LEE CHILD BIBLIOGRAPHY & CHECKLIST

The Jack Reacher novels:

___ #1 Killing Floor (1997)

___ #2 Die Trying (1998)
___ #3 Tripwire (1999)
___ #4 Running Blind: US title/The Visitor: UK title (2000)
___ #5 Echo Burning (2001)
___ #6 Without Fail (2002)
___ #7 Persuader (2003)
___ #8 The Enemy (2004) Prequel set eight years before Killing Floor.
___ #9 One Shot (2005)
___ #10 The Hard Way (2006)
___ #11 Bad Luck and Trouble (2007)
___ #12 Nothing to Lose (2008)
___ #13 Gone Tomorrow (2009)
___ #14 61 Hours (Spring 2010)
___ #15 Worth Dying For (Fall 2010)
___ #16 The Affair (2011) This is another prequel set just before Killing Floor.
___ #17 A Wanted Man (2012)
___ #18 Never Go Back (2013)
___ #19 Personal (2014)
___ #20 Make Me (2015)
___ #21 Night School (2016) This is another prequel set in 1996 before The Affair.
___ #22 The Midnight Line (2017)
___ #23 Past Tense (2018)
___ #24 Blue Moon (2019)

Short story anthologies:

___ Fresh Blood 3 (1999) Lee's story, "James Penney's New Identity", features a
pre-Killing Floor Jack Reacher.
___ Like a Charm (2004) Serialized novel; Lee wrote Chapter Six: "The Snake Eater
by the Numbers".
___ The Cocaine Chronicles (2005) Lee's story: "Ten Keys".
___ Greatest Hits (2005) Lee's story: "The Greatest Trick of All".
___ Thriller (2006) Contains an edited version of "James Penney's New Identity"
originally published in Fresh Blood 3.
___ MWA Presents Death Do Us Part (2006) Lee's story: "Safe Enough".
___ Bloodlines: A Horse Racing Anthology (2006) Lee's story: "The .50 Solution".
___ The Best British Mysteries IV (2007) Lee's story: "The Greatest Trick of All".
___ The Chopin Manuscript (2007) Audio serialized novel; Lee wrote Chapter 15.
___ Killer Year: Stories to Die For (2008) Lee edited but did not contribute a story.
___ Guy Walks Into a Bar (June 7, 2009); prequel to Gone Tomorrow includes
Reacher, published in The New York Times.
___ Phoenix Noir (2009) Lee's story: "Public Transportation".
___ The Copper Bracelet (2009) Audio serialized novel; Lee wrote one chapter.
___ The Line Up (2010) Lee gives the inside story on Reacher and his origins.
___ Watchlist (2010) Print edition of previously audio-only serialized novels
The Chopin Manuscript (2007) and The Copper Bracelet (2009).
___ The Dark End of the Street (2010) Lee's story: "Me and Mr. Rafferty".
___ Agents of Treachery (2010) Lee's story: "Section 7 (a) (Operational)".
___ First Thrills (2010) Lee edited but did not contribute a story.
___ The Best American Mystery Stories 2010 (Sept) Lee edited only.
___ MWA Presents The Rich and the Dead (2011) Lee’s story: “Addicted to Sweetness”.
___ A Study In Sherlock (2011) Lee’s story: “The Bone-Headed League”.
___ “Second Son” (August 2011) available as a digital single, in audio or as bonus
with US paperback edition of The Affair.
___ “James Penney’s New Identity / Guy Walks Into A Bar” (Nov 2011) available as a
digital single in the UK and territories.
___ MWA Presents Vengeance (2012) Lee edited and contributed an introduction.
___ Love is Murder (2012) Lee’s story: “I Heard a Romantic Story”.
___ Everyone Talks (June 2012) Esquire magazine’s story features Reacher.
___ Deep Down (July 2012) Reacher prequel story available as a digital single, in
audio or as bonus with US paperback edition of A Wanted Man.
___ The Marijuana Chronicles (July 2013) Lee’s story: “My First Drug Trial”.
___ High Heat (August 2013) Reacher story available as a digital single, in
audio or as bonus with US paperback edition of Never Go Back.
___ USA Noir (November 2013) Lee’s story is “Public Transportation”.
___ FaceOff (June 2014) Lee and Joseph Finder co-wrote the story
“Good and Valuable Consideration” which pairs Reacher with
Finder’s Heller.
___ Not a Drill (July 2014) Reacher story available as a digital single, in
audio or as bonus with US paperback edition of Personal.
___ Belfast Noir (November 2014) Lee’s story is “Wet with Rain”.
___ No Room at the Motel (December 2014) Stylist magazine’s story features Reacher.
___ MWA Presents Manhattan Mayhem (June 2015) Lee’s story: “The Picture of the
Lonely Diner”.
___ Small Wars (August 2015) Reacher story available as a digital single and in audio.
___ In Sunlight or In Shadow: Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper
(December 2016) Lee’s story is “The Truth About What Happened”
based on the painting “Hotel Lobby” (1943).
___ Maybe They Have a Tradition (December 2016) Country Life magazine’s story
features Reacher.
___ Anatomy of Innocence (March 2017) in “Chapter 6: The Fortune Cookie” Lee tells
the story of exoneree Kirk Bloodworth.
___ No Middle Name (May 2017) Anthology collects ALL THE REACHER SHORT
STORIES WRITTEN up to this point!
___ Match Up (June 2017) Lee co-wrote a story with Kathy Reichs, titled “Faking a
Murderer” which features Reacher and Temperance Brennan.
___ Alive in Shape and Color (December 2017) Lee’s story is “Pierre, Lucien & Me”
based on Auguste Renoir's Bouquet of Chrysanthemums (1881).
___ Jack Reacher and the Christmas Scorpion (December 2017) The Mail on Sunday’s
two-part story features Reacher. Republished as a Transworld UK
and Delacorte US ebook in October 2018.
___ It Occurs to Me that I am America (January 2018) Lee’s story is “New Blank
Document”.
___ Ten Year Stretch (April 2018) Lee’s story is “Shorty and the Briefcase”.
___ The Best American Mystery Stories (October 2018) Lee’s story: “Too Much Time”
was originally published in the 2018 Reacher anthology, No Middle
Name.
___ “The Fourth Man” (March 2019) originally published as bonus material in
Australia’s Past Tense hardcovers, now a digital single in the UK.
___ “Cleaning the Gold” (May 2019) Lee and Karin Slaughter co-wrote this story
which pairs Reacher with Slaughter’s Will Trent.
___ “Exit Wounds” (May 2019) Lee’s story: “Wet with Rain”, originally published in
Belfast Noir.
___ “Invisible Blood” (July 2019) Lee’s story: “Smile” features Reacher.

Ephemera:

___ Jack Reacher’s Rules (US/CA) / Reacher’s Rules (UK and territories) (Nov 2012)
A collection of do’s and don’ts from the Reacher novels.
___ The Hero (Nov 2019) Lee’s non-fiction essay on heroism.