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Lee Child is the alias used by Jim Grant, an author hailing from England. Lee Child writes in the thriller genre of novels, and has been writing novels since 1985.

Lee Child is known for his Jack Reacher series of books. This series began in 1997 with Killing Floor and has spawned many more novels in the series. The Jack Reacher series is one of the most popular book series out there, and some of the books have been made into movies.

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Order of Jack Reacher Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 Killing Floor 1997 Description / Buy
2 Die Trying 1998 Description / Buy
3 Tripwire 1999 Description / Buy
4 Running Blind / The Visitor 2000 Description / Buy
5 Echo Burning 2001 Description / Buy
6 Without Fail 2002 Description / Buy
7 Persuader 2003 Description / Buy
8 The Enemy 2004 Description / Buy
9 One Shot 2005 Description / Buy
10 The Hard Way 2006 Description / Buy
11 Bad Luck and Trouble 2007 Description / Buy
12 Nothing to Lose 2008 Description / Buy
13 Gone Tomorrow 2009 Description / Buy
14 61 Hours 2010 Description / Buy
15 Worth Dying For 2010 Description / Buy
16 The Affair 2011 Description / Buy
17 A Wanted Man 2012 Description / Buy
18 Never Go Back 2013 Description / Buy
19 Personal 2014 Description / Buy
20 Make Me 2015 Description / Buy
21 Night School 2016 Description / Buy
22 The Midnight Line 2017 Description / Buy
23 Past Tense 2018 Description / Buy
24 Blue Moon 2019 Description / Buy
25 The Sentinel ( With: Andrew Child) 2020 Description / Buy
26 Better Off Dead ( With: Andrew Child) 2021 Description / Buy
27 No Plan B ( With: Andrew Child) 2022 Description / Buy
28 The Secret ( With: Andrew Child) 2023 Description / Buy
29 In Too Deep ( With: Andrew Child) 2024 Description / Buy
30 Exit Strategy ( With: Andrew Child) 2025 Description / Buy

Chronological Order of Jack Reacher Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 The Enemy 2004 Description / Buy
2 The Secret ( With: Andrew Child) 2023 Description / Buy
3 Night School 2016 Description / Buy
4 The Affair 2011 Description / Buy
5 Killing Floor 1997 Description / Buy
6 Die Trying 1998 Description / Buy
7 Tripwire 1999 Description / Buy
8 Running Blind / The Visitor 2000 Description / Buy
9 Echo Burning 2001 Description / Buy
10 Without Fail 2002 Description / Buy
11 Persuader 2003 Description / Buy
12 One Shot 2005 Description / Buy
13 The Hard Way 2006 Description / Buy
14 Bad Luck and Trouble 2007 Description / Buy
15 Nothing to Lose 2008 Description / Buy
16 Gone Tomorrow 2009 Description / Buy
17 61 Hours 2010 Description / Buy
18 Worth Dying For 2010 Description / Buy
19 A Wanted Man 2012 Description / Buy
20 Never Go Back 2013 Description / Buy
21 Personal 2014 Description / Buy
22 Make Me 2015 Description / Buy
23 The Midnight Line 2017 Description / Buy
24 Past Tense 2018 Description / Buy
25 Blue Moon 2019 Description / Buy
26 The Sentinel ( With: Andrew Child) 2020 Description / Buy
27 Better Off Dead ( With: Andrew Child) 2021 Description / Buy
28 No Plan B ( With: Andrew Child) 2022 Description / Buy
29 In Too Deep ( With: Andrew Child) 2024 Description / Buy
30 Exit Strategy ( With: Andrew Child) 2025 Description / Buy

Order of Jack Reacher Short Stories & Novellas with Andrew Child

# Read Title Published Details
1 Second Son (Short Story) 2011 Description / Buy
2 Deep Down 2012 Description / Buy
3 High Heat 2013 Description / Buy
4 Not a Drill 2014 Description / Buy
5 Good and Valuable Consideration: Jack Reacher vs. Nick Heller (Short Story) ( With: Joseph Finder) 2014 Description / Buy
6 Small Wars 2015 Description / Buy
7 Too Much Time 2017 Description / Buy
8 The Christmas Scorpion (Short Story) 2018 Description / Buy
9 The Fourth Man 2019 Description / Buy
10 Cleaning the Gold (Short Story) ( With: Karin Slaughter) 2019 Description / Buy
11 New Kid in Town (Short Story) ( By: Andrew Child) 2024 Description / Buy
12 You Shook Me All Night Long (Short Story) ( By: Andrew Child) 2025 Description / Buy

Order of Jack Reacher Collections

# Read Title Published Details
1 No Middle Name 2017 Description / Buy

Order of Jack Reacher Miscellaneous Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 Jack Reacher's Rules 2012 Description / Buy

Order of Lee Child Short Stories/Novellas

# Read Title Published Details
1 I Heard a Romantic Story (Short Story) 2012 Description / Buy
2 James Penney's New Identity (Short Story) 2019 Description / Buy
3 Eleven Numbers 2025 Description / Buy

Order of Lee Child Non-Fiction Books

# Read Title Published Details
1 Jack Reacher's Rules 2012 Description / Buy
2 The Hero 2019 Description / Buy
3 Reacher: The Stories Behind the Stories 2025 Description / Buy

