A former major in the united states army military police corps reacher roams the united states taking odd jobs and investigating suspicious and frequently dangerous situations the reacher novels are written either in the first person or third person. He is the recipient of the anthony award winner for killing floor and the national book award for a wanted man.
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Lee child list of books. Jack reacher is a hero that many newer authors in the genre are trying to emulate or at least use as a role model or idea. No matter whether you ve been a fan of his since he released his first novel killing floor or discovered his stories more recently we have everything you need to know about all the books by the new york times bestselling author. James dover grant cbe born 29 october 1954 primarily known by his pen name lee child is a british author who writes thriller novels and is best known for his jack reacher novel series.
In fact lee child has written 17 jack reacher books. Jack reacher is really a household name. British author lee child whose real name is jim grant is famous for the series of books featuring jack reacher.
The lee child books have been constantly zooming to the top of various best seller lists and the novels have sold a hundred million copies all over the world so far. Lee child writes in the thriller genre of novels and has been writing novels since 1985. Jim grant on october 29th 1954 in coventry england is an english novelist who has written 17 thriller novels following former american military policeman jack reacher.
Lee child book list welcome to lee child book list. The books follow the adventures of a former american military policeman jack reacher who wanders the united states his first novel killing floor 1997 won both the anthony award and the barry award. Not the order of release but the reacher books and stories chronologically from his youth to his adulthood publication order.
Lee child started writing in 1997 and all his solo novels to date have featured jack reacher lee has however contributed to numerous short story collections which are also listed here. These are best described as thrillers and in 2012 tom cruise starred as the main character in a movie titled simply reacher lee child has also been the recipient of several awards including the anthony and the barry awards for best first mystery for his first jack reacher. Lee child the complete book list in order 47 books 1 series.
Lee child is known for his jack reacher series of books. Lee child is the alias used by jim grant an author hailing from england. He was elected president of the mystery writers.
Jack reacher is a fictional protagonist of a series of novels novellas and short stories by british author jim grant under the pen name lee child.
