Lee Child Books in Order

Lee Child is a versatile author born on October 29, 1954, in Coventry, England, but spent his formative years in Birmingham. A coincidence led him to attend the same high school as JRR Tolkien, and he later pursued law studies in Sheffield. After working part-time in the theater, Child joined Granada Television in Manchester, where he served as a presentation director for nearly two decades, contributing to notable productions like Brideshead Revisited, The Jewel in the Crown, Prime Suspect, and Cracker. Following his 1995 firing, he turned his passion for reading into a writing career, penning the bestselling Jack Reacher series, starting with Killing Floor. The series has grown in popularity with each new installment, with the first Jack Reacher film, based on One Shot, released in 2012. Child currently divides his time between Manhattan, a French country house, and various airplane cabins, often traveling in his supercharged Jaguar.

Bibliography verified: January 2026

Book Series by Lee Child

  • #1
    The Cocaine Chronicles (With: Laura Lippman,Gary Phillips,Ken Bruen,Jervey Tervalon,Bill Moody)(2005)
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  • #2
    The Marijuana Chronicles (By: Jonathan Santlofer)(2013)
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  • #3
    The Nicotine Chronicles (With: Joyce Carol Oates,Hannah Tinti,Christopher Sorrentino,Cara Black,Lauren Sanders,Bernice L. McFadden,Jonathan Ames)(2020)
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    The Chopin Manuscript(2007)
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  • #2
    The Copper Bracelet(2009)
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    Killing Floor(1997)
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  • #2
    Die Trying(1998)
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  • #3
    Tripwire(1999)
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  • #4
    Running Blind / The Visitor(2000)
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  • #5
    Echo Burning(2001)
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  • #6
    Without Fail(2002)
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  • #7
    Persuader(2003)
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  • #8
    The Enemy(2004)
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  • #9
    One Shot(2005)
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  • #10
    The Hard Way(2006)
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  • #11
    Bad Luck and Trouble(2007)
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  • #12
    Nothing to Lose(2008)
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  • #13
    Gone Tomorrow(2009)
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  • #14
    61 Hours(2010)
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  • #15
    Worth Dying For(2010)
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  • #16
    The Affair(2011)
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  • #17
    A Wanted Man(2012)
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  • #18
    Never Go Back(2013)
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  • #19
    Personal(2014)
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  • #20
    Make Me(2015)
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  • #21
    Night School(2016)
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  • #22
    The Midnight Line(2017)
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  • #23
    Past Tense(2018)
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  • #24
    Blue Moon(2019)
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  • #25
    The Sentinel (With: Andrew Child)(2020)
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  • #26
    Better Off Dead (With: Andrew Child)(2021)
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  • #27
    No Plan B (With: Andrew Child)(2022)
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  • #28
    The Secret (With: Andrew Child)(2023)
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  • #29
    In Too Deep (With: Andrew Child)(2024)
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  • #30
    Exit Strategy (With: Andrew Child)(2025)
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  • #31
    Guy Walks Into a Bar(2009)
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  • #32
    Second Son(2011)
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  • #33
    Deep Down(2012)
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  • #34
    High Heat(2013)
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  • #35
    Not a Drill(2014)
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  • #36
    Good and Valuable Consideration: Jack Reacher vs. Nick Heller (With: Joseph Finder)(2014)
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  • #37
    The Picture of the Lonely Diner(2015)
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    Small Wars(2015)
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  • #39
    Too Much Time(2017)
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  • #40
    The Christmas Scorpion(2018)
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  • #41
    The Fourth Man(2019)
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  • #42
    Cleaning the Gold (With: Karin Slaughter)(2019)
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  • #43
    New Kid in Town (By: Andrew Child)(2024)
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  • #44
    You Shook Me All Night Long (By: Andrew Child)(2025)
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  • #45
    No Middle Name(2017)
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  • #1
    Jack Reacher's Rules(2012)
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  • #2
    The Snake-eater by the Numbers(2004)
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  • #3
    Ten Keys(2005)
  • #4
    The Greatest Trick of All(2005)
  • #5
    The .50 Solution(2006)
  • #6
    Public Transportation(2009)
  • #7
    Me and Mr. Rafferty(2010)
  • #8
    The Bodyguard(2010)
  • #9
    Section 7 (a) (Operational)(2010)
  • #10
    Addicted to Sweetness(2011)
  • #11
    The Bone-Headed League(2011)
  • #12
    I Heard a Romantic Story(2012)
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  • #13