Order of Lee Child Short Story Collections

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1 Safe Enough: And Other Stories 2024 Description / Buy

Order of Akashic Drug Chronicles Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 The Cocaine Chronicles (Short Story) ( With: Laura Lippman, Gary Phillips, Ken Bruen, Jervey Tervalon, Bill Moody) 2005 Description / Buy
2 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 Description / Buy
3 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 Description / Buy
4 The Marijuana Chronicles ( By: Jonathan Santlofer) 2013 Description / Buy
5 The Nicotine Chronicles ( With: Joyce Carol Oates, Hannah Tinti, Christopher Sorrentino, Cara Black, Lauren Sanders, Bernice L. McFadden, Jonathan Ames) 2020 Description / Buy

Order of Harold Middleton Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 The Chopin Manuscript 2007 Description / Buy
2 The Copper Bracelet 2009 Description / Buy
3 The Starling Project: An Audible Drama 2014 Description / Buy

Order of Mysterious Profiles Series

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1 Rambo ( By: David Morrell) 2022 Details
2 Elvis Cole and Joe Pike ( By: Robert Crais) 2022 Description / Buy
3 Jack Taylor ( By: Ken Bruen) 2022 Description / Buy
4 Jack Reacher 2022 Description / Buy
5 Charlie Parker ( By: John Connolly) 2022 Description / Buy
6 Hieronymus Bosch ( By: Michael Connelly) 2022 Description / Buy
7 Lincoln Rhyme ( By: Jeffery Deaver) 2022 Description / Buy
8 Alex Delaware ( By: Jonathan Kellerman) 2022 Description / Buy
9 Tess Monaghan ( By: Laura Lippman) 2022 Description / Buy
10 Charlie Resnick ( By: John Harvey) 2022 Description / Buy
11 Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus ( By: Faye Kellerman) 2022 Description / Buy
12 Inspector Morse ( By: Colin Dexter) 2022 Description / Buy
13 Dismas Hardy ( By: John Lescroart) 2022 Description / Buy
14 Bob Lee Swagger ( By: Stephen Hunter) 2022 Description / Buy
15 Aloysius X. L. Pendergast ( By: Douglas Preston) 2022 Description / Buy
16 Lou Boldt (Short Story) ( By: Ridley Pearson) 2022 Description / Buy
17 Spenser ( By: Robert B. Parker) 2022 Description / Buy
18 Charlotte and Thomas Pitt ( By: Anne Perry) 2022 Description / Buy
19 John Rebus ( By: Ian Rankin) 2022 Description / Buy
20 Mallory ( By: Carol O'Connell) 2022 Description / Buy
21 Jane Whitefield (Short Story) ( By: Thomas Perry) 2022 Description / Buy
22 Ian Rutledge (Short Story) ( By: Charles Todd) 2022 Description / Buy
23 Amos Walker (Short Story) ( By: Loren D. Estleman) 2022 Description / Buy
24 Precious Ramotswe (Short Story) ( By: Alexander McCall Smith) 2022 Description / Buy
25 Maisie Dobbs (Short Story) ( By: Jacqueline Winspear) 2022 Description / Buy
26 The Lincoln Lawyer (Short Story) ( By: Michael Connelly) 2022 Description / Buy
27 Condor (Short Story) ( By: James Grady) 2023 Description / Buy
28 Ben Kincaid (Short Story) ( By: William Bernhardt) 2023 Description / Buy
29 Repairman Jack (Short Story) ( By: F. Paul Wilson) 2023 Description / Buy
30 Joe Pickett (Short Story) ( By: C.J. Box) 2024 Description / Buy
31 Peter Diamond (Short Story) ( By: Peter Lovesey) 2024 Description / Buy
32 Nathan Heller (Short Story) ( By: Max Allan Collins) 2024 Description / Buy

Order of The MatchUp Collection Series

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1 Honor & ... ( By: C.J. Box, Sandra Brown) 2017 Description / Buy
2 Deserves to Be Dead (Short Story) ( By: John Sandford, Lisa Jackson) 2017 Description / Buy
3 Getaway (Short Story) ( By: Lisa Scottoline, Nelson DeMille) 2017 Description / Buy
4 Midnight Flame (Short Story) ( By: Christopher Rice, Lara Adrian) 2018 Description / Buy
5 Short Story (Short Story) ( By: Karin Slaughter, Michael Koryta) 2019 Description / Buy
6 Past Prologue (Short Story) ( By: Diana Gabaldon, Steve Berry) 2019 Description / Buy
7 Faking a Murderer ( With: Kathy Reichs) 2019 Description / Buy
8 Dig Here (Short Story) ( By: Charlaine Harris, Andrew Gross) 2019 Description / Buy
9 Taking the Veil (Short Story) ( By: J.A. Jance, Eric Van Lustbader) 2019 Description / Buy
10 Rambo on Their Minds (Short Story) ( By: Gayle Lynds, David Morrell) 2019 Description / Buy
11 Footloose (Short Story) ( By: Val McDermid, Peter James) 2019 Description / Buy

