April 7, 2025, 2:15pm

You’ve in all probability already heard the information: Mr. Beast, the YouTuber your cousins are obsessive about, and James Patterson, the novelist your uncles are obsessive about, have lastly teamed as much as write a guide collectively.

The thriller is Mr. Beast’s first guide, however Patterson, the patron saint of airport bookstores, has lengthy collaborated with large names. His third with Invoice Clinton is due out in June and like so many books written pre-November, it’s arriving on cabinets somewhat pre-curdled — this newest Patterson-Clinton joint has the winky title The First Gentleman.

Beast and Patterson’s guide offered in “an eight-figure bidding battle,” a undeniable fact that I don’t have the capability to get annoyed with proper now. The pair apparently actually did co-write the novel — would like to be an “Nameless Fly” on the wall of that Google doc.

Bogglingly, there’s additionally a non-fiction guide hooked up to this deal. I think about it would in all probability be a behind-the-scenes take a look at no matter is happening with Mr. Beast’s repeated makes an attempt to do the Stanford Jail Experiment however monetized. However my hope is that it’s a craft guide — I might learn the hell out of Mr. Beast and James Patterson speaking about how and why they do what they do.

The working title of this collab novel is The Most Harmful Sport, with the logline “Gamers struggle to outlive lethal checks held in harmful places world wide, as they battle to turn into ‘The One.’” Okay, however I believe we will do higher than that, so listed here are my pitches for the following Mr. Beast and James Patterson team-up.

Hungry For Crime

A detective is pulled right into a twisted cat-and-mouse recreation with a infamous hitman recognized solely as “Ice.” The detective should struggle to save lots of his household by racing to eat 100,000 energy sooner than this deranged killer.

Southern Solar

A beneficiant wealthy man offers away a personal island to the FBI’s foremost forensic psychologist, who retires to show his new tropical actual property right into a luxurious resort. However will it’s sufficient to save lots of his marriage?

Chilly Case

A detective is requested to resolve a collection of kidnappings, however by chance will get trapped in an previous fridge for twenty-four hours. Hilarity and thrills ensue.

Bricked

A cash-strapped police division is pressured to promote all the things, and need to workforce up with a humorous native teenager to construct new polices vehicles out of Legos.

Basking

A mysterious lab creates 5 human-lizard hybrids, who need to make their manner in a world that doesn’t perceive them. Turned away from each job they struggle, they turn into YouTube content material creators and shortly are profitable, well-known, and pleased.

20,000 Magnets Vs. 1 Serial Killer

A detective tries to cease a assassin utilizing too many magnets.

Simply One Extra

A collection of excessive profile home fires shake the DC space, and it begins to turn into clear that that is the work of a serial arsonist. An area police detective is tasked with cracking the case, however should struggle his dependancy to watching YouTube movies lengthy sufficient to catch the felony.

Out of My Mitts

James Patterson co-writes a Utah thriller with Mitt Romney and 4 of the 5 Romney sons. However the night time earlier than the guide’s launch, Tagg discovers a horrible typo within the remaining copies. Tagg and the Patterson workforce put out a name: whoever can heist essentially the most copies from airport bookstores throughout the globe will win a lifetime provide of scrumptious Mr. Beast model breakfast cereal.

Ghost Hunt

Determined ghostwriters compete below a collection of more and more tight deadlines to win a coveted place as co-writer with best-selling and really hunky author Jim Batterson. Hilarity and thrills ensue.