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The Joe Pickett book series follows a game warden in rural Wyoming as he navigates complex legal and personal challenges while protecting the natural environment and the people around him. Each novel centers on Joe uncovering mysteries involving local conflicts, environmental issues, and personal relationships, often with family members or close friends entangled in the cases. The stories are set in the rugged landscapes of Wyoming, where the law, nature, and community intersect in dangerous and unpredictable ways.
Books in this series
Ordered by first publication where known. The official numbering for this series is incomplete in our sources, so we don't show series numbers we can't verify.
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2003
Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT series—now streaming on Paramount+ Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett uncovers a conspiracy in this explosive novel in the #1…
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2005
Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT series—now streaming on Paramount+ In this thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling Joe Pickett series, the Wyoming…
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2006
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett is about to become the hunted in this suspenseful thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. When a good…
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2007
Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT series—now streaming on Paramount+ Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett's hunt for a missing woman forces him to confront his…
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2008
Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT series—now streaming on Paramount+ Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett hunts a mass murderer in Yellowstone in this thriller…
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2008
Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT series—now streaming on Paramount+ It's elk season in the Rockies, but a different kind of hunter is stalking prey in this…
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2009
Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT series—now streaming on Paramount+ In this thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, a voice from the past has…
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2010
Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT series—now streaming on Paramount+ A mountain patrol leads Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett into a dangerous situation in…
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There is nothing unusual about the sound of a gunshot in Twelve Sleep, remotest Wyoming, where elk roam the pine forests, cougars prowl the…
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When Earl Alden is found dead, dangling from a wind turbine, his wife Missy is arrested. Missy is Joe Pickett's mother-in-law, a woman he dislikes,…
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2012
Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT series—now streaming on Paramount+ Joe Pickett’s friend’s past comes back to haunt everyone he cares about in this…
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Joe Pickett investigates the disappearance of a local businessman, who recently had his intended retirement property declared wetlands and is…
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Everything about a wealthy man is a mystery: his massive ranch in the remote Black Hills of Wyoming that nobody visits, the women who live with him,…
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Joe Pickett has lived through danger before, but this time his daughter's life is at stake. Joe's ward, eighteen-year-old April, has run off with…
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Joe Pickett's old friend Nate Romanowski is lying low off the grid while the FBI search for him, but federal agents find him and pressure him to help…
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Game warden Joe Pickett watches from a circling plane as a figure in the snow is closed in on by three others, unable to help. The Cates family, a…
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Wyoming's new governor gives game warden Joe Pickett a delicate job: a prominent British executive never returned home from a high-end guest ranch,…
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2019
Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT series—now streaming on Paramount+ Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett encounters bad behavior on his own turf—only to have…
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Joe Pickett’s pursuit of a killer through the rugged mountains of Wyoming takes a horrifying turn when his beloved foster daughter is kidnapped in…
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Buy on Amazon2022 · C. J. Box
Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett and his wife, Marybeth, make separate discoveries that put the Pickett family in a pair of killers’ crosshairs in…
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Buy on Amazon2023 · C. J. Box
Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett investigates a mysterious death at a secret remote high-tech facility in this riveting new novel from #1 New York…
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Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett faces two different kinds of rampaging beasts—one animal, one human—in this riveting new novel from #1 New York Times…
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Buy on Amazon2026 · C. J. Box
The Crossroads is a novel featuring game warden Joe Pickett, who fights for his life while his daughters try to uncover who shot him and left him for…
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The Missing📅 Expected Feb 23, 2027
"C.J. Box owns the modern American frontier.” —Jack Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Cry Havoc “Raining here, but I’ve got a cup of hot tea and a…
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Frequently asked questions
What order should I read the Joe Pickett books in?
Read them in publication order — the list above is sorted by first publication where known, starting with “Savage Run”.
How many books are in the Joe Pickett series?
We list 26 books by C. J. Box , published between 2003–2026.
When is the next Joe Pickett book released?
The next book is “The Missing”, book 27 in the series, expected Feb 23, 2027. That is the publisher's announced date and can change; this page updates when it does.
Where can I buy the Joe Pickett books?
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