Order of Akashic Noir Series

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1 San Francisco Noir 2002 Description / Buy
2 Seattle Noir 2003 Description / Buy
3 Bronx Noir 2003 Description / Buy
4 Brooklyn Noir 2004 Description / Buy
5 Can't Catch Me (Short Story) 2004 Description / Buy
6 Brooklyn Noir 2 2005 Description / Buy
7 Chicago Noir 2005 Description / Buy
8 Manhattan Noir 2006 Description / Buy
9 Miami Noir: The Classics 2006 Description / Buy
10 D.C. Noir 2006 Description / Buy
11 Baltimore Noir 2006 Description / Buy
12 Twin Cities Noir 2006 Description / Buy
13 London Noir 2006 Description / Buy
14 New Orleans Noir 2007 Description / Buy
15 Los Angeles Noir 2007 Description / Buy
16 Wall Street Noir 2007 Description / Buy
17 Havana Noir 2007 Description / Buy
18 Detroit Noir 2007 Description / Buy
19 Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth 2008 Description / Buy
20 Toronto Noir 2008 Description / Buy
21 Las Vegas Noir 2008 Description / Buy
22 Manhattan Noir 2 2008 Description / Buy
23 Paris Noir 2008 Description / Buy
24 Istanbul Noir 2008 Description / Buy
25 Boston Noir 2009 Description / Buy
26 Rome Noir 2009 Description / Buy
27 San Francisco Noir 2 2009 Description / Buy
28 Portland Noir 2009 Description / Buy
29 Delhi Noir 2009 Description / Buy
30 Phoenix Noir 2009 Description / Buy
31 Los Angeles Noir 2 2010 Description / Buy
32 Mexico City Noir 2010 Description / Buy
33 Richmond Noir 2010 Description / Buy
34 Orange County Noir 2010 Description / Buy
35 Indian Country Noir 2010 Description / Buy
36 Moscow Noir 2010 Description / Buy
37 Lone Star Noir 2010 Description / Buy
38 Philadelphia Noir 2010 Description / Buy
39 Haiti Noir 2010 Description / Buy
40 Copenhagen Noir 2010 Description / Buy
41 Pittsburgh Noir 2011 Description / Buy
42 San Diego Noir 2011 Description / Buy
43 Barcelona Noir 2011 Description / Buy
44 Cape Cod Noir 2011 Description / Buy
45 Staten Island Noir 2012 Description / Buy
46 Mumbai Noir 2012 Description / Buy
47 Long Island Noir 2012 Description / Buy
48 Venice Noir 2012 Description / Buy
49 Kingston Noir 2012 Description / Buy
50 St. Petersburg Noir 2012 Description / Buy
51 Kansas City Noir 2012 Description / Buy
52 Boston Noir 2 2012 Description / Buy
53 Manila Noir 2013 Description / Buy
54 Buffalo Noir 2013 Description / Buy
55 Dallas Noir 2013 Description / Buy
56 Haiti Noir 2 2013 Description / Buy
57 Singapore Noir 2014 Description / Buy
58 Prison Noir 2014 Description / Buy
59 Tel Aviv Noir 2014 Description / Buy
60 Tehran Noir 2014 Description / Buy
61 Belfast Noir 2014 Description / Buy
62 Helsinki Noir 2014 Description / Buy
63 Providence Noir 2015 Description / Buy
64 Chicago Noir: The Classics 2015 Description / Buy
65 Memphis Noir 2015 Description / Buy
66 Zagreb Noir 2015 Description / Buy
67 Marseille Noir 2015 Description / Buy
68 Beirut Noir 2015 Description / Buy
69 Stockholm Noir 2016 Description / Buy
70 Brussels Noir 2016 Description / Buy
71 Mississippi Noir 2016 Description / Buy
72 St. Louis Noir 2016 Description / Buy
73 Prague Noir 2016 Description / Buy
74 San Juan Noir 2016 Description / Buy
75 Oakland Noir 2017 Description / Buy
76 Trinidad Noir 2017 Description / Buy
77 Atlanta Noir 2017 Description / Buy
78 New Haven Noir 2017 Description / Buy
79 Montana Noir 2017 Description / Buy
80 Buenos Aires Noir 2017 Description / Buy
81 Montreal Noir 2017 Description / Buy
82 Berlin Noir 2018 Description / Buy
83 São Paulo Noir 2018 Description / Buy
84 Santa Cruz Noir 2018 Description / Buy
85 Lagos Noir 2018 Description / Buy
86 Marrakech Noir 2018 Description / Buy
87 Baghdad Noir 2018 Description / Buy
88 Vancouver Noir 2018 Description / Buy
89 Sydney Noir 2018 Description / Buy
90 Hong Kong Noir 2018 Description / Buy
91 Amsterdam Noir 2019 Description / Buy
92 Houston Noir 2019 Description / Buy
93 Columbus Noir 2020 Description / Buy
94 Santa Fe Noir 2020 Description / Buy
95 Alabama Noir 2020 Description / Buy
96 Addis Ababa Noir 2020 Description / Buy
97 Tampa Bay Noir 2020 Description / Buy
98 Belgrade Noir 2020 Description / Buy

