Order of Lee Child Books

British author Lee Child, whose real name is Jim Grant, is famous for the series of books featuring Jack Reacher. Lee Child started writing in 1997, and all his solo novels to date have featured Jack Reacher. Lee has however, contributed to numerous short story collections which are also listed here.

Lee Child made his debut as a published author in 1997 with the novel Killing Floor, which began his Jack Reacher series. Below is a list of Lee Child’s books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of Jack Reacher Books

Killing Floor	(1997)
Die Trying	(1998)
Tripwire	(1999)
Running Blind / The Visitor	(2000)
Echo Burning	(2001)
Without Fail	(2002)
Persuader	(2003)
The Enemy	(2004)
One Shot	(2005)
The Hard Way	(2006)
Bad Luck and Trouble	(2007)
Nothing to Lose	(2008)
Gone Tomorrow	(2009)
61 Hours	(2010)
Worth Dying For	(2010)
The Affair	(2011)
A Wanted Man	(2012)
Never Go Back	(2013)
Personal	(2014)
Make Me	(2015)
Night School	(2016)
The Midnight Line	(2017)
Past Tense	(2018)
Blue Moon	(2019)
The Sentinel (With: Andrew Child)	(2020)
Chronological Order of Jack Reacher Books In chronological order, The Enemy would be the first book to read, as it takes place while Reacher is still in the Military followed by Night School.The Affair would be the next book to read, as it covers the end of Reachers Military career, and leads into Killing Floor.The short stories have Second Son(Reacher is 13) and High Heat(Reacher is 16).After that, all books would go by the order that they were published.Persuader also had flashbacks to during Reacher’s military career.

Publication Order of Jack Reacher Short Stories/Novellas

Second Son	(2011)
Deep Down	(2012)
High Heat	(2013)
Not a Drill	(2014)
Good and Valuable Consideration: Jack Reacher vs. Nick Heller (With: Joseph Finder)	(2014)
Small Wars	(2015)
The Christmas Scorpion	(2018)
Cleaning the Gold (With: Karin Slaughter)	(2019)

Publication Order of Jack Reacher Collections

No Middle Name

(2017)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Jack Reacher's Rules	(2012)
The Hero	(2019)

Publication Order of Harold Middleton Books

The Chopin Manuscript	(2007)
The Copper Bracelet	(2009)
Serial thrillers written by multiple authors.

Publication Order of Akashic Drug Chronicles Books

The Cocaine Chronicles (With: Laura Lippman,Ken Bruen,Jervey Tervalon)	(2005)
The Marijuana Chronicles (By:Jonathan Santlofer)	(2013)
The Nicotine Chronicles (With: Joyce Carol Oates,Hannah Tinti,,Cara Black,,,Jonathan Ames)	(2020)

Publication Order of Anthologies

Like a Charm	(2004)
Greatest Hits	(2005)
The Cocaine Chronicles	(2005)
Mystery Writers of America Presents Death Do Us Part: New Stories About Love, Lust, and Murder	(2006)
The Best British Mysteries IV	(2007)
Killer Year: Stories to Die For...	(2008)
First Thrills	(2010)
The Dark End of the Street	(2010)
Mystery Writers of America Presents The Rich and the Dead	(2011)
The Rich and the Dead	(2011)
A Study in Sherlock	(2011)
Mystery Writers of America Presents Vengeance	(2012)
Inherit the Dead	(2013)
FaceOff	(2014)
Belfast Noir	(2014)
Manhattan Mayhem	(2015)
In Sunlight or In Shadow: Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper	(2016)
MatchUp	(2017)
The Best American Mystery Stories 2018	(2018)
Dear NHS	(2020)

Note: Running Blind had a different title in the UK, going by the name The Visitor. The Harold Middleton series is a collaborative series that includes contributions from many different authors.

If You Like Lee Child Books, You’ll Love…

• Andy McNab: Particularly, the Nick Stone series of books.
• Vince Flynn: Vince Flynn has a series of books featuring the character Mitch Rapp. While they often feature a fair amount of politics, Rapp is an ass-kicking machine just like Reacher, and the type of hero character you want to put your faith in!
• Michael Connelly

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