Preston and Child - Pendergrast series

[Big Wig]

I've read some books from these guys and I'd like to check out the Pendergrast novels. A friend just gave me Brimstone and I'd like to read it but it's out of order... should I be reading these in order or are they OK by themselves?

Thanks

 

[Lady Reader]

Most of the Pendergast novels can be read as stand-alone; I've read quite a few and they seem to be out of order Relic and Reliquary (the sequel) are the first ones Pendergast appears in as a secondary character; after that he becomes a main character.

Brimstone begins the Diogenes trilogy: Brimstone, Dance of Death, and The Book of the Dead. You should definitely read Brimstone before these others.

 

[krutj]

Anybody else a fan? These guys are on my reading list for everything they write, together or separately.

Would like to hear from other fans.

 

[chiangmaifalcon]

I do enjoy some of their novels. Others not so much. I really liked Riptide and one about a temple in the Amazon , but I forget the title of that one. I do not like the Pendergast novels quite as much as these two, though.

 

[krutj]

I do enjoy some of their novels. Others not so much. I really liked Riptide and one about a temple in the Amazon , but I forget the title of that one. I do not like the Pendergast novels quite as much as these two, though.

The Codex...I sometimes forget the names of books too.

 

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