Best Lee Child Audiobooks
Where to Start with Lee Child
- Best entry point → Killing Floor
- Start the First Thrills series → First Thrills
- What fans keep coming back to → Die Trying
- Best narrator for Lee Child → Tripwire
- Highest rated by listeners → [One Shot] [by: Lee Child] (Jack Reacher #9)
Best Lee Child Audiobooks
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[One Shot] [by: Lee Child]
Jack Reacher • Book 9
by Lee Child
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 4.63 ABR Score (135.6K ratings)★ 4.24 Goodreads (127.1K) ★ 4.7 Audible (8.6K)14h 33m listening time • Released 2014Dick Hill's gravelly narration transforms this locked-room mystery into a masterclass in tension—every pause and inflection pulls you deeper into a case that's far messier than it first appears.
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The Enemy
Jack Reacher • Book 8
by Lee Child
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 4.62 ABR Score (152.6K ratings)★ 4.18 Goodreads (148.0K) ★ 4.76 Audible (4.7K)14h 9m listening time • Released 2021Dick Hill's gravelly narration turns Reacher's origin story into something darkly compelling—he captures the protagonist's moral unraveling with unsettling precision as a military conspiracy spirals beyond control.
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The Hard Way
Jack Reacher • Book 10
by Lee Child
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 4.58 ABR Score (104.5K ratings)★ 4.2 Goodreads (95.3K) ★ 4.66 Audible (9.2K)14h 14m listening time • Released 2014Dick Hill's gravel-voiced narration makes this Reacher manhunt crackle with tension—he's the definitive voice for Lee Child's relentless protagonist tracking kidnappers through morally murky territory.
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Persuader
Jack Reacher • Book 7
by Lee Child
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 4.56 ABR Score (110.8K ratings)★ 4.15 Goodreads (105.6K) ★ 4.69 Audible (5.1K)13h 46m listening time • Released 2021Dick Hill's gravelly narration makes Reacher's methodical revenge feel inevitable and personal, turning this into the series' most satisfying entry where every slow-burn setup pays off.
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Worth Dying For
Jack Reacher • Book 15
by Lee Child
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 4.54 ABR Score (114.5K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (104.6K) ★ 4.57 Audible (9.9K)13h 45m listening time • Released 2010Dick Hill's gravelly delivery transforms Reacher into pure listening gold—every threat feels personal, every decision consequential. This is the audiobook that proves the best thrillers work better heard than read.
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Tripwire
Jack Reacher • Book 3
by Lee Child
Narrated by Johnathan McClain
★ 4.53 ABR Score (159.7K ratings)★ 4.12 Goodreads (143.3K) ★ 4.58 Audible (16.4K)14h 52m listening time • Released 2012 - 7
Without Fail
Jack Reacher • Book 6
by Lee Child
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 4.52 ABR Score (129.6K ratings)★ 4.16 Goodreads (119.9K) ★ 4.58 Audible (9.8K)16h 35m listening time • Released 2015Dick Hill's original narration captures Reacher's lethal competence with a gravitas that became the voice of the entire series—16+ hours of a protagonist who makes impossible problems disappear with brutal efficiency.
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Bad Luck and Trouble
Jack Reacher • Book 11
by Lee Child
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 4.48 ABR Score (112.5K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (104.5K) ★ 4.5 Audible (8.0K)13h 17m listening time • Released 2007Dick Hill's gravelly delivery makes Reacher's lone-wolf intensity feel inevitable, turning a revenge thriller into something lean and unstoppable.
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Killing Floor
Jack Reacher • Book 1
by Lee Child
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 4.47 ABR Score (376.0K ratings)★ 4.08 Goodreads (353.5K) ★ 4.46 Audible (22.4K)17h 47m listening time • Released 2015Lee Child's debut Jack Reacher novel is pure adrenaline — a drifter walks into a small town and walks into a conspiracy that only a former MP could crack.
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Gone Tomorrow
Jack Reacher • Book 13
by Lee Child
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 4.45 ABR Score (124.2K ratings)★ 4.19 Goodreads (117.3K) ★ 4.48 Audible (6.9K)14h 47m listening time • Released 2009Dick Hill's gravel-voiced narration turns this Manhattan spy thriller into pure kinetic tension—he makes Reacher's cold logic sound like a loaded gun, and the 15-hour runtime flies.
