Where to Start with Jack Carr
- Best entry point → The Terminal List
- Best standalone → Targeted: Beirut — The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold Origin Story of the War on Terror
- Start the Tom Reece series → Cry Havoc
- Underrated but highly rated → Red Sky Mourning
- What fans keep coming back to → True Believer
- Best narrator for Jack Carr → Savage Son
- Highest rated by listeners → In the Blood (Terminal List #5)
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Savage Son
Terminal List • Book 3
by Jack Carr
Narrated by Ray Porter
★ 4.88 ABR Score (65.2K ratings)★ 4.5 Goodreads (36.5K) ★ 4.87 Audible (28.7K)12h 56m listening time • Released 2020Ray Porter transforms Carr's revenge thriller into pure adrenaline. His ability to shift between Reece's measured lethality and the chaos around him makes this the best entry in the series yet.
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In the Blood
Terminal List • Book 5
by Jack Carr
Narrated by Ray Porter
★ 4.86 ABR Score (52.3K ratings)★ 4.49 Goodreads (27.6K) ★ 4.87 Audible (24.7K)12h 8m listening time • Released 2022Ray Porter's relentless delivery transforms Carr's geopolitical thriller into something almost unbearably gripping—his voice makes Reece's obsession feel like your own.
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The Devil's Hand
Terminal List • Book 4
by Jack Carr
Narrated by Ray Porter
★ 4.83 ABR Score (53.0K ratings)★ 4.45 Goodreads (31.0K) ★ 4.85 Audible (22.0K)14h 37m listening time • Released 2021Ray Porter's gravelly delivery transforms Carr's geopolitical thriller into something almost hypnotic—he makes every tactical detail and moral compromise feel inevitable, turning a sprawling post-9/11 reckoning into pure momentum.
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Only the Dead
Terminal List • Book 6
by Jack Carr
Narrated by Ray Porter
★ 4.82 ABR Score (32.5K ratings)★ 4.54 Goodreads (24.0K) ★ 4.85 Audible (8.6K)15h 29m listening time • Released 2023Ray Porter's gravelly intensity transforms this geopolitical thriller into something that feels alarmingly plausible. By book six, Carr's Reece has earned the kind of narrator who makes conspiracy feel inevitable.
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Red Sky Mourning
Terminal List • Book 7
by Jack Carr
Narrated by Ray Porter
★ 4.79 ABR Score (30.2K ratings)★ 4.48 Goodreads (20.4K) ★ 4.84 Audible (9.8K)15h 43m listening time • Released 2024Ray Porter transforms Carr's geopolitical thriller into pure propulsive force—his measured intensity and command of multiple voices make the sprawling conspiracy feel inevitable and terrifying rather than convoluted.
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True Believer
Terminal List • Book 2
by Jack Carr
Narrated by Ray Porter
★ 4.78 ABR Score (76.5K ratings)★ 4.35 Goodreads (43.6K) ★ 4.8 Audible (32.9K)15h 44m listening time • Released 2019Ray Porter's narration transforms Reece's moral descent into something hypnotic—his voice carries the weight of each kill with enough restraint that you feel the damage accumulating. A thriller that uses silence as effectively as gunfire.
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The Terminal List
Terminal List • Book 1
by Jack Carr
Narrated by Ray Porter
★ 4.76 ABR Score (132.2K ratings)★ 4.29 Goodreads (73.5K) ★ 4.75 Audible (58.7K)12h 3m listening time • Released 2018Ray Porter's narration transforms this revenge thriller into something visceral and hypnotic—his measured intensity makes Reece's methodical descent feel inevitable rather than exploitative, anchoring a debut that earned its Barry and Audie Awards.
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Cry Havoc
Tom Reece • Book 1
by Jack Carr
Narrated by Ray Porter
★ 4.71 ABR Score (13.4K ratings)★ 4.45 Goodreads (8.7K) ★ 4.85 Audible (4.8K)15h 25m listening time • Released 2025Ray Porter's narration transforms this Cold War thriller into something immersive and propulsive—his control of tension and multiple voices makes the 1968 espionage machinery feel terrifyingly real.
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Targeted: Beirut — The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold Origin Story of the War on Terror
by Jack Carr, James M. Scott
Narrated by Ray Porter
★ 4.34 ABR Score (4.5K ratings)★ 4.37 Goodreads (3.6K) ★ 4.76 Audible (957)14h 36m listening time • Released 2024Ray Porter's gravitas transforms this meticulously reported history into something that feels like overhearing a former operator piece together the attack that launched the war on terror. Essential listening for anyone who wants to understand how we got here.
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Prepared: A Manual for Surviving Worst-Case Scenarios
by Mike Glover, Jack Carr
Narrated by Mike Glover, Ray Porter
★ 4.23 ABR Score (3.0K ratings)★ 4.04 Goodreads (1.7K) ★ 4.75 Audible (1.2K)5h 14m listening time • Released 2023 -
The Fourth Option
The Fourth Option • Book 1
by Jack Carr, M.P. Woodward
Narrated by Ray Porter
★ 3.57 ABR Score (7 ratings)★ 4.29 Goodreads (7)Ray Porter's gravelly delivery transforms this into a revenge thriller that hits harder than the plot alone—Carr and Woodward build real stakes around a man with nothing left to lose.
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