Order of MX New Sherlock Holmes Stories Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 Part I: 1881 to 1889 ( By: Craig Janacek, Denis O. Smith, David Marcum, Daniel McGachey, Derrick Belanger, Martin Rosenstock, Will Thomas, John Hall, Mark Mower, Daniel D. Victor, Hugh Ashton, Jayantika Ganguly, Shane Simmons, Adrian Middleton, John Heywood, Deanna Baran, Amy Thomas, Stephen Wade) 2015 Description / Buy
2 Part II: 1890 to 1895 ( By: Bill Crider, Lyndsay Faye, Christopher Redmond, Bert Coules, J.R. Campbell, William Patrick Maynard, Sam Wiebe, Marcia Wilson, David Marcum, Matthew Booth, Jack Grochot, Ann Margaret Lewis, Mike Hogan, Jeremy Branton Holstein, Dick Gillman, Mike Hogan) 2015 Description / Buy
3 Part III: 1896 to 1929 ( By: Lyn McConchie, James Lovegrove, Matthew J. Elliott, Bob Byrne, Stuart Douglas, David Marcum, Larry Millett, Paul D. Gilbert, Geri Schear, Mark Alberstat, Tim Symonds) 2015 Description / Buy
4 Part IV: 2016 Annual ( By: David Stuart Davies, Nicholas Utechin, Andy Lane, Richard Doyle, J.R. Campbell, Craig Janacek, Roger Johnson, Bob Byrne, Denis O. Smith, Marcia Wilson, David Marcum, Daniel McGachey, Derrick Belanger, Matthew Booth, Bonnie MacBird, Mark Mower, Daniel D. Victor, Hugh Ashton, Jayantika Ganguly, Steve Emecz, Deanna Baran, Arthur Hall, Vincent W. Wright, Jeremy Holstein, Andrea Mantin Levy, Steven Rothman, Melissa Farnham) 2016 Description / Buy
5 Part V ( By: James Lovegrove, Nicholas Utechin, Jan Edwards, Matthew J. Elliott, Bert Coules, William Patrick Maynard, Bob Byrne, Denis O. Smith, Marcia Wilson, David Marcum, Derrick Belanger, Narrelle M. Harris, Mike Chinn, John Hall, Paul D. Gilbert, Mark Mower, Jan Edwards, Hugh Ashton, N. John Hall, Julie McKuras, Tracy J. Revels, Roger Riccard, Amy Thomas, Julie McKuras, Arthur Hall) 2016 Description / Buy
6 Part VI ( By: David Timson, Nicholas Utechin, Carla Coupe, Jan Edwards, Craig Janacek, Roger Johnson, Bob Byrne, Marcia Wilson, David Marcum, Derrick Belanger, Mark Mower, Thomas A. Turley, Robert Perret, Jan Edwards, Daniel D. Victor, Hugh Ashton, Geri Schear, Shane Simmons, Julie McKuras, Keith Hann, Steve Emecz, Steve Emecz, Thomas A. Turley, Roger Riccard, Deanna Baran, Thomas A. Turley, Julie McKuras, Tim Symonds, Arthur Hall) 2017 Description / Buy
7 Part VII ( With: James Lovegrove, Jan Edwards, Rand Lee, John Linwood Grant, Michael Cox, Steven Philip Jones, David Marcum, Mike Chinn, John Hall, Mark Mower, Thomas A. Turley, Jan Edwards, Daniel D. Victor, James Moffett, Hugh Ashton, Geri Schear, Jayantika Ganguly, Shane Simmons, Anna Elliott, Charles Veley, N. John Hall, Adrian Middleton, Mike Hogan, Thomas A. Turley, Mike Hogan) 2017 Description / Buy
8 Part VIII: Eliminate The Impossible: 1892-1905 ( By: Will Murray, William Meikle, Craig Janacek, Marcia Wilson, David Marcum, Daniel McGachey, Michael Mallory, Derrick Belanger, Aaron Smith, Paul D. Gilbert, Robert Perret, Jeremy Branton Holstein, Roger Riccard, Tim Symonds, Arthur Hall) 2017 Description / Buy
9 Part IX: 2018 Annual ( By: Leslie Charteris, Marcia Wilson, David Marcum, Denis Green, Mark Mower, James Moffett, Geri Schear, Shane Simmons, Robert Stapleton, Roger Riccard, Deanna Baran, Kevin Thornton) 2018 Description / Buy
10 Part X: 2018 Annual ( By: Will Murray, Kelvin Jones, David Marcum, Martin Rosenstock, Greg Hatcher, Robert Perret, Daniel D. Victor, Hugh Ashton, Jayantika Ganguly, Peter Coe Verbica, Mike Hogan, Dick Gillman, Tim Symonds, Arthur Hall) 2018 Description / Buy
11 Part XI: Some Untold Cases ( By: Craig Stephen Copland, Will Murray, Leslie Charteris, Stephen Herczeg, Richard Dean Starr, David Marcum, Denis Green, Robert Perret, Hugh Ashton, Jayantika Ganguly, Kevin P. Thornton, Roger Riccard, Deanna Baran, Mike Hogan) 2018 Description / Buy
12 Part XII: Some Untold Cases ( By: Craig Janacek, John Linwood Grant, David Marcum, Derrick Belanger, Nik Morton, Paul D. Gilbert, Mark Mower, Daniel D. Victor, Robert Stapleton, Mike Hogan, Jane Rubino, Arthur Hall) 2018 Description / Buy
13 Part XIII: 2019 Annual 1881-1890 ( By: Roger Johnson, Mark Wardecker, David Marcum, Derrick Belanger, Will Thomas, Mark Mower, Hugh Ashton, Shane Simmons, Tim Gambrell, Steve Emecz, Paul Hiscock, Andrew Bryant, Arthur Hall, Brenda Seabrook, Robert Stapleton, S.F. Bennett, Edwin A. Enstrom, M.J.H. Simmonds, Tracy Revels, Sean M. Wright, Marino C. Álvarez, Kevin P. Thornton, Stephen Seitz, Jim French, David Friend, Peter Coe Verbica, Jacquelynn Morris, Melissa Grigsby) 2019 Description / Buy
