Order of Jack Reacher Books
Jack Reacher is the fictional and infamous “drifter” character. Written by Lee Child, the former Military Police Major Jack Reacher travels all over the United States, via bus or hitchhiking. As he never got to see much during his time in the military, Jacks aim is to see everything there is to see throughout the United States. Unfortunately for Reacher, wherever he goes, trouble seems to follow.
Jack Reacher is one of the more consistent series out there. Not only in terms of quality, but in frequency of publication. Lee Child has been publishing a new addition to the Jack Reacher series annually ever since the series started with Killing Floor in 1997. Below is a list of the Jack Reacher novels in order of when they were first released:
Publication Order of Jack Reacher Books
Killing Floor | (1997) | |
Die Trying | (1998) | |
Tripwire | (1999) | |
Running Blind / The Visitor | (2000) | |
Echo Burning | (2001) | |
Without Fail | (2002) | |
Persuader | (2003) | |
The Enemy | (2004) | |
One Shot | (2005) | |
The Hard Way | (2006) | |
Bad Luck and Trouble | (2007) | |
Nothing to Lose | (2008) | |
Gone Tomorrow | (2009) | |
61 Hours | (2010) | |
Worth Dying For | (2010) | |
The Affair | (2011) | |
A Wanted Man | (2012) | |
Never Go Back | (2013) | |
Personal | (2014) | |
Make Me | (2015) | |
Night School | (2016) | |
The Midnight Line | (2017) | |
Past Tense | (2018) | |
Blue Moon | (2019) | |
The Sentinel | (2020) | |
Better Off Dead | (2021) | |
No Plan B | (2022) | |
The Secret | (2023) | |
In Too Deep | (2024) |
Chronological Order of Jack Reacher Books
The Enemy | (2004) | The Secret | (2023) | Night School | (2016) | The Affair | (2011) | Killing Floor | (1997) | Die Trying | (1998) | Tripwire | (1999) | Running Blind / The Visitor | (2000) | Echo Burning | (2001) | Without Fail | (2002) | Persuader | (2003) | One Shot | (2005) | The Hard Way | (2006) | Bad Luck and Trouble | (2007) | Nothing to Lose | (2008) | Gone Tomorrow | (2009) | 61 Hours | (2010) | Worth Dying For | (2010) | A Wanted Man | (2012) | Never Go Back | (2013) | Personal | (2014) | Make Me | (2015) | The Midnight Line | (2017) | Past Tense | (2018) | Blue Moon | (2019) | The Sentinel | (2020) | Better Off Dead | (2021) | No Plan B | (2022) | In Too Deep | (2024) |
Publication Order of Jack Reacher Short Stories/Novellas
(By: Lee Child, Andrew Child)
Second Son | (2011) | Deep Down | (2012) | High Heat | (2013) | Not a Drill | (2014) | Good and Valuable Consideration: Jack Reacher vs. Nick Heller | (2014) | Small Wars | (2015) | Too Much Time | (2017) | The Christmas Scorpion | (2018) | The Fourth Man | (2019) | Cleaning the Gold | (2019) | New Kid in Town | (2024) |
Publication Order of Jack Reacher Collections
No Middle Name | (2017) |
Publication Order of Jack Reacher Miscellaneous Books
Jack Reacher’s Rules | (2012) |
Note: Running Blind was published as The Visitor in the United Kingdom.