About
Lee Child
Lee Child, born Jim Grant in 1954, is a British author known for his Jack Reacher series of action-thriller novels. After a successful career in television production, Child turned to writing at the age of 40. His debut novel, "Killing Floor" (1997), introduced Jack Reacher, a former Army Military Police officer who now roams the United States and finds himself embroiled in dangerous situations. The Reacher series has become a global phenomenon, with over 100 million copies sold worldwide. Child has received numerous accolades, including the "Thriller of the Year" award from the International Thriller Writers organization multiple times. His novels have been praised for their fast-paced action, taut prose, and memorable protagonist. Lee Child continues to write the Reacher series, and his latest installment, "The Sentinel," was released in 2023.
Book Series by Lee Child
Jack Reacher Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Killing Floor | 1997 | Buy on Amazon |
| Die Trying | 1998 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tripwire | 1999 | Buy on Amazon |
| Running Blind / The Visitor | 2000 | Buy on Amazon |
| Echo Burning | 2001 | Buy on Amazon |
| Without Fail | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
| Persuader | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Enemy | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| One Shot | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Hard Way | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| Bad Luck and Trouble | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Nothing to Lose | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Gone Tomorrow | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| 61 Hours | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Worth Dying For | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Affair | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Wanted Man | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Never Go Back | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Personal | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Make Me | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Night School | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Midnight Line | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Past Tense | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Blue Moon | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Sentinel ( With: Andrew Child) | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Better Off Dead ( With: Andrew Child) | 2021 | Buy on Amazon |
| No Plan B ( With: Andrew Child) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Secret ( With: Andrew Child) | 2023 | Buy on Amazon |
| In Too Deep ( With: Andrew Child) | 2024 | Buy on Amazon |
Chronological Jack Reacher Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Enemy | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Secret ( With: Andrew Child) | 2023 | Buy on Amazon |
| Night School | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Affair | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Killing Floor | 1997 | Buy on Amazon |
| Die Trying | 1998 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tripwire | 1999 | Buy on Amazon |
| Running Blind / The Visitor | 2000 | Buy on Amazon |
| Echo Burning | 2001 | Buy on Amazon |
| Without Fail | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
| Persuader | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| One Shot | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Hard Way | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| Bad Luck and Trouble | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Nothing to Lose | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Gone Tomorrow | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| 61 Hours | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Worth Dying For | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Wanted Man | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Never Go Back | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Personal | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Make Me | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Midnight Line | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Past Tense | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Blue Moon | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Sentinel ( With: Andrew Child) | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Better Off Dead ( With: Andrew Child) | 2021 | Buy on Amazon |
| No Plan B ( With: Andrew Child) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| In Too Deep ( With: Andrew Child) | 2024 | Buy on Amazon |
Jack Reacher Short Stories/Novellas with Andrew Child
Good and Valuable Consideration: Jack Reacher vs. Nick Heller (Short Story) ( With: Joseph Finder)
2014
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Second Son (Short Story) | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Deep Down | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| High Heat | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Not a Drill | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Good and Valuable Consideration: Jack Reacher vs. Nick Heller (Short Story) ( With: Joseph Finder) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Small Wars | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Too Much Time | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Christmas Scorpion (Short Story) | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Fourth Man | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Cleaning the Gold (Short Story) ( With: Karin Slaughter) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| New Kid in Town (Short Story) ( By: Andrew Child) | 2024 | Buy on Amazon |
Jack Reacher Collections
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| No Middle Name | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
Jack Reacher Miscellaneous Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Reacher's Rules | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
Lee Child Short Stories/Novellas
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| I Heard a Romantic Story (Short Story) | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| James Penney's New Identity (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
Lee Child Non-Fiction Books
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Reacher's Rules | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Hero | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
Lee Child Short Story Collections
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Safe Enough: And Other Stories | 2024 | Buy on Amazon |
Akashic Drug Chronicles Series
The Cocaine Chronicles (Short Story) ( With: Laura Lippman, Gary Phillips, Ken Bruen, Jervey Tervalon, Bill Moody)
2005
The Speed Chronicles ( By: Megan Abbott, Scott Phillips, Sherman Alexie, James Franco, William T. Vollmann, Jess Walter, Beth Lisick, Tao Lin, James Greer, Jerry Stahl, Natalie Díaz, Joseph Mattson, Kenji Jasper, Rose Bunch)
2011
The Heroin Chronicles ( By: Jervey Tervalon, Lydia Lunch, Erin Moon, Nathan Larson, Antonia Crane, Jerry Stahl, Eric Bogosian, Ava Stander, John Albert, Michael Albo, Sophia Langdon, Tony O'Neill, L.Z. Hansen)
2013
The Nicotine Chronicles ( With: Joyce Carol Oates, Hannah Tinti, Christopher Sorrentino, Cara Black, Lauren Sanders, Bernice L. McFadden, Jonathan Ames)
