If you want to read the Jack Reacher novels, it’s best you read them in order, even though they can be read in any order. If you’d prefer to read them in order, below is a list of Jack Reacher books in order to read.
- Killing Floor
- Audible Audiobook
- Lee Child (Author) – Dick Hill (Narrator)
- English (Publication Language)
- 10/27/2015 (Publication Date) – Random House Audio (Publisher)
In a small town in Georgia, Jack Reacher alights a bus and is thrown in a county jail for a murder crime he knows nothing about
- Die Trying
- Audible Audiobook
- Lee Child (Author) – Johnathan McClain (Narrator)
- English (Publication Language)
- 10/30/2012 (Publication Date) – Penguin Audio (Publisher)
In this book, Reacher is carried away in a van with a woman who says she’s the FBI and is whisked out of America into another country.
- Tripwire
- Audible Audiobook
- Lee Child (Author) – Johnathan McClain (Narrator)
- English (Publication Language)
- 10/30/2012 (Publication Date) – Penguin Audio (Publisher)
In this Jack Reacher book, Reacher is digging swimming pools in Key West, and he’s approached by a detective who’s just asking a question. Later, the detective is found dead.
- Running Blind
- Audible Audiobook
- Lee Child (Author) – Johnathan McClain (Narrator)
- English (Publication Language)
- 10/30/2012 (Publication Date) – Penguin Audio (Publisher)
Two women are found dead, naked in a paint-filled bath, and they appear to have been murdered by a man like Jack Reacher.
- Echo Burning
- Audible Audiobook
- Lee Child (Author) – Dick Hill (Narrator)
- English (Publication Language)
- 10/27/2015 (Publication Date) – Random House Audio (Publisher)
Jack Reacher is in Texas, where he meets a young woman in jail. Her life’s at risk because the husband swears to kill her when he’s released.
- Without Fail
- Audible Audiobook
- Lee Child (Author) – Dick Hill (Narrator)
- English (Publication Language)
- 10/27/2015 (Publication Date) – Random House Audio (Publisher)
A Washington woman tasked with protecting the vice president reaches out to Reacher for help.
- Persuader
- Audible Audiobook
- Lee Child (Author) – Dick Hill (Narrator)
- English (Publication Language)
- 02/02/2021 (Publication Date) – Random House Audio (Publisher)
This book will have you wonder if Reacher is still able to decipher what’s right and wrong. He’s in Boston, where a kidnapping happens, and a cop dies.
- The Enemy
- Audible Audiobook
- Charlie Higson (Author) – Paul Whitehouse (Narrator)
- English (Publication Language)
- 09/16/2009 (Publication Date) – Penguin Audio (Publisher)
An army general from Reacher’s army days is found dead on his watch.
- One Shot
- Audible Audiobook
- Lee Child (Author) – Dick Hill (Narrator)
- English (Publication Language)
- 08/12/2014 (Publication Date) – Random House Audio (Publisher)
A sniper kills five people in a heartland city, and Reacher is on the radar as the suspect.
- The Hard Way
- Audible Audiobook
- Lee Child (Author) – Dick Hill (Narrator)
- English (Publication Language)
- 08/12/2014 (Publication Date) – Random House Audio (Publisher)
A coffee on one of the streets in New York leads to a shoot-out some miles away in the Norfolk area.
- Bad Luck and Trouble
- Audible Audiobook
- Lee Child (Author) – Dick Hill (Narrator)
- English (Publication Language)
- 04/09/2007 (Publication Date) – Random House Audio (Publisher)
Reacher is left with no choice but to assemble his old army unit when one of his buddies is found dead in the California desert.
- Nothing to Lose
- Audible Audiobook
- Lee Child (Author) – Dick Hill (Narrator)
- English (Publication Language)
- 08/29/2008 (Publication Date) – Random House Audio (Publisher)
Reacher reaches a point where he feels he has nothing to lose.
- Gone Tomorrow
- Audible Audiobook
- Lee Child (Author) – Dick Hill (Narrator)
- English (Publication Language)
- 05/19/2009 (Publication Date) – Random House Audio (Publisher)
Reacher can tell there’s a suicide bomber on the New York Subway after noticing twelve tell-tale signs that are hard to miss.
- 61 Hours
- Audible Audiobook
- Lee Child (Author) – Dick Hill (Narrator)
- English (Publication Language)
- 05/18/2010 (Publication Date) – Random House Audio (Publisher)
Reacher jumps on a bus heading to trouble in South Dakota
- Worth Dying For
- Audible Audiobook
- Lee Child (Author) – Dick Hill (Narrator)
- English (Publication Language)
- 10/19/2010 (Publication Date) – Random House Audio (Publisher)
Reacher encounters a clan disturbing the peace of the Nebraska locals. He plans not to interfere but is unable to when he learns of the case of a missing child.
- The Affair
- Audible Audiobook
- Lee Child (Author) – Dick Hill (Narrator)
- English (Publication Language)
- 09/27/2011 (Publication Date) – Random House Audio (Publisher)
Major Jack Reacher goes undercover in Mississippi to investigate a murder six months before the events in Killing Floor.
- A Wanted Man
- Audible Audiobook
- Lee Child (Author) – Dick Hill (Narrator)
- English (Publication Language)
- 09/11/2012 (Publication Date) – Random House Audio (Publisher)
Reacher is in pain from his busted nose and cannot catch a ride. However, he’s picked up later by two men and one woman, and not long into the ride, he discovers they have something to hide.
- Never Go Back
- Audible Audiobook
- Lee Child (Author) – Dick Hill (Narrator)
- English (Publication Language)
- 09/03/2013 (Publication Date) – Random House Audio (Publisher)
Reacher returns to his former Virginia headquarters and is accused of a homicide that happened sixteen years ago.
- Personal
- Audible Audiobook
- Lee Child (Author) – Dick Hill (Narrator)
- English (Publication Language)
- 09/02/2014 (Publication Date) – Random House Audio (Publisher)
The French President has been shot; only one man could have done it, and Reacher is the only man who can find him.
- Make Me
- Audible Audiobook
- Lee Child (Author) – Dick Hill (Narrator)
- English (Publication Language)
- 09/08/2015 (Publication Date) – Random House Audio (Publisher)
Jack Reacher is at a remote railroad stop on the prairie called Mother’s Rest, where he finds a town of silent, watchful people and descends into the heart of darkness.
Conclusion
The Jack Reacher series has twenty-eight books and a collection of short stories, and another is scheduled to be released in October 2024. These books can be read out of order, but this article has explored the correct order for the first twenty books. Happy reading!
