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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 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) — biography from Killing Floor… (more)
Killing Floor 8,339 copies, 288 reviews
Die Trying 5,737 copies, 151 reviews
Tripwire 5,362 copies, 113 reviews
One Shot 5,321 copies, 112 reviews
Bad Luck and Trouble 5,129 copies, 119 reviews
Persuader 5,107 copies, 95 reviews
Running Blind (Jack Reacher, No. 4) 4,981 copies, 104 reviews
The Hard Way 4,863 copies, 97 reviews
The Enemy 4,854 copies, 84 reviews
61 Hours 4,766 copies, 144 reviews
Gone Tomorrow 4,681 copies, 123 reviews
Echo Burning 4,628 copies, 95 reviews
Without Fail 4,531 copies, 90 reviews
Nothing to Lose 4,224 copies, 97 reviews
Worth Dying For 4,095 copies, 106 reviews
Night School 2,567 copies, 93 reviews
The Midnight Line 2,524 copies, 91 reviews
Never Go Back 2,482 copies, 124 reviews
Make Me 2,475 copies, 88 reviews
The Affair 2,372 copies, 85 reviews
A Wanted Man 2,305 copies, 87 reviews
Past Tense 2,209 copies, 89 reviews
Personal 2,050 copies, 119 reviews
Blue Moon 1,911 copies, 67 reviews
The Sentinel 1,507 copies, 46 reviews
Better Off Dead 1,143 copies, 34 reviews
Personal 897 copies, 17 reviews
No Plan B 734 copies, 20 reviews
Second Son 629 copies, 18 reviews
Deep Down {short story} 564 copies, 15 reviews
High Heat {novella} 452 copies, 13 reviews
Not a Drill 336 copies, 15 reviews
Cleaning the Gold 313 copies, 16 reviews
MatchUp (Editor) 300 copies, 23 reviews
Small Wars {short story} 286 copies, 6 reviews
Inherit the Dead (Introduction) 286 copies, 10 reviews
Jack Reacher's Rules 267 copies, 8 reviews
First Thrills (Editor) 246 copies, 9 reviews
Killer Year: A Criminal Anthology (Editor) 165 copies, 5 reviews
Vengeance (Editor) 156 copies, 16 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 2010 (Editor & Introduction) 147 copies, 3 reviews
The Hero 108 copies, 5 reviews
The Fourth Man 70 copies, 2 reviews
The Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2021 (Editor) 54 copies, 4 reviews
First Thrills: Volume 2 50 copies, 2 reviews
Too much time 38 copies, 1 review
Faking a Murderer 38 copies, 2 reviews
Invisible Blood 24 copies, 2 reviews
Everyone Talks 18 copies
First Thrills: Volume 3 (Editor) 9 copies
Midnight Line 4 copies
Implacabile 3 copies
Il ricercato 3 copies
Pahaa Verta 2 copies
Veenja 2 copies
הצלף 1 copy
Heller dø 1 copy
Spy Game 1 copy
Nessun piano B 1 copy, 1 review
Venegance 1 copy
Exit Wounds (Editor) 1 copy, 1 review
Vokteren 1 copy
Delt by 1 copy
Villibráð 1 copy, 1 review
Skulden 1 copy
The Deep Blue Good-by (Introduction, some editions) 1,818 copies, 47 reviews
The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper (Introduction, some editions) 867 copies, 11 reviews
The Dreadful Lemon Sky (Introduction, some editions) 862 copies, 18 reviews
Thriller: Stories To Keep You Up All Night (Contributor) 739 copies, 12 reviews
The Scarlet Ruse (Introduction, some editions) 734 copies, 11 reviews
FaceOff (Contributor) 493 copies, 33 reviews
Watchlist: Two Serial Thrillers in One Killer Book (Contributor) 311 copies, 12 reviews
Like a Charm: A Novel in Voices (Contributor) 308 copies, 8 reviews
Jack Reacher [2012 film] (Author) 278 copies, 1 review
The Chopin Manuscript: A Serial Thriller (Contributor) 231 copies, 18 reviews
Killer Instinct (Foreword) 217 copies, 14 reviews
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back [2016 film] (Author) 183 copies, 3 reviews
Love Is Murder (Contributor) 177 copies, 13 reviews
Phoenix Noir (Contributor) 132 copies, 4 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 (Contributor) 99 copies, 3 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 2018 (Contributor) 94 copies, 3 reviews
The Copper Bracelet: A Serial Thriller (Contributor) 90 copies, 2 reviews
Agents of Treachery (Contributor) 89 copies, 4 reviews
Belfast Noir (Contributor) 86 copies, 14 reviews
USA Noir: Best of the Akashic Noir Series (Contributor) 80 copies, 10 reviews
The Cocaine Chronicles (Contributor) 65 copies
The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries (Contributor) 62 copies, 1 review
The Rich and the Dead (Contributor) 58 copies
Deadly Anniversaries (Contributor) 51 copies, 6 reviews
The Best British Mysteries 4 (Contributor) 25 copies, 1 review
Sweet Dreams Boxed Set (Foreword) 21 copies, 4 reviews
The Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction (Contributor) 19 copies, 1 review
The Penguin Book of Crime Stories, Volume II (Contributor) 9 copies, 1 review

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