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Lee Child

Author of Killing Floor

221+ Works 119,177 Members 3,219 Reviews 299 Favorited

About the Author

Lee Child is the pen name of Jim Grant, who was born in Coventry, England on October 29, 1954. He attended law school at Sheffield University, worked in the theater, and finally worked as a presentation director for Granada Television. After being laid off in 1995 because of corporate show more restructuring, he decided to write a book. The Killing Floor won the Anthony Award for Best First Novel and became the first book in the Jack Reacher series. In 2012, the first Jack Reacher film was released starring Tom Cruise. His book's, Worth Dying For and Past Tense, made the bestseller list in 2018. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Lee Child. Photo by Mark Coggins.

Series

Works by Lee Child

Killing Floor (1997) 8,715 copies
Die Trying (1998) 5,967 copies
Tripwire (1999) 5,607 copies
One Shot (2005) 5,500 copies
Bad Luck and Trouble (2007) 5,387 copies
Persuader (2003) 5,316 copies
The Hard Way (2006) 5,046 copies
The Enemy (2004) 5,005 copies
61 Hours (2010) 4,958 copies
Gone Tomorrow (2009) 4,855 copies
Echo Burning (2001) 4,806 copies
Without Fail (2002) 4,710 copies
Nothing to Lose (2008) 4,388 copies
Worth Dying For (2010) 4,269 copies
Night School (2016) 2,775 copies
The Midnight Line (2017) 2,774 copies
Make Me (2015) 2,648 copies
Never Go Back (2013) 2,646 copies
The Affair (2011) 2,493 copies
Past Tense (2018) 2,434 copies
A Wanted Man (2012) 2,405 copies
Personal (2014) 2,182 copies
Blue Moon (2019) 2,127 copies
The Sentinel (2020) 1,705 copies
Better Off Dead (2021) 1,354 copies
No Plan B (2022) 1,034 copies
Second Son (2011) 649 copies
The Secret (2023) 592 copies
Deep Down {short story} (2012) 583 copies
High Heat {novella} (2013) 474 copies
Not a Drill (2014) 351 copies
Cleaning the Gold (2019) 349 copies
MatchUp (2017) — Editor — 317 copies
Small Wars {short story} (2015) 308 copies
Inherit the Dead (2013) — Introduction — 296 copies
Jack Reacher's Rules (2012) 290 copies
First Thrills (2010) — Editor — 252 copies
Killer Year: A Criminal Anthology (2008) — Editor — 175 copies
Vengeance (2012) — Editor — 160 copies
The Best American Mystery Stories 2010 (2010) — Editor & Introduction — 154 copies
The Hero (2019) 122 copies
The Fourth Man (2019) 78 copies
The Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2021 (2021) — Editor — 64 copies
First Thrills: Volume 2 (2011) 53 copies
Too much time (2018) 44 copies
Faking a Murderer (2018) 40 copies
Invisible Blood (2019) 29 copies
First Thrills: Volume 1 (2011) 24 copies
Jack Reacher: Books 1-3 (2012) 22 copies
Guy Walks Into a Bar (2009) 19 copies
Everyone Talks (2012) 12 copies
Reacher: Season One [Television Series] (2022) — Based on his character — 10 copies
First Thrills: Volume 3 (2011) — Editor — 10 copies
Jack Reacher Collection: 12 books — Author — 7 copies
Implacabile (2021) 4 copies
Il ricercato (2018) 4 copies
Konspirationen (2023) 3 copies
Pahaa Verta (2021) 3 copies
Without Fail [Abridged Audio Book] (2002) — Author — 2 copies
Minuit, dernière limite (2021) 2 copies
Ingen plan B (2023) 2 copies
Nessun piano B (2023) 2 copies
Meglio morto (2022) 2 copies
Les Temps du passé (2022) 2 copies
Veenja (2018) 2 copies
Venegance 1 copy
El Asunto (2023) 1 copy
The Secret 1 copy
Veitsen terällä (2022) 1 copy
האויב 1 copy
Spy Game 1 copy
Delt by (2020) 1 copy
Dark Matter 1 copy
Heller dø (2022) 1 copy
The Sentinal 1 copy
Villibráð 1 copy
Tiempo pasado (NOVELA) (2019) 1 copy
Skulden 1 copy
Vokteren (2021) 1 copy
Public Transportation (2014) 1 copy
Under Dække (2019) 1 copy
Mañana no estás (2020) 1 copy
Exit Wounds (2019) — Editor — 1 copy
Blue Moon 1 copy