14 Part XV: 2019 Annual ( By: Will Murray, Leslie Charteris, Kelvin Jones, David Marcum, Jack Grochot, Denis Green, Mark Mower, Robert Perret, Robert Stapleton, Peter Coe Verbica, Mike Hogan, Tracy J. Revels, Roger Riccard, Dick Gillman, Tim Symonds, Arthur Hall, Robert Stapleton, Peter Coe Verbica) 2019 Description / Buy
15 Part XIV: 2019 Annual ( By: Stephen Herczeg, Marcia Wilson, David Marcum, Matthew Booth, I.A. Watson, Geri Schear, Jayantika Ganguly, Anna Elliott, Charles Veley, Liz Hedgecock, Harry DeMaio, Tracy J. Revels, Roger Riccard, Thomas A. Burns, Jr., Arthur Hall, Edwin A. Enstrom) 2019 Description / Buy
16 Part XVII: Whatever Remains . . . Must Be the Truth ( By: Will Murray, David Marcum, Michael Mallory, Anna Elliott, Charles Veley, Jane Rubino, Chris Chan, Arthur Hall) 2019 Description / Buy
17 Part XVIII: Whatever Remains . . . Must Be the Truth 1899-1925 ( By: Matthew J. Elliott, Craig Janacek, Gareth Tilley, Kelvin I. Jones, Roger Johnson, David Marcum, Roger Silverwood, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Christopher James, Steve Emecz, Harry DeMaio, Matthew White, Paul Hiscock, Arthur Hall, S.F. Bennett, Thomas A. Burns Jr., Roger Stapleton, Tom Turley, Tracey J. Revels, Nick Cardillo) 2019 Description / Buy
18 Part XVI: Whatever Remains . . . Must Be the Truth ( By: Josh Pachter, Victoria Watson, David Marcum, Kevin Jones, Mark Mower, Jayantika Ganguly, Shane Simmons, Tim Gambrell, Elizabeth Sophia Watson, Brenda Seabrooke, Andrew Bryant, Kevin Thornton, Arthur Hall, Tracy Revels, David Friend) 2019 Description / Buy
19 Part XX: 2020 Annual ( By: Will Murray, Matthew J. Elliott, Steven Philip Jones, David Marcum, I.A. Watson, Mark Mower, Robert Perret, Anna Elliott, Charles Veley, Sonia Fetherston, Harry DeMaio, Harry DeMaio, Deanna Baran, Susan Knight, Kevin Thornton, Arthur Hall, Tracy Revels, Thomas A. Burns Jr.) 2020 Description / Buy
20 Part XXI: 2020 Annual ( By: John Lawrence, Leslie Charteris, Bob Byrne, David Marcum, Stephen Mason Merrill, Michael Mallory, Derrick Belanger, Denis Green, Mark Mower, Hugh Ashton, Geri Schear, Jayantika Ganguly, John Lawrence Toole, Peter Coe Verbica, Dick Gillman, Paula Hammond, Jane Rubino, Arthur Hall, Peter Coe Verbica) 2020 Description / Buy
21 Part XIX: 2020 Annual ( By: Craig Stephen Copland, Will Murray, David Marcum, James Moffett, Tim Gambrell, Matthew White, Robert Stapleton, Peter Coe Verbica, Ian Ableson, Kevin P. Thornton, Roger Riccard, Ian Ableson, Matthew White, Thomas A. Turley, Brenda Seabrooke, Dick Gillman, Andrew Bryant, Chris Chan, Arthur Hall, Robert Stapleton, Sean M. Wright, David Friend, Peter Coe Verbica, Nick Cardillo) 2020 Description / Buy
22 Some More Untold Cases Part XXII: 1877-1887 ( By: Leslie Charteris, Denis O. Smith, David Marcum, Stephen Mason Merrill, Derrick Belanger, Denis Green, Richard Paolinelli, Mark Mower, Geri Schear, Liese Sherwood-Fabre, Ian Ableson, Kevin P. Thornton, Susan Knight, Tracy J. Revels, Roger Riccard, Chris Chan, Tim Symonds, Robert Stapleton, S.F. Bennett, Kevin P. Thornton) 2020 Description / Buy
23 Part XXIII: 1888-1894 ( By: Dacre Stoker, Will Murray, Matthew J. Elliott, Craig Janacek, Steven Philip Jones, Leverett Butts, Marcia Wilson, David Marcum, Mike Chinn, I.A. Watson, Paul D. Gilbert, Hugh Ashton, Shane Simmons, Tim Gambrell, Paul Hiscock, Margaret Walsh, Tracy J. Revels, Barry Clay, Margaret Walsh, Jane Rubino, Arthur Hall) 2020 Description / Buy
24 Part XXIV: 1895-1903 ( By: Craig Stephen Copland, John Lawrence, John Linwood Grant, Stephen Herczeg, Marcia Wilson, David Marcum, John Davis, Jayantika Ganguly, Kevin P. Thornton, Susan Knight, Harry DeMaio, Tracy J. Revels, Harry DeMaio, Brenda Seabrooke, Dick Gillman, Paula Hammond, Arthur Hall, Kevin P. Thornton, Thomas A. Burns Jr.) 2020 Description / Buy
25 Part XXV: 2021 Annual 1881-1888 ( By: Peter Lovesey, Matthew J. Elliott, Craig Janacek, Roger Johnson, Denis O. Smith, Marcia Wilson, David Marcum, Hugh Ashton, Kevin McCann, Steve Emecz, Matthew White, Martin Daley, Paul Hiscock, Jane Rubino, Chris Chan, Robert Stapleton, M.J.H. Simmonds, Brenda Seagrove, Keith Hann, Hal Glatzer, Stephen Gaspar) 2021 Description / Buy
26 Part XXVI ( By: Marcia Wilson, David Marcum, I.A. Watson, Frank Schildiner, Mark Mower, James Moffett, Geri Schear, Naching T. Kassa, Adrian Middleton, Peter Coe Verbica, Margaret Walsh, James Gelter, Ian Ableson, Kevin P. Thornton, Harry DeMaio, Anthony Gurney, Ian Ableson, Harry DeMaio, Dick Gillman, Mike Hogan, Susan Knight, Arthur Hall, Kevin P. Thornton, Peter Coe Verbica) 2021 Description / Buy
