LC/1 - Novels

LC/1

Series

Novels

28 boxes

Series includes manuscripts, typescripts, manuscript notes, copy editing notes and some publishing correspondence relating to LC's novels arranged alphabetically by novel title. The archive does not hold papers for some of LC's novels where these were published later than the 2018 deposit. Future accruals are expected.

Other editorial correspondence relating to these works can be found at the series: LC/5 Publishing Correspondence. Material relating to publicity, sales and marketing of these works can be found at the series: LC/6 Marketing and LC/7 Publicity. Material relating to conferences, events and promotional tours relating to these works can be found at LC/11. Fan mail in response to these works can be found at LC/10.

A chronology of Lee Child's novels by year of publication is provided below.

1997 Killing Floor
1998 Die Trying
1999 Tripwire
2000 The Visitor (early drafts use the title 'Doom Changes', 'None so Blind' and 'Smokescreen') published as 'Running Blind' in the US)
2001 Echo Burning
2002 Without Fail
2003 The Persuader
2004 The Enemy
2005 One Shot
2006 The Hard Way
2007 Bad Luck and Trouble (early drafts of Killing Floor use this title)
2008 Nothing to Lose (first to go straight to number one in both The New York Times and The Sunday Times bestseller lists)
2009 Gone Tomorrow
2010 61 Hours
2011 Worth Dying For
2011 The Affair
2012 A Wanted Man
2013 Never Go Back
2014 Personal
2015 Make Me
2016 Night School
2017 The Midnight Line
2018 Past Tense
2019 Blue Moon

[In 2020 The Sentinel, in 2021 Better off Dead and in 2022 No Plan B were co-written with Lee Child's brother, Andrew Child.]