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James Dover Grant (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. 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 1998 Barry Award for Best First Novel.
| Pub. order | Title | Year | ISBN | Perspective |
| 1 | Killing Floor | 1997 | mw- body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw- .mw- .mw- .mw- } }0-593-04143-7 | 1st Person |
| 2 | Die Trying | 1998 | 0-593-04144-5 | 3rd Person |
| 3 | Tripwire | 1999 | 0-593-04393-6 | 3rd Person |
| 4 | The Visitor (UK), or Running Blind (US) | 2000 | 0-593-04399-5 | 2nd/3rd Person |
| 5 | Echo Burning | 2001 | 0-593-04659-5 | 3rd Person |
| 6 | Without Fail | 2002 | 0-593-04686-2 | 3rd Person |
| 7 | Persuader | 2003 | 0-593-04689-7 | 1st Person |
| 8 | The Enemy | 2004 | 0-593-05182-3 | 1st Person |
| 9 | One Shot | 2005 | 0-593-05183-1 | 3rd Person |
| 10 | The Hard Way | 2006 | 978-0-593-05184-9 | 3rd Person |
| 11 | Bad Luck and Trouble | 2007 | 978-0-593-05701-8 | 3rd Person |
| 12 | Nothing to Lose | 2008 | 978-0-593-05702-5 | 3rd Person |
| 13 | Gone Tomorrow | 2009 | 978-0-593-05705-6 | 1st Person |
| 14 | 61 Hours | 2010 | 978-0-593-05706-3 | 3rd Person |
| 15 | Worth Dying For | 2010 | 978-0-593-06566-2 | 3rd Person |
| 16 | The Affair | 2011 | 978-0-593-06570-9 | 1st Person |
| 17 | A Wanted Man | 2012 | 978-0-593-06573-0 | 3rd Person |
| 18 | Never Go Back | 2013 | 978-0-593-06574-7 | 3rd Person |
| 19 | Personal | 2014 | 978-0-593-07382-7 | 1st Person |
| 20 | Make Me | 2015 | 978-0-593-07388-9 | 3rd Person |
| 21 | Night School | 2016 | 978-0-593-07390-2 | 3rd Person |
| 22 | The Midnight Line | 2017 | 978-0-593-07818-1 | 3rd Person |
| 23 | Past Tense | 2018 | 978-0-593-07819-8 | 3rd Person |
| 24 | Blue Moon | 2019 | 978-1-78763-219-6 | 3rd Person |
| 25^ | The Sentinel | 2020 | 978-1-78763-361-2 | 3rd Person |
| 26^ | Better Off Dead | 2021 | 978-1-78763-373-5 | 1st Person |
| 27^ | No Plan B | 2022 | 978-1-78763-375-9 | 3rd Person |
| 28^ | The Secret | 2023 | 978-1-78763-377-3 | 3rd Person |
| 29^ | In Too Deep | 2024 | 978-0-85750-559-0 | 3rd Person |
| 30^ | Exit Strategy | 2025 | 978-0-59372-584-9 | 3rd Person |
| Title | Year | Notes |
| "James Penney's New Identity" | 1999, edited 2006 | The 1999 version is longer. Collected in Fresh Blood 3 (edited by Mike Ripley and Maxim Jakubowski) and in Thriller (US) |
| "Guy Walks into a Bar" | 2009 | Prequel to novel Gone Tomorrow, in The New York Times |
| "Second Son" | 2011 | Electronic short story (August 2011) |
| "Knowing you're Alive" | 2011 | With M. J. Rose. Crossover with Butterfield Institute series. Collected in In Session |
| "Everyone Talks" | 2012 | In Esquire (June 2012, US edition) |
| "Deep Down" | 2012 | Electronic short story (July 2012) |
| "High Heat" | 2013 | Electronic novella (August 2013) |
| "Good and Valuable Consideration" | 2014 | With Joseph Finder. Crossover with Nick Heller series. Collected in Face Off (edited by David Baldacci, June 2014) |
| "Not a Drill" | 2014 | Electronic short story (July 2014) |
| "No Room at the Motel" | 2014 | In Stylist (December 2014) |
| "The Picture of the Lonely Diner" | 2015 | Collected in MWA Presents Manhattan Mayhem (June 2015) |
| "Small Wars" | 2015 | Electronic short story |
| "Maybe they Have a Tradition" | 2016 | In Country Life (December 2016) |
| "Too Much Time" | 2017 | Novella |
| "Faking a Murderer" | 2017 | With Kathy Reichs. Crossover with Temperance Brennan series. Collected in Matchup (June 2017) |
| "The Christmas Scorpion" | 2017 | In The Mail on Sunday (December 2017) |
| "The Fourth Man" | 2018 | Included in Australian paperback of Past Tense |
| "Cleaning the Gold" | 2019 | With Karin Slaughter. Crossover with Will Trent series (May 2019) |
| "Smile" | 2019 | Collected in Invisible Blood (July 2019) |
| "New Kid in Town" | 2022 | Collected in Hotel California (May 2022) |
| "Many Happy Returns" | 2023 | In The Spectator (December 2023) |
| "Over Easy" | 2024 | Included in Australian paperback of Safe Enough (August 2024) |
| Novel title | Year | Awards/Nominations |
| Killing Floor | 1997 | Anthony Award; Barry Award; Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize; Dilys Award nominee; Macavity Award nominee |
| Die Trying | 1998 | WH Smith Thumping Good Read Award |
| Without Fail | 2002 | Dilys Award nominee; Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award nominee |
| Persuader | 2003 | Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award nominee |
| The Enemy | 2004 | Barry Award; Nero Award; Dilys Award nominee |
| One Shot | 2005 | Macavity Award nominee |
| Bad Luck and Trouble | 2007 | Shortlisted for Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, 2009 |
| 61 Hours | 2010 | Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, 2011 |
| A Wanted Man | 2012 | Specsavers' National Book Award, Thriller & Crime Novel of the Year |
| Personal | 2014 | RBA Prize for Crime Writing valued at €125,000 |
| Location | Date | School | Degree |
| England | 2009 | University of Sheffield | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) |
| England | 21 July 2011 | De Montfort University | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) |
| England | 2023 | Coventry University | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) |
| Year | Award |
| 2005 | The Bob Kellogg Good Citizen Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Internet Writing Community[citation needed] |
| 2013 | Cartier Diamond Dagger, lifetime achievement by the Crime Writers' Association |
| 2017 | ThrillerMaster, lifetime achievement, by the International Thriller Writers association |
| 2017 | Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction, lifetime achievement, Theakston Old Peculier Crime Festival, Harrogate International Festivals |
| 2019 | Author of the Year, lifetime achievement, British Book Awards |