27 Part XXVII: 2021 Annual 1898-1928 ( By: Craig Stephen Copland, Peter Lovesey, Will Murray, John Lawrence, Leslie Charteris, Stephen Herczeg, Roger Johnson, Marcia Wilson, David Marcum, John Davis, Denis Green, Tim Gambrell, Tracy J. Revels, Jeremy Branton Holstein, Thomas A. Turley, S.C. Toft, Roger Riccard, Steve Emecz, Arthur Hall) 2021 Description / Buy
28 Part XXX: More Christmas Adventures 1897-1928 ( By: Nancy Holder, Roger Johnson, D.J. Tyrer, David Marcum, Michael Mallory, Geri Schear, Jayantika Ganguly, Shane Simmons, Naching T. Kassa, Tim Gambrell, Steve Emecz, Paul Hiscock, Andrew Bryant, Paula Hammond, Susan Knight, Kevin Thornton, J.S. Rowlinson, Julie McKuras, J. Lawrence Matthews, Jane Rubino, Chris Chan, Arthur Hall) 2021 Description / Buy
29 Part XXIX: More Christmas Adventures 1889-1896 ( By: Craig Stephen Copland, Gordon Linzner, Roger Johnson, Marcia Wilson, David Marcum, Derrick Belanger, I.A. Watson, Frank Schildiner, Paul D. Gilbert, Tracy J. Revels, Steve Emecz, Ian Ableson, Wayne Anderson, Barry Clay, Harry DeMaio, Matthew White, Margaret Walsh, Dan Rowley, Arthur Hall) 2021 Description / Buy
30 Part XXVIII: More Christmas Adventures 1869-1888 ( By: Nancy Holder, Will Murray, John Lawrence, Stephen Herczeg, Roger Johnson, David Marcum, Mark Mower, Liz Hedgecock, Tim Gambrell, Roger Riccard, Steve Emecz, Deanna Baran, Thomas A. Turley, Brenda Seabrooke, Thomas A. Burns, Jr., Amy Thomas, Jeffrey A. Lockwood, Martin Daley, Dick Gillman, Paul Hiscock, Mike Hogan) 2021 Description / Buy
31 Part XXVIII: More Christmas Adventures 1869-1888 ( By: Nancy Holder, David Marcum) 2021 Description / Buy
32 XXXI: 2022 Annual 1875-1887 ( By: John Lawrence, Gordon Linzner, Kelvin I. Jones, Roger Johnson, D.J. Tyrer, David Marcum, I.A. Watson, Geri Schear, Tracy J. Revels, Steve Emecz, Dan Rowley, Susan Knight, Tim Symonds, Arthur Hall, Robert Stapleton, Hal Glatzer, Sean Wright, Jeffrey Hatcher, Terry Golledge, David MacGregor, Emma West, Kevin Patrick McCann, Thomas Burns, Steven Herczeg) 2022 Description / Buy
33 Part XXXII: 2022 Annual 1888-1895 ( By: Will Murray, Craig Janacek, David Marcum, Mike Chinn, Paul Hiscock, Hal Glatzer, James Gelter, Ian Ableson, Mike Hogan, Tracy J. Revels, Roger Riccard, Wayne Anderson, Tim Symonds, Arthur Hall, Hal Glatzer, Terry Golledge, Kevin Patrick McCann, Alan Dimes) 2022 Description / Buy
34 Part XIII: 2022 Annual ( By: David Marcum) 2022 Description / Buy
35 Part XXXI: 2022 Annual ( By: David Marcum) 2022 Description / Buy
36 Part XXXIII: 2022 Annual 1896-1919 ( By: Craig Stephen Copland, Roger Johnson, Mark Wardecker, Marcia Wilson, David Marcum, Hugh Ashton, Naching T. Kassa, Tracy J. Revels, Steve Emecz, Dan Rowley, Jeffrey A. Lockwood, Martin Daley, Andrew Bryant, Susan Knight, Tim Symonds, Kevin P. Thornton, Tom Turley, Jeffrey Hatcher, Terry Golledge, Josh Cerefice, David MacGregor, Alisha Shea, Emma West) 2022 Description / Buy
37 Part XXXIV: However Improbable ( By: Will Murray, Leslie Charteris, Stephen Herczeg, Gordon Linzner, Marcia Wilson, David Marcum, Denis Green, Paul Hiscock, James Gelter, Tracy J. Revels, Roger Riccard, Dan Rowley, Thomas A. Burns, Jr., Chris Chan, Arthur Hall, Tim Newton Anderson, DJ Tyrer, John McNabb, Joseph W. Svec III) 2022 Description / Buy
38 Part XXXV: However Improbable ( By: David Marcum) 2022 Description / Buy
39 Part XXXVI: However Improbable ( By: David Marcum) 2022 Description / Buy
40 Part XXXVII: 2023 Annual ( By: David Marcum) 2023 Description / Buy
41 Part XXXVIII: 2023 Annual ( By: David Marcum) 2023 Description / Buy
42 Part XXXVIII ( By: David Marcum) 2023 Description / Buy
43 Part XXXIX ( By: David Marcum) 2023 Description / Buy
44 Part XLII: Further Untold Cases 1894-1922 ( By: David Marcum) 2023 Description / Buy
45 Part XLI: Further Untold Cases - 1887-1892 ( By: David Marcum) 2023 Description / Buy
46 Part XLIII: 2024 Annual 1874-1888 ( By: David Marcum) 2024 Description / Buy
47 Part XLIV: 2024 Annual 1889-1897 ( By: David Marcum) 2024 Description / Buy
48 Part XLV: 2024 Annual 1898-1917 ( By: David Marcum) 2024 Description / Buy
49 Part XLVI: Occupants of the Canonical Realm 1861-1889 ( By: David Marcum) 2024 Description / Buy
50 Part XLVII: Occupants of the Canonical Realm 1890-1898 ( By: David Marcum, Chris Chan) 2024 Description / Buy

