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Originally Posted by John F
I was getting my information from wiki. Isn't The Enemy a prequel, and thus, The Killing Floor should be read second, thus The Killing Floor should be eliminated from the vote. Actually, in all fairness, we should go back and redo the nominations.
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From what I was reading on Lee Child's website, there are two ways to go about it. Read it in published order (recommended) or timeline order.
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Can I read the novels out of order?
Lee wrote the Reacher novels so you could start the series with any one of them. Really. No fooling.
Our suggestion? Read them in the order Lee wrote them (they were published in that order, too). We believe the prequel (The Enemy) has more emotional impact after you've gotten to know Reacher a bit better. We numbered them on the BOOKS page for your convenience. There's also a printable list of all books available for download in PDF format and Word.
#1 Killing Floor; #2 Die Trying; #3 Tripwire; #4 Running Blind (US title)/The Visitor (UK title); #5 Echo Burning; #6 Without Fail; #7 Persuader; #8 The Enemy (the prequel, this takes place before the events of Killing Floor); #9 One Shot; #10 The Hard Way; #11 Bad Luck and Trouble; #12 Nothing to Lose; #13 Gone Tomorrow.
If you're a diehard must-be-read-in-chronological-order person: The Enemy (the prequel); Killing Floor; Die Trying; Tripwire; Running Blind (US title)/The Visitor (UK title); Echo Burning; Without Fail; Persuader; One Shot; The Hard Way; Bad Luck and Trouble; Nothing to Lose; Gone Tomorrow.
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Give what was said about
The Enemy having more of an emotional impact reading in the order written, I'll read that way.