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Michael Crichton bibliography

Michael Crichton (1942–2008) was an American novelist and screenwriter. He wrote 28 novels and his books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films.

Michael Crichton
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Novels↙29
Stories↙10
Nonfiction↙4
References and footnotes

Bibliography

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Novels

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Year Title Notes # Novel Under Own Name Published after Death Adapted into Film Ref.
1966 Odds On as John Lange 1 No No No [1]
1967 Scratch One as John Lange 2 No No No [2]
1968 Easy Go as John Lange (also titled as The Last Tomb) 3 No No No [3]
1968 A Case of Need as Jeffery Hudson (re-released as Crichton in 1993) 4 No No Yes [4]
1969 Zero Cool as John Lange 5 No No No [5]
1969 The Andromeda Strain 6 Yes No Yes [6]
1969 The Venom Business as John Lange 7 No No No [7]
1970 Drug of Choice as John Lange (also titled Overkill) 8 No No No [8]
1970 Dealing as Michael Douglas (with brother Douglas Crichton) 9 No No Yes [9]
1970 Grave Descend as John Lange 10 No No No [10]
1972 Binary as John Lange (re-released as by Crichton in 1993) 11 No No Yes [11]
1972 The Terminal Man 12 Yes No Yes [12]
1975 The Great Train Robbery 13 Yes No Yes [13]
1976 Eaters of the Dead also titled The 13th Warrior 14 Yes No Yes [14]
1980 Congo 15 Yes No Yes [15]
1987 Sphere 16 Yes No Yes [16]
1990 Jurassic Park 17 Yes No Yes [17]
1992 Rising Sun 18 Yes No Yes [18]
1994 Disclosure 19 Yes No Yes [19]
1995 The Lost World 20 Yes No Yes [20]
1996 Airframe 21 Yes No No [21]
1999 Timeline 22 Yes No Yes [22]
2002 Prey 23 Yes No No [23]
2004 State of Fear 24 Yes No No [24]
2006 Next 25 Yes No No [25]
2009 Pirate Latitudes Posthumous publication 26 Yes Yes No [26]
2011 Micro Posthumous publication (completed by Richard Preston) 27 Yes Yes No [27]
2017 Dragon Teeth Posthumous publication 28 Yes Yes No [28]
2024 Eruption Posthumous publication (completed by James Patterson) 29 Yes Yes No [29]

Short fiction

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Year Title Originally published Notes
1957 "Johnny at 8:30" First Words (1993) poem
1960 "[Untitled]" First Words (1993) fan titled Well, Nothing.
1961 "Life Goes to a Party" First Words (1993)
1961 "The Most Important Part of the Lab" First Words (1993)
1968 "Villa of Assassins" Stag Annual (1968) as John Lange; excerpted from Scratch One (1967)
1968 "How Does That Make You Feel?" Playboy (November 1968) as Jeffrey Hudson
1970 "The Death Divers" Man's World (December 1970) as John Lange; excerpted from Grave Descend (1970)
1971 "The Most Powerful Tailor in the World" Playboy (September 1971)
1984 "Mousetrap: A Tale of Computer Crime" Life (January 1984)
2003 "Blood Doesn't Come Out" McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales (2003)

Post-Crichton novel

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Year Title Author Ref.
2019 The Andromeda Evolution Daniel H. Wilson [30]

Nonfiction

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Year Title
1970 Five Patients
1977 Jasper Johns
1983 Electronic Life
1988 Travels

Film and television

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Film

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Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
1973 Extreme Close-Up No Yes No
Westworld Yes Yes No
1978 Coma Yes Yes No
1979 The Great Train Robbery Yes Yes No Also based on his novel
1981 Looker Yes Yes No
1984 Runaway Yes Yes No
1989 Physical Evidence Yes No No
1993 Jurassic Park No Yes No Also based on his novel
Rising Sun No Yes No
1994 Disclosure No No Yes
1996 Twister No Yes Yes
1998 Sphere No No Yes Also based on his novel
1999 The 13th Warrior Uncredited No Yes Uncredited reshoots Director
Also based on his novel

Television

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Year Title Director Writer Executive
Producer		 Notes
1971–1974 Insight No Yes No Episodes "The War of the Eggs", "Killer" & "The Theft"
1972 Pursuit Yes No No TV movie
Also based on his 1972 novel "Binary"
1994–2009 ER No Yes Yes Also creator

Derivative works

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Films based on Crichton's novels

