Jack Reacher · Book 2

Die Trying

Published
7 July 1998
Pages
434
ISBN-13
9780857500052
Type
novel
Cover of Die Trying

About this book

"Die Trying" (1998-07-07) follows Lee Child's drifter Jack Reacher -- a former U.S. Army military police major with no home, no luggage and an unerring instinct for arriving in towns where something is badly wrong -- into another self-contained mystery, written to be picked up on its own. It runs 434 pages.

Key facts about Die Trying

Die Trying is a novel by Lee Child. Readers have had it since 7 July 1998. It runs to 434 pages.

Our list holds 3 editions of Die Trying. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780857500052 to find the main one.

Die Trying is book 2 of 33 in the Jack Reacher series. The series has 33 published books. However, the series starts with Killing Floor (1997). Exit Strategy is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 11 November 2025.

Additionally, Lee Child writes Will Trent as a separate series. Those series sit on our thriller shelf. Meanwhile, The Secret is the latest published Lee Child book on file, from 24 October 2023.

About Lee Child

Lee Child is the pen name of British author Jim Grant, creator of the Jack Reacher series, one of the bestselling thriller franchises in modern publishing. Beginning with Killing Floor in 1997, the novels follow Reacher, a former U.S. Army military police major who wanders the country with no fixed home, repeatedly drawn into violence and injustice he feels compelled to correct. See every Lee Child book in order.

Its place in Jack Reacher

Die Trying is book 2 in the Jack Reacher series. It follows Killing Floor. It is followed by Tripwire. See the full Jack Reacher reading order.

Jack Reacher is a former U.S. Army military police major who walks away from his uniform and, ultimately, from settled life altogether. He drifts across America with no home, no luggage and no plans — just a folding toothbrush, an ATM card and an unerring instinct for arriving in towns where something is badly wrong. Each novel drops this six-foot-five drifter into a self-contained mystery: a small-town conspiracy, a kidnapping, a crooked operation hiding behind respectable faces. Reacher investigates the way he…

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