Order of John E. Douglas Books
John E. Douglas is an American author of true crime non-fiction books and crime thriller novels. He is a former FBI agent and one of the first criminal profilers. Douglas started out as a sniper, and later hostage negotiator. He was later transferred to the Behavioral Science Unit, where he taught hostage negotiation and criminal psychology. He began and managed the Criminal Profiling Program at the FBI, travelling the country in order to interview serial killers, assassins, and violent sex offenders such as David Berkowitz, Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, Charles Manson, Edmund Kemper, James Earl Ray, Sirhan Sirhan, Richard Speck, Gary Ridgway, and others. He has been the basis of several fictional characters, including Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris and most recently Holden Ford in the Netflix show Mindhunter.
John E. Douglas made his debut as an author in 1995 with the non-fiction book Mindhunter. Below is a list of John E. Douglas’s books in order of when they were first released:
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Publication Order of Broken Wings Books
| Broken Wings | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Man Down | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Mindhunter Books
(with Mark Olshaker)
| Mindhunter | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Journey Into Darkness | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Crime Classification Manual | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Pocket Guide to the Crime Classification Manual | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sexual Homicide | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Unabomber | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Obsession | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| John Douglas's Guide to Careers in the FBI | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Anatomy of Motive | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Cases That Haunt Us | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Anyone You Want Me to Be: A True Story of Sex and Death on the Internet | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| John Douglas's Guide to Landing a Career in Law Enforcement | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Inside the Mind of BTK | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Law and Disorder | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Killer Across the Table | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Killer's Shadow | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| When a Killer Calls | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Notes: The novel Broken Wings, along with the non-fiction books Mindhunter, Journey into Darkness, The Anatomy of Motive, The Cases That Haunt Us, Obsession, Law and Disorder, The Killer Across the Table, and The Killer’s Shadow were co-authored by Mark Olshaker. The Forgotten Killer was co-authored by Douglas Preston.
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John E. Douglas Synopsis: Broken Wings is a standalone novel by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker. When the director of the FBI (also his former boss), turns up dead, former profiler John Chase comes out of retirement to investigate and finds himself facing off against a ruthless and clever opponent.