Lee Child Anthologies

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1 Like a Charm 2004 Description / Buy
2 Greatest Hits 2005 Description / Buy
3 The Cocaine Chronicles 2005 Description / Buy
4 Death Do Us Part 2006 Description / Buy
5 The Best British Mysteries IV 2007 Description / Buy
6 Killer Year: Stories to Die For... 2008 Description / Buy
7 Phoenix Noir 2009 Description / Buy
8 First Thrills 2010 Description / Buy
9 The Dark End of the Street 2010 Description / Buy
10 The Best American Mystery Stories 2010 2010 Description / Buy
11 The Rich and the Dead 2011 Description / Buy
12 First Thrills: Volume 2 2011 Description / Buy
13 First Thrills: Volume 3 2011 Description / Buy
14 First Thrills: Volume 4 2011 Description / Buy
15 A Study in Sherlock 2011 Description / Buy
16 Vengeance 2012 Description / Buy
17 Love is Murder 2012 Description / Buy
18 The Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction 2012 Description / Buy
19 USA Noir 2013 Description / Buy
20 Inherit the Dead 2013 Description / Buy
21 Crimespree Magazine #52 2013 Description / Buy
22 Reader's Digest: Today's Best Fiction 2014 Description / Buy
23 FaceOff 2014 Description / Buy
24 Manhattan Mayhem 2015 Description / Buy
25 The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 2015 Description / Buy
26 In Sunlight or In Shadow 2016 Description / Buy
27 MatchUp 2017 Description / Buy
28 Alive in Shape and Color 2017 Description / Buy
29 Ten Year Stretch 2018 Description / Buy
30 The Best American Mystery Stories 2018 2018 Description / Buy
31 Exit Wounds 2019 Description / Buy
32 Invisible Blood 2019 Description / Buy
33 Dear NHS 2020 Description / Buy
34 How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook from Mystery Writers of America 2021 Description / Buy
35 The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2021 2021 Description / Buy
36 UEA MA Crime Fiction Anthology 2022 Description / Buy
37 An Unnecessary Assassin 2023 Description / Buy
38 The Big Bang!: An Anthology 2024 Description / Buy
39 CrimeBits: 100 Opening Gambits for Great Thrillers & Linked Mystery Puzzles 2024 Description / Buy
40 The Twisted Women's Book Club 2025 Description / Buy
41 Birds, Strangers and Psychos 2025 Description / Buy
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Jim Grant did not start out as a novelist, as he went to study law at the University of Sheffield, before moving into television as a producer for ITV’s north-west subsidiary, Granada Television. Grant remained with ITV Granada until 1995, when he was made redundant due to corporate restructuring within the company. It was then that he made the move into fiction, with his first novel, and also the first to feature Jack Reacher, Killing Floor, released in 1997. It was after the release of Killing Floor that he moved from the United Kingdom to the United States. Grant Claims that the animosity he felt toward his former employers was the basis for the content of the Jack Reacher series, as it focuses on revenge for the main character.