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Year Title Director
1971 The Andromeda Strain Robert Wise
1972 Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues Paul Williams
The Carey Treatment (A Case of Need) Blake Edwards
1974 The Terminal Man Mike Hodges
1979 The Great Train Robbery Michael Crichton
1993 Jurassic Park Steven Spielberg
Rising Sun Philip Kaufman
1994 Disclosure Barry Levinson
1995 Congo Frank Marshall
1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Steven Spielberg
1998 Sphere Barry Levinson
1999 The 13th Warrior (Eaters of the Dead) John McTiernan
2001 Jurassic Park III (based on characters created by Crichton) Joe Johnston
2003 Timeline Richard Donner
2015 Jurassic World (based on characters created by Crichton) Colin Trevorrow
2018 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (based on characters created by Crichton) J. A. Bayona
2022 Jurassic World Dominion (based on characters created by Crichton) Colin Trevorrow
2025 Jurassic World Rebirth (based on characters created by Crichton) Gareth Edwards

Sequel to Crichton's film

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Year Title Director
1976 Futureworld (sequel to Westworld) Richard T. Heffron
2024 Twisters (based on characters created by Crichton; sequel to Twister) Lee Isaac Chung

Television series based on Crichton's films

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Year Title Network Producers
1980 Beyond Westworld CBS Lou Shaw
2016–2022 Westworld HBO J. J. Abrams, Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy

Novels adapted into television series

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Year Title Network Producers
2008 The Andromeda Strain A&E Network Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Mikael Salomon

In development

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Year Title Network Producers
TBA Dragon Teeth National Geographic TBA
TBA Sphere HBO TBA[31]

References

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  1. ^ John Lange. Odds On.
  2. ^ John Lange. Scratch One.
  3. ^ John Lange. Easy Go.
  4. ^ Jeffery Hudson (1993-08-01). A Case of Need. Dutton. ISBN 978-0-525-93802-6.
  5. ^ John Lange (2008). Zero Cool. Dorchester Publishing Company, Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-8439-5959-8.
  6. ^ Michael Crichton (1969). The Andromeda Strain. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-394-41525-3.
  7. ^ John Lange. The Venom Business.
  8. ^ John Lange (1970). Drug of Choice. Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-451-04116-6.
  9. ^ Michael Douglas (1971). Dealing. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-394-42168-1.
  10. ^ John Lange (2006). Grave Descend. Dorchester Publishing Company, Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-8439-5597-2.
  11. ^ Lange, John (1972). Binary. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-394-47987-3.
  12. ^ Michael Crichton (1972). The Terminal Man. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-394-44768-1.
  13. ^ Michael Crichton (1975-05-12). The Great Train Robbery. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-394-49401-2.
  14. ^ Michael Crichton (1976). Eaters of the Dead. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-394-49400-5.
  15. ^ Michael Crichton (1980). Congo. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-394-51392-8.
  16. ^ Michael Crichton (1987). Sphere. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-394-56110-3.
  17. ^ Michael Crichton (1990). Jurassic Park. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-394-58816-2.
  18. ^ Michael Crichton (1993). Rising Sun. Ballantine Books. ISBN 978-0-345-38037-1.
  19. ^ Michael Crichton (1994). Disclosure. ISBN 978-0-679-41945-7.
  20. ^ Michael Crichton (1995). The Lost World. ISBN 978-0-679-41946-4.
  21. ^ Michael Crichton (1996). Airframe. ISBN 978-0-679-44648-4.
  22. ^ Michael Crichton (1999). Timeline. Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-679-44481-7.
  23. ^ Michael Crichton (1999). Prey. Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-679-44481-7.
  24. ^ Michael Crichton (2004-12-07). State of Fear. Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-06-621413-9.
  25. ^ Michael Crichton (2006-11-28). Next. Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-06-087298-4.
  26. ^ Michael Crichton (November 24, 2009). Pirate Latitudes. Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-06-192937-3.
  27. ^ "New Crichton novel coming in the fall". USA Today. May 22, 2011.
  28. ^ "HarperCollins to Publish Found Novel by Late Michael Crichton". Publishers Weekly.
  29. ^ "BREAKING: #MichaelCrichton and #JamesPatterson co-authored novel gets TITLE and RELEASE DATE". X.
  30. ^ Don Oldenburg (November 14, 2019). "'The Andromeda Evolution' an infectious sequel to Michael Crichton's classic best-seller". USA Today.
  31. ^ Hibberd, James (27 August 2020). "Michael Crichton's novel Sphere is getting an HBO adaptation". Entertainment Weekly.
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