My Reading List - Lee Child

Lee Child’s character Jack Reacher, an ex-military police, a huge, lonely but very curious man hitch hiked his way around America.  He didn’t like trouble but was not afraid of trouble. His curiosity always got him into big troubles while he is looking around the country.

I recommend every single one of his Lee Child book. Lee Child is a brilliant story teller. He usually spends his time to lay out all the background and setup the scene and surrounding. Once being involuntary involved, Reaches’s curiosity, his logical thinking and his wit always helped him to build up the big and complete picture.  The plot is deep and sometimes very involved (multiple parties and organizations) so that the story makes reader’s curiosity growing accordingly. I remembered someone commented out that Lee Child has a criminal mind, very detail and thorough.

1.       Killing Floor (1997) - Reacher was unwillingly involved in a case (E unum pluribus) that his
                                           brother Joe was killed in Margrave, Georgia.
2.       Die Trying (1998) - Reacher was kidnapped unexpectedly with Holly Johnson in Chicago and 
                                     shipped to Montana by a group of crazy militia.
3.       Tripwire (1999) – From Florida to NYC, Vietnam to Hawaii, with Jodie Garber, searched for the 
                                    MIA, Victor Hobie.
4.       Running Blind: US title/The Visitor: UK title (2000): Ex-military women were murdered around 
                                                                      country in their home's bath tub covered with green paint.
5.       Echo Burning (2001) - Pecos, TX, who killed Carmen's husband Sloop. "We don't call 911".
6.       Without Fail (2002) – Who wanted to murder the vice president in DC?
7.       Persuader (2003) – Investigated Zachary Beck as an undercover in Maine.
8.       The Enemy (2004) - 1990 New Year's murder of general and Delta special agents in Fort Bird, 
                                         North Carolina. Reacher's Mom passed away.
9.       One Shot (2005) – Jame Barr, the parking lot sniper case in Indiana.
10.   The Hard Way (2006) - Kidnapping of Kate and Jade Lane in NYC and 'private military' money.
11.   Bad Luck and Trouble (2007) - We investigate. We prepare. We execute. Revenge for his old
                                                          pals between LA and Vegas.
12.   Nothing to Lose (2008) – With Vaughan, to find the secret in Mr. Thurman’s recycle in a town of
                                                 Despair, Colorado.  The line between Hope and Despair was exactly
                                                 that: a line.
13.   Gone Tomorrow (2009) – Terrorist in a NYC subway? USB drive, Politics?
14.   61 Hours (Spring 2010) – 61 hours after a bus overturned in a snowy night in North Dakota. Set
                                                the starting point of Reacher going to Virginia.
15.   Worth Dying For (Fall 2010) – Duncan Family and the corn field of Nebraska
16.   The Affair (2011) – Railway crossing case in Carter Crossing, a military base in Mississippi,
                                       Reason why Reacher quit MP in 1997
17.   A Wanted Man (2012) – With Julia Sorenson solved a murder and kidnap involved Alan King,
                                               Don McQueen and Karan Delfuenso in a small town of Nebraska.
18. Never Go Back (2013) - Reacher was there to clear his name and Susan Turner's name.
19. Personal (2014) -  John Kott who was put in jail by Reacher was sought and accused by CIA and State Department of attempting murder. Reacher traveled to France and England to find him.