Killing Floor the first book to feature Lee Child’s most famous character, Jack Reacher. Killing Floor won Child the Anthony Award for Best First Novel in 1998. He beat Grace Edward, Maureen Jennings, Philip Reed and Robert Skinner to claim the award. The same year, he won the Barry Award for Best First Novel for Killing Floor, and in 2000 he won the Best Translated Novel at the Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prizes. Killing Floor was also nominated for a Dilys Award in 1998 and a Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Novel, but lost out to Dead Body Language by Penny Warner.

Several other of the Jack Reacher series of novels have picked up literary awards. Die Trying, the second book in the series, won the WH Smith Thumping Good Read Award, while Personal, the 19th book in the series, won the RBA International Prize for Crime Writing. So it’ is fair to say that although Grant’s writing is seen as very commercial, it has also received critical success. And in 2013, Grand won the Cartier Diamond Dagger, which is a lifetime achievement award presented by the Crime Writers’ Association.

As well as in book form, Grant’s work has been translated to the silver screen, as the movie Jack Reacher, starring Tom Cruise, was based on the ninth book in the series, One Shot.

CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF LEE CHILD BOOKS:

In Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series going by the actual books, The Enemy is the first novel in Chronological order taking place in 1990. It’s followed by Night School and The Affair. After that you can read them in publication order.

The short story Second Son takes place when Reacher is a child at 13 years old. The short story High Heat covers Reacher at 17 years old. And finally the short story Small Wars takes place in 1989 – just before The Enemy.

LEE CHILD AWARDS:

Lee Child has won many awards throughout his career. The first novel in the Jack Reacher series, Killing Floor, won awards such as the Anthony Award and the Barry Award. Throughout the years he has been nominated for the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award for some of his books, and his book A Wanted Man won the Specsavers’ National Book Award, as they declared it the Thriller and Crime Novel of 2012.

BOOKS INTO MOVIES:

Lee Child’s novel One Shot was adapted to the big screen, and turned into the 2012 action thriller Jack Reacher starring Tom Cruise. A sequel to that movie was made in 2016 entitled Jack Reacher: Never Go Back based on the Reacher novel Never Go Back.

BEST LEE CHILD BOOKS:

Three of the more appreciated books by Lee Child in the Jack Reacher series are:

Killing Floor: The debut novel by Lee Child, and this thriller hit the floor not killing, but running. The main character Jack Reacher arrives in a town he has never been in before via Greyhound, and is promptly arrested by the police – for murder. This was just an incredible thriller which quite rightly won the Anthony Award and Barry award for the Best First Novel in 1998, and was nominated for the Macavity Award as Best First Mystery Novel.

Persuader: The 7th novel in the Jack Reacher series takes place in two different time settings via flashbacks, and both times come together for an explosive ending. In this one, Jack Reacher works with the DEA on an undercover operation as they attempt to expose a smuggling operation. However Jack Reacher has an ulterior motive – a man called Quinn, who is involved with the smuggling ring in some manner. The problem with that? Quinn is someone who Reacher personally saw die years ago.

Never Go Back: It’s no surprise that this book, the 18th in the Jack Reacher series, was made into a movie considering it’s one of the highest rated Reacher books ever. While all Reacher books can be read as a standalone novel, this was the conclusion of a small story spanning multiple books with Reacher interested in a woman called Susan – the commanding officer of his old military unit. Just as everything looks to be going right for Reacher – it all goes wrong. Reacher arrives only to find there’s another CO in charge, and that Reacher is being arrested for a crime he apparently committed 16 years previously.

Lee Child FAQs

Q: What is Lee Child’s real name?

A: The real name of author Lee Child is Jim Grant.

Q: What book is the movie Jack Reacher based on?

A: The movie Jack Reacher is based on the novel One Shot, written by Lee Child.

Q: What is Lee Child’s date of birth?

A: The author Lee Child was born on October 29th, 1954.

When Does The Next Lee Child book come out?

The next book by Lee Child is Reacher: The Stories Behind the Stories and will be released on September, 9th 2025. It is the newest book in the Lee Child Non-Fiction Books.

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  1. To me, Lee Child is the gold standard by which all other writers should be judged. His mastery of the Jack Reacher series is something that should be taught to all young writers and his creativity should be bottled and sold throughout the world (especially to politicians!) I’ve been a voracious reader throughout my life and I think that I have a pretty good judge of quality. And I think that Child is the best there is! Better than Flynn, Patterson and the rest. This guy is talent, plain and simple.

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