locke books

John Locke is a bestselling self-published author of action thrillers and Westerns, known for the Donovan Creed series and for being the first indie author to sell a million Kindle ebooks.

Dani Ripper Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Call Me 2011 Buy
Promise You Won’t Tell? 2012 Buy
Teacher, Teacher 2014 Buy
Don’t Tell Presley! 2015 Buy
Abbey Rayne 2015 Buy
Hot Mess Express 2017 Buy

Donovan Creed Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Lethal People 2009 Buy
Lethal Experiment 2009 Buy
Saving Rachel 2009 Buy
Now & Then 2010 Buy
Wish List 2010 Buy
A Girl Like You 2011 Buy
Vegas Moon 2011 Buy
The Love You Crave 2011 Buy
Maybe 2011 Buy
Callie’s Last Dance 2012 Buy
Because We Can! 2013 Buy
This Means War! 2014 Buy
Boxed In! 2016 Buy
The President’s Daughter 2017 Buy
The Day Miriam Lost Her Sh*t! 2019 Buy
A Woman Scorned 2020 Buy

Emmett Love Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Follow the Stone 2011 Buy
Don’t Poke the Bear! 2011 Buy
Emmett & Gentry 2011 Buy
Goodbye, Enorma 2013 Buy
Rag Soup 2015 Buy
Spider Rain 2016 Buy

Gideon Box Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Bad Doctor 2012 Buy
Box 2012 Buy
Outside the Box 2013 Buy
Boxed In! 2016 Buy

John Locke Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Honorable Revenge 2010 Buy
The Body Broker 2010 Buy
Dirty Money 2011 Buy
The Nine Monkeys 2011 Buy
Jungle Rules 2011 N/A
Little Tokyo 2011 N/A
The novelsJungle RulesandLittle Tokyoare no longer available on Amazon. - N/A

Non-Fiction

Title Published Buy on Amazon
How I Sold 1 Million eBooks in 5 Months 2011 Buy

Short Stories/Novellas

Title Published Buy on Amazon
When David Died 2016 Buy

Standalone Novels

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Kill Jill 2012 Buy
Casting Call 2014 Buy
Sorority Girl 2016 Buy
Daisy & Bobby 2017 Buy
Our Little Secret 2017 Buy
Your Secret Admirer 2018 Buy
It Was Just Sex 2018 Buy
Size Matters 2019 Buy
Lucky You! 2020 Buy
Another Man, Another Chance 2021 Buy
The Alibi 2022 Buy
You Never Forget Your First 2022 Buy
The Enemy Next Door 2022 Buy

John Locke writes fast-paced thrillers and Westerns that have made him one of the most commercially successful self-published authors in the ebook era. His longest-running series follows Donovan Creed, a former CIA assassin turned hitman who takes on increasingly wild assignments across 16 books. Locke also writes the Emmett Love Westerns, the Dani Ripper thriller series, and the Gideon Box medical thriller series.

Locke published his first novel, Lethal People, in 2009 and quickly built a dedicated readership through low ebook pricing and rapid output. By 2011, he had become the first independent author to sell a million Kindle ebooks, joining a club that at the time included only James Patterson, Stieg Larsson, and a handful of other traditionally published bestsellers. He documented his approach in the non-fiction title “How I Sold 1 Million eBooks in 5 Months.” His catalog now spans 54 books across thrillers, Westerns, standalones, and short fiction.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has John Locke written?

John Locke has written 54 books across eight series.

What was John Locke's first book?

John Locke’s first book is Lethal Experiment, published in 2009.

What is John Locke best known for in the publishing world?

John Locke became the first self-published author to sell over one million ebooks on Amazon’s Kindle store, reaching the milestone in 2011. He wrote about the experience in his non-fiction book “How I Sold 1 Million eBooks in 5 Months.”

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