    Everyone Talks(2012)
  • #14
    My First Drug Trial(2013)
  • #15
    Wet with Rain(2014)
  • #16
    No Room at the Motel(2014)
  • #17
    The Truth About What Happened(2016)
  • #18
    Maybe They Have a Tradition(2016)
  • #19
    The Fortune Cookie(2017)
  • #20
    Pierre, Lucien, & Me(2017)
  • #21
    New Blank Document(2018)
  • #22
    Shorty and the Briefcase(2018)
  • #23
    James Penney's New Identity(2019)
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  • #24
    Smile(2019)
  • #25
    Dying for a Cigarette(2020)
  • #26
    Normal in Every Way(2024)
  • #27
    Eleven Numbers(2025)
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  • #28
    Safe Enough: And Other Stories(2024)
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  • #29
    The Hollywood I Remembered(2012)
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  • #1
    Part XXVIII: More Christmas Adventures 1869-1888 (By: Nancy Holder,David Marcum)(2021)
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  • #2
    Part XIII: 2022 Annual (By: David Marcum)(2022)
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  • #3
    Part XXXI: 2022 Annual (By: David Marcum)(2022)
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  • #4
    Part XXXV: However Improbable (By: David Marcum)(2022)
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    Part XXXVI: However Improbable (By: David Marcum)(2022)
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  • #6
    Part XXXVII: 2023 Annual (By: David Marcum)(2023)
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    Part XXXVIII: 2023 Annual (By: David Marcum)(2023)
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  • #8
    Part XXXVIII (By: David Marcum)(2023)
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  • #9
    Part XXXIX (By: David Marcum)(2023)
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  • #10
    Part XLII: Further Untold Cases 1894-1922 (By: David Marcum)(2023)
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    Part XLI: Further Untold Cases - 1887-1892 (By: David Marcum)(2023)
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  • #12
    Part XLIII: 2024 Annual 1874-1888 (By: David Marcum)(2024)
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    Part XLIV: 2024 Annual 1889-1897 (By: David Marcum)(2024)
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    Part XLV: 2024 Annual 1898-1917 (By: David Marcum)(2024)
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    Part XLVI: Occupants of the Canonical Realm 1861-1889 (By: David Marcum)(2024)
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    Part XLVII: Occupants of the Canonical Realm 1890-1898 (By: David Marcum,Chris Chan)(2024)
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  • #17
    Part VII(2017)
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  • #1
    Rambo (By: David Morrell)(2022)
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  • #2
    Elvis Cole and Joe Pike (By: Robert Crais)(2022)
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  • #3
    Jack Taylor (By: Ken Bruen)(2022)
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  • #4
    Jack Reacher(2022)
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  • #5
    Charlie Parker (By: John Connolly)(2022)
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  • #6
    Hieronymus Bosch (By: Michael Connelly)(2022)
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  • #7
    Lincoln Rhyme (By: Jeffery Deaver)(2022)
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  • #8
    Alex Delaware (By: Jonathan Kellerman)(2022)
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  • #9
    Tess Monaghan (By: Laura Lippman)(2022)
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  • #10
    Charlie Resnick (By: John Harvey)(2022)
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  • #11
    Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus (By: Faye Kellerman)(2022)
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  • #12
    Inspector Morse (By: Colin Dexter)(2022)
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  • #13
    Dismas Hardy (By: John Lescroart)(2022)
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  • #14
    Bob Lee Swagger (By: Stephen Hunter)(2022)
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  • #15
    Aloysius X. L. Pendergast (By: Douglas Preston)(2022)
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  • #16
    Lou Boldt (By: Ridley Pearson)(2022)
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  • #17
    Spenser (By: Robert B. Parker)(2022)
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  • #18
    Charlotte and Thomas Pitt (By: Anne Perry)(2022)
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  • #19
    John Rebus (By: Ian Rankin)(2022)
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  • #20
    Mallory (By: Carol O'Connell)(2022)
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  • #21
    Jane Whitefield (By: Thomas Perry)(2022)
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  • #22
    Ian Rutledge (By: Charles Todd)(2022)
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  • #23
    Amos Walker (By: Loren D. Estleman)(2022)
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  • #24
    Precious Ramotswe (By: Alexander McCall Smith)(2022)
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  • #25
    Maisie Dobbs (By: Jacqueline Winspear)(2022)
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  • #26
    The Lincoln Lawyer (By: Michael Connelly)(2022)
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  • #27
    Condor (By: James Grady)(2023)
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  • #28
    Ben Kincaid (By: William Bernhardt)(2023)
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  • #29
    Repairman Jack (By: F. Paul Wilson)(2023)
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  • #30
    Joe Pickett (By: C.J. Box)(2024)
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  • #31
    Peter Diamond (By: Peter Lovesey)(2024)
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  • #32
    Nathan Heller (By: Max Allan Collins)(2024)
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  • #1
    Jack Reacher's Rules(2012)
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  • #2
    The Hero(2019)