2020
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Cocaine Chronicles (Short Story) ( With: Laura Lippman, Gary Phillips, Ken Bruen, Jervey Tervalon, Bill Moody) | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Speed Chronicles ( By: Megan Abbott, Scott Phillips, Sherman Alexie, James Franco, William T. Vollmann, Jess Walter, Beth Lisick, Tao Lin, James Greer, Jerry Stahl, Natalie Díaz, Joseph Mattson, Kenji Jasper, Rose Bunch) | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Heroin Chronicles ( By: Jervey Tervalon, Lydia Lunch, Erin Moon, Nathan Larson, Antonia Crane, Jerry Stahl, Eric Bogosian, Ava Stander, John Albert, Michael Albo, Sophia Langdon, Tony O'Neill, L.Z. Hansen) | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Marijuana Chronicles ( By: Jonathan Santlofer) | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Nicotine Chronicles ( With: Joyce Carol Oates, Hannah Tinti, Christopher Sorrentino, Cara Black, Lauren Sanders, Bernice L. McFadden, Jonathan Ames) | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
Harold Middleton Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Chopin Manuscript | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Copper Bracelet | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Starling Project: An Audible Drama | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
Mysterious Profiles Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Rambo ( By: David Morrell) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Elvis Cole and Joe Pike ( By: Robert Crais) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Jack Taylor ( By: Ken Bruen) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Jack Reacher | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Charlie Parker ( By: John Connolly) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Hieronymus Bosch ( By: Michael Connelly) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Lincoln Rhyme ( By: Jeffery Deaver) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Alex Delaware ( By: Jonathan Kellerman) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tess Monaghan ( By: Laura Lippman) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Charlie Resnick ( By: John Harvey) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus ( By: Faye Kellerman) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Inspector Morse ( By: Colin Dexter) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dismas Hardy ( By: John Lescroart) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Bob Lee Swagger ( By: Stephen Hunter) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Aloysius X. L. Pendergast ( By: Douglas Preston) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Lou Boldt (Short Story) ( By: Ridley Pearson) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Spenser ( By: Robert B. Parker) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Charlotte and Thomas Pitt ( By: Anne Perry) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| John Rebus ( By: Ian Rankin) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mallory ( By: Carol O'Connell) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Jane Whitefield (Short Story) ( By: Thomas Perry) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ian Rutledge (Short Story) ( By: Charles Todd) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Amos Walker (Short Story) ( By: Loren D. Estleman) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Precious Ramotswe (Short Story) ( By: Alexander McCall Smith) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maisie Dobbs (Short Story) ( By: Jacqueline Winspear) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Lincoln Lawyer (Short Story) ( By: Michael Connelly) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Condor (Short Story) ( By: James Grady) | 2023 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ben Kincaid (Short Story) ( By: William Bernhardt) | 2023 | Buy on Amazon |
| Repairman Jack (Short Story) ( By: F. Paul Wilson) | 2023 | Buy on Amazon |
| Joe Pickett (Short Story) ( By: C.J. Box) | 2024 | Buy on Amazon |
| Peter Diamond (Short Story) ( By: Peter Lovesey) | 2024 | Buy on Amazon |
| Nathan Heller (Short Story) ( By: Max Allan Collins) | 2024 | Buy on Amazon |
The MatchUp Collection Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Honor & ... ( By: C.J. Box, Sandra Brown) | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Deserves to Be Dead (Short Story) ( By: John Sandford, Lisa Jackson) | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Getaway (Short Story) ( By: Lisa Scottoline, Nelson DeMille) | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Midnight Flame (Short Story) ( By: Christopher Rice, Lara Adrian) | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Short Story (Short Story) ( By: Karin Slaughter, Michael Koryta) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Past Prologue (Short Story) ( By: Diana Gabaldon, Steve Berry) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Faking a Murderer ( With: Kathy Reichs) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dig Here (Short Story) ( By: Charlaine Harris, Andrew Gross) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Taking the Veil (Short Story) ( By: J.A. Jance, Eric Van Lustbader) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Rambo on Their Minds (Short Story) ( By: Gayle Lynds, David Morrell) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Footloose (Short Story) ( By: Val McDermid, Peter James) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
Akashic Noir Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Noir | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
| Seattle Noir | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| Bronx Noir | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| Brooklyn Noir | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| Brooklyn Noir 2 | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Chicago Noir | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Manhattan Noir | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| Miami Noir: The Classics | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| D.C. Noir | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| Baltimore Noir | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| London Noir | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| New Orleans Noir | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Los Angeles Noir | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Wall Street Noir | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Havana Noir | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Detroit Noir | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Toronto Noir | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Las Vegas Noir | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Manhattan Noir 2 | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Paris Noir | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Istanbul Noir | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Boston Noir | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Rome Noir | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| San Francisco Noir 2 | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Portland Noir | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Delhi Noir | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Phoenix