Associated Works

The Deep Blue Good-by (1964) — Introduction, some editions — 1,877 copies
The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper (1969) — Introduction, some editions — 888 copies
The Dreadful Lemon Sky (1974) — Introduction, some editions — 882 copies
Thriller: Stories To Keep You Up All Night (2006) — Contributor — 763 copies
The Scarlet Ruse (1973) — Introduction, some editions — 754 copies
A Study in Sherlock: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon (2011) — Contributor — 538 copies
FaceOff (2014) — Contributor — 505 copies
Watchlist: Two Serial Thrillers in One Killer Book (2010) — Contributor — 324 copies
Like a Charm: A Novel in Voices (2004) — Contributor — 318 copies
The Chopin Manuscript: A Serial Thriller (2007) — Contributor — 235 copies
Killer Instinct (2001) — Foreword — 219 copies
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back [2016 film] (2016) — Author — 195 copies
Love Is Murder (2012) — Contributor — 181 copies
Phoenix Noir (2009) — Contributor — 137 copies
Death Do Us Part: New Stories about Love, Lust, and Murder (2006) — Contributor — 128 copies
The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 (2015) — Contributor — 107 copies
The Best American Mystery Stories 2018 (2018) — Contributor — 101 copies
Agents of Treachery (2010) — Contributor — 91 copies
The Copper Bracelet: A Serial Thriller (2009) — Contributor — 91 copies
Belfast Noir (2014) — Contributor — 90 copies
USA Noir: Best of the Akashic Noir Series (2013) — Contributor — 85 copies
It Occurs to Me That I Am America: New Stories and Art (2018) — Contributor — 73 copies
The Cocaine Chronicles (2005) — Contributor — 68 copies
The Rich and the Dead (2011) — Contributor — 64 copies
The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries (2008) — Contributor — 62 copies
Deadly Anniversaries (2020) — Contributor — 56 copies
The Best British Mysteries 4 (2006) — Contributor — 25 copies
Sweet Dreams Boxed Set (2015) — Foreword — 23 copies
The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 10 (2013) — Contributor — 21 copies
The Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction (2012) — Contributor — 19 copies
Reader's Digest Select Editions 2010 v01 #307 (2010) — Author — 14 copies
The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 11 (2014) — Contributor — 13 copies
The Arvon Book of Crime and Thriller Writing (2012) — Contributor — 10 copies
Trouble is Our Business (2016) — Foreword — 9 copies
The Penguin Book of Crime Stories, Volume II (2010) — Contributor — 9 copies
Reader's Digest Select Editions 2019 v03 #365 (2019) — Author — 4 copies
Reader's Digest Select Editions 2018 v05 #358 (2018) — Author — 3 copies

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Common Knowledge

Members

Discussions

Lee Child handing Jack Reacher over in Book talk (January 2020)
Lee Child and Reacher in Crime, Thriller & Mystery (May 2016)

Reviews

Another action-packed adventure. Reacher is larger than life and a hero worth following. There is never a dull moment and the mystery is very hard to guess before they give you all the details. Overall a very satisfying read!
 
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FlowerBrookCottage | 97 other reviews | May 22, 2024 |
I really enjoy these books. There are plenty of twists and turns to keep your interest but in the end good defeats evil. I hope to enjoy reading about Jack defeating his demons and taking out the bad guys many more times in the future.
 
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FlowerBrookCottage | 91 other reviews | May 22, 2024 |
A largely unengaging sequel to most of the earlier books, while Reacher was still an MP in the Army. The situation seems contrived with little or no interaction between characters. He doesn't even sleep with the lone female protagonist. Justice is served but not for Reacher as he admits to saving the wrong women and not, sadly, for the reader, who misses the good old days with the brilliant loner
 
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SamMelfi | 18 other reviews | May 15, 2024 |
Goodbye Lee Child. Did not finish this one, it is rubbish.
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Novak | 18 other reviews | May 14, 2024 |

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Otto Penzler Series Editor, Editor
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Dick Hill Narrator, Reader
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Kerry Shale Narrator, Narrator, Reader
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Ken Bruen Contributor
Lawrence Block Contributor
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Oliver Barrett Illustrator
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John Foxx Cover Photographs
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Statistics

Works
221
Also by
107
Members
119,177
Popularity
#66
Rating
3.8
Reviews
3,219
ISBNs
2,440
Languages
29
Favorited
299

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