David Baldacci

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Birth year: 1960

Country: United States

David Baldacci graduated from the University of Virginia with a law degree before embarking on a career as a trial lawyer and later as a corporate lawyer in Washington, D.C. However, he eventually transitioned to become a full-time writer, producing popular novels such as Absolute Power, Total Control, The Winner, The Simple Truth, and Saving Faith. He currently resides in Virginia with his wife and two children.

Genres: General Fiction, Historical, Mystery, Children's Fiction, Historical Mystery

Awards

Nero

2020

PEN

2024

ITW

2025

Featured books

Hope Rises

Nash Falls

Strangers in Time

To Die For

A Calamity of Souls

The Edge

Simply Lies

Long Shadows

The 6:20 Man

Dream Town

All book series by David Baldacci

Walter Nash

November 11, 2025

2 books

Travis Devine

July 12, 2022

3 books

Aloysius Archer

July 23, 2019

3 books

Atlee Pine

November 13, 2018

4 books

Memory Man / Amos Decker

April 21, 2015

7 books

Vega Jane

March 4, 2014

4 books

Will Robie

April 17, 2012

5 books

John Puller

October 31, 2011

4 books

Shaw and Katie James

April 22, 2008

2 books

Camel Club

October 25, 2005

6 books

Freddy and the French Fries

June 1, 2005

2 books

King and Maxwell

September 1, 2003

6 books

All books of David Baldacci

Novel

Hope Rises

2026

Nash Falls

2025

Strangers in Time

2025

To Die For

2024

A Calamity of Souls

2024

The Edge

2023

Simply Lies

2023

Long Shadows

2022

The 6:20 Man

2022

Dream Town

2022

Mercy

2021

A Gambling Man

2021

Daylight

2020

Walk the Wire

2020

A Minute to Midnight

2019

One Good Deed

2019

Redemption

2019

The Stars Below

2019

Long Road to Mercy

2018

The Fallen

2018

End Game

2017

The Fix

2017

The Width of the World

2017

No Man's Land

2016

The Last Mile

2016

The Guilty

2015

The Keeper

2015

Memory Man

2015

The Escape

2014

The Target

2014

The Finisher

2014

King and Maxwell

2013

The Hit

2013

The Forgotten

2012

The Innocent

2012

Zero Day

2011

No Rest for the Dead

2011

One Summer

2011

The Sixth Man

2011

Hell's Corner

2010

Deliver Us From Evil

2010

True Blue

2009

First Family

2009

Divine Justice

2008

The Whole Truth

2008

Stone Cold

2007

Simple Genius

2007

The Collectors

2006

The Mystery of Silas Finklebean

2006

The Camel Club

2005

Fries Alive!

2005

Hour Game

2004

Split Second

2003

The Christmas Train

2002

Last Man Standing

2001

Wish You Well

2000

Saving Faith

1999

The Simple Truth

1998

Total Control

1997

The Winner

1997

Absolute Power

1996

Omnibus Of Novels

David Baldacci: The Collection

2014

Split Second / The Christmas Train

2007

Absolute Power / Total Control

2006

Last Man Standing / Saving Faith

2006

Anthologies Edited

FaceOff

2014

Story

The Mighty Johns

2021

Bullseye

2014

No Time Left

2011

Recommendations by this author

Orphan X series by Gregg Hurwitz 2016 Series

“Feels like a missile launch”

Kiss Her Goodbye (Frankie Elkin series #4) by Lisa Gardner 2025 Novel

“Frankie Elkin is a jewel of a character with new facets being revealed in every book. In Kiss Her Goodbye, Gardner, always a pitch perfect writer, elevates her game to produce a thought-provoking tale that lingers with you in ways both small and profound.”

Into the Fire (Orphan X series #5) by Gregg Hurwitz 2020 Novel

“Read the Orphan X series. You'll thank me later.”

Orphan X (Orphan X series #1) by Gregg Hurwitz 2016 Novel

“Orphan X blows the doors off most thrillers I've read and catapults the readers on a cat-and-mouse that feels like a missile launch. Read this book. You will thank me later.”