Noir | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Los Angeles Noir 2 | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mexico City Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Richmond Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Orange County Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Indian Country Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Moscow Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Lone Star Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Philadelphia Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Haiti Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Copenhagen Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Pittsburgh Noir | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| San Diego Noir | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Pittsburgh Noir | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Barcelona Noir | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Cape Cod Noir | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Staten Island Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mumbai Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Long Island Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Venice Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Kingston Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| St. Petersburg Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Kansas City Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Boston Noir 2 | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Manila Noir | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Buffalo Noir | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Twin Cities Noir | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dallas Noir | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Haiti Noir 2 | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Singapore Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Prison Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tel Aviv Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tehran Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Belfast Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Helsinki Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Providence Noir | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Chicago Noir: The Classics | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Memphis Noir | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Zagreb Noir | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Marseille Noir | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Beirut Noir | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Stockholm Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Brussels Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mississippi Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| St. Louis Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Prague Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| San Juan Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Oakland Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Trinidad Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Atlanta Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| New Haven Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Montana Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Buenos Aires Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Montreal Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Berlin Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| São Paulo Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Santa Cruz Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Lagos Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Marrakech Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Baghdad Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Vancouver Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Sydney Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Hong Kong Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Amsterdam Noir | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Houston Noir | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Columbus Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Santa Fe Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Alabama Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Addis Ababa Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tampa Bay Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Belgrade Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
Lee Child Anthologies
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Like a Charm | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| Greatest Hits | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Cocaine Chronicles | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Death Do Us Part | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Best British Mysteries IV | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Killer Year: Stories to Die For... | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Phoenix Noir | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| First Thrills | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Dark End of the Street | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Best American Mystery Stories 2010 | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Rich and the Dead | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| First Thrills: Volume 2 | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| First Thrills: Volume 3 | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| First Thrills: Volume 4 | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Study in Sherlock | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Vengeance | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Love is Murder | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| USA Noir | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Inherit the Dead | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Crimespree Magazine # 52 | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Reader's Digest: Today's Best Fiction | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| FaceOff | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Manhattan Mayhem | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| In Sunlight or In Shadow | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| MatchUp | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories - Part VII | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Alive in Shape and Color | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ten Year Stretch | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Best American Mystery Stories 2018 | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Exit Wounds | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Invisible Blood | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dear NHS | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook from Mystery Writers of America | 2021 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2021 | 2021 | Buy on Amazon |
| UEA MA Crime Fiction Anthology | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| An Unnecessary Assassin | 2023 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Big Bang!: An Anthology | 2024 | Buy on Amazon |
| CrimeBits: 100 Opening Gambits for Great Thrillers & Linked Mystery Puzzles | 2024 | Buy on Amazon |
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