On March 17, 1997, Lee Child published his first novel – Killing Floor – which would go on to win awards for Best First Novel.
This was also the first book to feature Jack Reacher and set him on the road to becoming a New York Times bestselling author.
Since then, Lee has released dozens of further novels and short stories. To help you keep track of everything that he’s written over the years, we’ve produced below a complete list of Lee Child books in order by release date.
This chronological list has links to pages for all of his stories where you can find the following details:
- Its date of publication
- Which series it’s part of (if applicable)
- Whether it’s a short story or full-length novel
- A description of the story (don’t worry – there aren’t any spoilers!)
- An image of the book’s cover
- A link to the story on Amazon where you can check out reviews by other readers or get a copy if you haven’t read it yet (or want to read it again!)
Lee Child Books In Order
- Killing Floor – 1997
- Die Trying – 1998
- Tripwire – 1999
- James Penney’s New Identity – 2000
- Running Blind – 2000
- Echo Burning – 2001
- Without Fail – 2002
- Persuader – 2003
- The Enemy – 2004
- The Snake Eater By The Numbers – 2005
- Ten Keys – 2005
- One Shot – 2005
- The Greatest Trick Of All – 2005
- The Hard Way – 2006
- Safe Enough – 2006
- The .50 Solution – 2006
- Bad Luck And Trouble – 2007
- Nothing To Lose – 2008
- Gone Tomorrow – 2009
- Guy Walks Into A Bar – 2009
- Public Transportation – 2009
- The Lineup – 2009
- Watchlist – 2010
- Me And Mr Rafferty – 2010
- 61 Hours – 2010
- Section 7 (a) (Operational) – 2010
- The Bodyguard – 2010
- Worth Dying For – 2010
- Addicted To Sweetness – 2011
- Second Son – 2011
- The Affair – 2011
- The Bone-Headed League – 2011
- The Hollywood I Remember – 2012
- I Heard A Romantic Story – 2012
- Everyone Talks – 2012
- Deep Down – 2012
- A Wanted Man – 2012
- Jack Reacher’s Rules – 2012
- My First Drug Trial – 2013
- High Heat – 2013
- Never Go Back – 2013
- Inherit The Dead – 2013
- Good And Valuable Consideration – 2014
- Not A Drill – 2014
- Personal – 2014
- Wet With Rain – 2014
- No Room At The Motel – 2014
- The Mystery Writers Of America Cookbook – 2015
- The Picture Of The Lonely Diner – 2015
- Small Wars – 2015
- Make Me – 2015
- Night School – 2016
- The Truth About What Happened – 2016
- Maybe They Have A Tradition – 2016
- Too Much Time – 2017
- No Middle Name – 2017
- Faking A Murderer – 2017
- The Midnight Line – 2017
- The Christmas Scorpion – 2018
- Past Tense – 2018
- Cleaning The Gold – 2019
- Blue Moon – 2019
- The Hero – 2019
- The Sentinel – 2020
- Dying For A Cigarette – 2020
- Better Off Dead – 2021
- Jack Reacher: A Mysterious Profile – 2022
- No Plan B – 2022
- The Secret – 2023
- Safe Enough And Other Stories – 2024
- In Too Deep – 2024