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Running Blind
Jack Reacher • Book 4
by Lee Child
Narrated by Johnathan McClain
★ 4.43 ABR Score (133.8K ratings)★ 4.13 Goodreads (124.9K) ★ 4.47 Audible (8.9K)13h 16m listening time • Released 2012 - 12
Die Trying
Jack Reacher • Book 2
by Lee Child
Narrated by Johnathan McClain
★ 4.43 ABR Score (178.8K ratings)★ 4.08 Goodreads (166.9K) ★ 4.47 Audible (11.9K)14h 19m listening time • Released 2012 - 13
Never Go Back
Jack Reacher • Book 18
by Lee Child
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 4.42 ABR Score (96.0K ratings)★ 4.09 Goodreads (86.2K) ★ 4.49 Audible (9.8K)13h 44m listening time • Released 2013Dick Hill's gravel-and-steel narration makes this Reacher entry feel like a conspiracy thriller unfolding in real time. The 13+ hours fly by because Hill nails every interrogation scene and plot twist with genuine tension.
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61 Hours
Jack Reacher • Book 14
by Lee Child
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 4.42 ABR Score (108.9K ratings)★ 4.13 Goodreads (101.7K) ★ 4.47 Audible (7.3K)13h 13m listening time • Released 2010Dick Hill's gravel-voiced delivery turns this Reacher thriller into a masterclass in sustained tension—13 hours that fly by because every scene crackles with purpose and danger.
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The Midnight Line
Jack Reacher • Book 22
by Lee Child
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 4.41 ABR Score (105.3K ratings)★ 4.1 Goodreads (90.6K) ★ 4.43 Audible (14.7K)13h 6m listening time • Released 2017Dick Hill's gravel-voiced narration makes Reacher's methodical hunt through the Midwest feel like a slow-burn thriller—the audiobook's pacing transforms a simple mission into something genuinely unsettling.
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Past Tense
Jack Reacher • Book 23
by Lee Child
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.41 ABR Score (92.3K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (79.1K) ★ 4.46 Audible (13.3K)12h 51m listening time • Released 2018Scott Brick's measured, deliberate delivery transforms what could be a simple mystery into something genuinely unsettling—he makes you feel Reacher's creeping dread as a small town's secrets unfold.
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The Affair
Jack Reacher • Book 16
by Lee Child
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 4.39 ABR Score (118.4K ratings)★ 4.16 Goodreads (110.8K) ★ 4.41 Audible (7.6K)15h 33m listening time • Released 2011Dick Hill's gravel-voiced performance captures young Reacher at a moral crossroads, turning what could be a routine thriller into something genuinely conflicted and tense. The 15-hour deep dive rewards patient listeners with the character's origin story.
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Blue Moon
Jack Reacher • Book 24
by Lee Child
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.37 ABR Score (93.6K ratings)★ 3.97 Goodreads (81.1K) ★ 4.48 Audible (12.5K)11h 21m listening time • Released 2019Scott Brick's gravelly delivery is pure Reacher—methodical, unflappable, and lethally charming as he navigates a mess of Ukrainian and Albanian gangs. If you've loved the series, this one's the audiobook format firing on all cylinders.
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Echo Burning
Jack Reacher • Book 5
by Lee Child
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 4.36 ABR Score (118.6K ratings)★ 4.05 Goodreads (108.8K) ★ 4.42 Audible (9.8K)17h 34m listening time • Released 2015Dick Hill's gravelly drawl makes Reacher's moral recklessness feel inevitable rather than convenient, transforming a pulpy Texas revenge setup into something genuinely unsettling.
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A Wanted Man
Jack Reacher • Book 17
by Lee Child
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 4.36 ABR Score (100.2K ratings)★ 4.06 Goodreads (91.5K) ★ 4.42 Audible (8.7K)14h 12m listening time • Released 2012Dick Hill's narration turns this into a masterclass in tension: his voice shifts so seamlessly between Reacher's quiet menace and the nervous chatter of con artists that you won't realize hours have passed until the knife work catches up.