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
bibliography

Novels↙	28
Stories↙	10
Nonfiction↙	4
References and footnotes

Bibliography

Novels

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]

Nonfiction

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

Short fiction

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)

Film and television

Work as screenwriter, director and/or producer

Year	Title	Notes
1971	The War of the Eggs (Episode of Insight) (TV film)	Writer
1972	Pursuit (TV film)	Novel and director
1973	Extreme Close-Up (a.k.a. Sex Through a Window)	Screenwriter
	Westworld	Writer-director
1978	Coma	Writer-director
1979	The Great Train Robbery	Novel, screenwriter-director
1981	Looker	Writer-director
1984	Runaway	Writer-director
1989	Physical Evidence	Director
1993	Jurassic Park	Novel and co-screenwriter
	Rising Sun	Novel and co-screenwriter
1994	Disclosure	Novel and producer
1996	Twister	Co-writer and producer
1998	Sphere	Novel and producer
1999	The 13th Warrior	Novel, producer and director of reshoots

Television series writer/producer

Year	Title	Notes
1994–2009	ER	Creator, writer and executive producer

Derivative works

Films based on Crichton's novels

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
2021	Jurassic World: Dominion (based on characters created by Crichton)	Colin Trevorrow

Sequel to Crichton's film

Year	Title	Director
1976	Futureworld (sequel to Westworld)	Richard T. Heffron

Television series based on Crichton's films

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

Novels adapted into television series

Year	Title	Network	Producers
2008	The Andromeda Strain	A&E Network	Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Mikael Salomon
TBA	Dragon Teeth	National Geographic	TBA

References

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. ISBN 978-0-525-93802-6.
5. John Lange. Zero Cool. ISBN 978-0-8439-5959-8.
6. Michael Crichton. The Andromeda Strain. ISBN 978-0-394-41525-3.
7. John Lange. The Venom Business.
8. John Lange. Drug of Choice. ISBN 978-0-451-04116-6.
9. Michael Douglas. Dealing. ISBN 978-0-394-42168-1.
10. John Lange. Grave Descend. 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. ISBN 978-0-394-44768-1.
13. Michael Crichton (1975-05-12). The Great Train Robbery. ISBN 978-0-394-49401-2.
14. Michael Crichton (1976). Eaters of the Dead. ISBN 978-0-394-49400-5.
15. Michael Crichton. Congo. ISBN 978-0-394-51392-8.
16. Michael Crichton. Sphere. ISBN 978-0-394-56110-3.
17. Michael Crichton (1990). Jurassic Park. ISBN 978-0-394-58816-2.
18. Michael Crichton (1993). Rising Sun. 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. ISBN 978-0-679-44481-7.
23. Michael Crichton (1999). Prey. ISBN 978-0-679-44481-7.
24. Michael Crichton (2004-12-07). State of Fear. ISBN 978-0-06-621413-9.
25. Michael Crichton (2006-11-28). Next. ISBN 978-0-06-087298-4.
26. Michael Crichton (November 24, 2009). Pirate Latitudes. 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.

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