Jack Reacher Books in Order
Jack Reacher is Lee Child's drifter ex-military-police hero. The novels are largely standalone, so most readers begin with Killing Floor (1997) and follow publication order.
Publication order
In the order the books were originally released.
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Buy on Amazon1997 · Lee Child
Drifter and former military cop Jack Reacher steps off a bus into the small town of Margrave, Georgia, and is promptly arrested for a murder he knows…
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Buy on Amazon1998 · Lee Child
In Chicago, Reacher gallantly helps a woman struggling with her dry cleaning and is instantly swept up alongside her into a violent kidnapping. The…
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Buy on Amazon1999 · Lee Child
Living quietly in Key West, Reacher is sought out by a private investigator who dies soon after finding him. Tracing the dead man's case back to New…
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Buy on Amazon2000 · Lee Child
When two women Reacher once knew are found murdered in eerily identical, ritualistic stagings, the FBI pulls him into the hunt and treats him as much…
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Buy on Amazon2001 · Lee Child
Hitchhiking through scorching west Texas, Reacher accepts a ride from a frightened woman who fears her abusive husband. Drawn to her remote ranch and…
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Buy on Amazon2002 · Lee Child
An old friend recruits Reacher for an unusual job: probe the Secret Service's defenses by trying to assassinate the Vice President-elect on paper.…
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Buy on Amazon2003 · Lee Child
Reacher stages a brazen rescue to insert himself undercover into the orbit of a wealthy criminal, all as part of a federal operation. The mission is…
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Buy on Amazon2004 · Lee Child
A prequel set in 1990, with Reacher still a serving military police major. On New Year's Eve a general dies in a seedy motel, and what looks like an…
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Buy on Amazon2005 · Lee Child
A gunman opens fire on a public plaza, and the evidence against the arrested ex-sniper seems airtight. But the accused man's only request is to find…
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Buy on Amazon2006 · Lee Child
After witnessing a man pay a ransom on a New York street, Reacher is hired by a private security firm to help recover a kidnapped wife and child. The…
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Buy on Amazon2007 · Lee Child
Reacher receives a coded distress signal from a member of his old Army special investigations unit and learns one of their own has been murdered. He…
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2008 · Lee Child
Reacher walks into the bleak Colorado town of Despair and is run out by the police, which only makes him determined to walk back in. Probing why the…
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2009 · Lee Child
On a late-night New York subway, Reacher recognizes the telltale signs of a suicide bomber in a fellow passenger. The encounter pulls him into a…
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Buy on Amazon2010 · Lee Child
Stranded by a wrecked bus tour in a frozen South Dakota town, Reacher becomes the unlikely protector of an elderly witness scheduled to testify…
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Buy on Amazon2010 · Lee Child
Reacher lands in a downtrodden Nebraska farming community ruled by a single corrupt family. When he intervenes in a domestic dispute, he stirs up…
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2011 · Lee Child
A prequel set in 1997, just before Reacher leaves the Army. Sent undercover to a Mississippi town near a military base where a woman has been…
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Buy on Amazon2012 · Lee Child
Reacher hitches a ride with two people in a car and quickly senses something is badly off about the trio. His suspicions land him in the middle of an…
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Buy on Amazon2013 · Lee Child
Reacher travels to Virginia to meet the commander of his old military police unit, only to find her under arrest and himself recalled to the Army and…
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Buy on Amazon2014 · Lee Child
A sniper takes an impossible shot at the French president, and the suspect is a man Reacher once put in prison. Recruited back into government…
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Buy on Amazon2015 · Lee Child
Reacher gets off a train in a tiny, oddly named Midwestern town expecting nothing and finds a woman searching for a missing partner. His curiosity…
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Buy on Amazon2016 · Lee Child
A prequel set in 1996. Reacher, still in the Army, is sent to a fake training school that's actually cover for a covert operation, teaming with the…
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Buy on Amazon2017 · Lee Child
Reacher spots a West Point class ring for sale in a pawnshop and can't accept that a graduate would part with it. Determined to find the owner, he…
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Buy on Amazon2018 · Lee Child
Heading across New England, Reacher detours to the New Hampshire town where his father was born and finds no record the man ever existed. As he digs…
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2019 · Lee Child
Reacher steps in to help an elderly couple crushed by loan sharks in a city split between two rival crime syndicates. His intervention ignites a turf…
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Buy on Amazon2020 · Lee Child
In a small Tennessee town, Reacher comes to the aid of a recently fired IT manager who is suddenly being targeted by mysterious operatives. The…
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Buy on Amazon2021 · Lee Child
Reacher discovers a woman slumped in a crashed car in the Arizona desert and learns she's a federal agent hunting for her missing twin brother.…
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Buy on Amazon2022 · Lee Child
A series of seemingly unrelated events across different towns begins to converge as Reacher pursues the people behind a brutal scheme. When his path…
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Buy on Amazon2023 · Lee Child
A prequel set in 1992. After a string of suspicious deaths among scientists, Reacher is assigned to an interagency task force investigating a…
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2024 · Lee Child
Injured and trapped after a car crash in a storm, Reacher is taken captive by a mysterious group operating from a remote compound. Forced to play…
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Companion & related books
Short-story collections and companion titles in this series.
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2012 · Lee Child
A prequel novella featuring a younger Major Reacher, pulled from his unit and sent to Washington to sit in on a sensitive committee where a leak…
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Buy on Amazon2017 · Lee Child
A collection of short stories spanning Jack Reacher's life, from his boyhood and Army years to his wandering days on the road. Each tale drops him…
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2024 · Lee Child
This collection gathers short fiction by Lee Child, ranging across crime, suspense, and the unexpected twist. Most entries are standalone tales…
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Frequently asked questions
What order should I read the Jack Reacher books in?
Publication order — Author — Lee Child recommends publication order for new readers; the books are designed so you can start almost anywhere. Start with “Killing Floor.”
How many books are in the Jack Reacher series?
We list 29 books by Lee Child , published between 1997–2024.
Where can I buy the Jack Reacher books?
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Reading order compiled from author/publisher guidance and verified bibliographic data. Spotted an error? We continuously correct the catalog.