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  • #3
    Reacher: The Stories Behind the Stories(2025)
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  • #1
    Honor & ... (By: C.J. Box,Sandra Brown)(2017)
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  • #2
    Deserves to Be Dead (By: John Sandford,Lisa Jackson)(2017)
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  • #3
    Getaway (By: Lisa Scottoline,Nelson DeMille)(2017)
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  • #4
    Midnight Flame (By: Christopher Rice,Lara Adrian)(2018)
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  • #5
    Short Story (By: Karin Slaughter,Michael Koryta)(2019)
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  • #6
    Past Prologue (By: Diana Gabaldon,Steve Berry)(2019)
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  • #7
    Faking a Murderer (With: Kathy Reichs)(2019)
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  • #8
    Dig Here (By: Charlaine Harris,Andrew Gross)(2019)
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  • #9
    Taking the Veil (By: J.A. Jance,Eric Van Lustbader)(2019)
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  • #10
    Rambo on Their Minds (By: Gayle Lynds,David Morrell)(2019)
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  • #11
    Footloose (By: Val McDermid,Peter James)(2019)
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  • #12
    Like a Charm(2004)
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  • #13
    Greatest Hits(2005)
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  • #14
    The Cocaine Chronicles(2005)
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  • #15
    Death Do Us Part(2006)
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  • #16
    The Best British Mysteries IV(2007)
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  • #17
    Killer Year: Stories to Die For...(2008)
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  • #18
    Watchlist(2009)
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  • #19
    First Thrills(2010)
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  • #20
    The Dark End of the Street(2010)
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  • #21
    The Best American Mystery Stories 2010(2010)
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  • #22
    The Rich and the Dead(2011)
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  • #23
    First Thrills: Volume 2(2011)
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  • #24
    First Thrills: Volume 3(2011)
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  • #25
    First Thrills: Volume 4(2011)
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  • #26
    A Study in Sherlock(2011)
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  • #27
    Vengeance(2012)
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  • #28
    Love is Murder(2012)
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  • #29
    The Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction(2012)
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  • #30
    Inherit the Dead(2013)
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  • #31
    Crimespree Magazine #52(2013)
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  • #32
    Reader's Digest: Today's Best Fiction(2014)
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  • #33
    FaceOff(2014)
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  • #34
    Manhattan Mayhem(2015)
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  • #35
    The Best American Mystery Stories 2015(2015)
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  • #36
    In Sunlight or In Shadow(2016)
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  • #37
    MatchUp(2017)
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  • #38
    Alive in Shape and Color(2017)
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  • #39
    Ten Year Stretch(2018)
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  • #40
    The Best American Mystery Stories 2018(2018)
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  • #41
    Exit Wounds(2019)
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  • #42
    Invisible Blood(2019)
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  • #43
    Dear NHS(2020)
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  • #44
    How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook from Mystery Writers of America(2021)
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  • #45
    The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2021(2021)
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  • #46
    UEA MA Crime Fiction Anthology(2022)
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  • #47
    An Unnecessary Assassin(2023)
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  • #48
    The Big Bang!: An Anthology(2024)
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  • #49
    CrimeBits: 100 Opening Gambits for Great Thrillers & Linked Mystery Puzzles(2024)
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  • #50
    The Twisted Women's Book Club(2025)
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  • #51
    Birds, Strangers and Psychos(2025)
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About Lee Child

Lee Child is a versatile author born on October 29, 1954, in Coventry, England, but spent his formative years in Birmingham. A coincidence led him to attend the same high school as JRR Tolkien, and he later pursued law studies in Sheffield. After working part-time in the theater, Child joined Granada Television in Manchester, where he served as a presentation director for nearly two decades, contributing to notable productions like Brideshead Revisited, The Jewel in the Crown, Prime Suspect, and Cracker. Following his 1995 firing, he turned his passion for reading into a writing career, penning the bestselling Jack Reacher series, starting with Killing Floor. The series has grown in popularity with each new installment, with the first Jack Reacher film, based on One Shot, released in 2012. Child currently divides his time between Manhattan, a French country house, and various airplane cabins, often traveling in his supercharged Jaguar.

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