British writer Lee Child discusses the future of his Jack Reacher thriller novels

[@bugzaboo-wr1te]

Love all of the books, I read 16 of them while pregnant with baby number 4 and fell in love with the name Reacher, which is what I named my son when he was born, my son Reacher has been lucky enough to meet Lee 3 times at book signings and considers Lee his friend as he remembered him and was so happy to see him everytime!!

[@prabusp6671]

If i had a 2nd child as a boy will definitely try to name reacher😅 u inspired me ro do this

[@MikeC19100]

I have read every Jack Reacher novel I could get my hands on, twice. After spending 30+ years in the US Army (Combat Engineer) and then spent a few years as a local police officer in a town of 50,000 I can somewhat relate to the main character on multiple levels. The first two movies were very interesting and Tom Cruise did a great job in the role, however Alan Ritchson is more appropriate for the size and build of the book’s character. I am very happy to see the series will continue and even be somewhat updated for the times.

[@IEXECUTIVE]

What percentage of Reacher season 1 was accurate to the The Killing Floor book?

[@martakavaliauskaite4566]

​​@@IEXECUTIVEmore than 80 / 90 procent verry accurate from person who read book best wishes

[@IEXECUTIVE]

@martakavaliauskaite4566 Hi. I really liked Neagley. I'm told she's not in the first book. However, I'd like to know if the performance by Maria Sten was accurate to her character in the books.

[@martakavaliauskaite4566]

@@IEXECUTIVE in reacher books there are a lot of strong smart female characters but the actor in reacher series really fit their character

[@martinwalker7202]

Reacher, brilliant! Have been through the books many times and now re-reading in chronological order. The world would be a different place if there were more Reachers. Thank you Lee, bless you for many hours of joyful reading.

[@nidhishunnikrishnan3079]

Towards the end of the series (Past Tense), we meet one another Reacher who, unfortunately, didn't exactly make the world a better place. Our Reacher had to cut the other Reacher short.

[@lolawalsh9187]

I am a huge fan......Reacher is one of the best protagonists....and I really enjoy the new series. Lee. Be well, you have given us so much...

[@martakavaliauskaite4566]

Love all Lee Child books they are amazing

[@allenburgess1662]

Hard to believe it's been around since 97. Time does fly, but this series has been worth it. My fave is Bad Luck and Trouble.

[@mikes5637]

The basis of the next season of the TV show.

[@EllenRichardson-v6b]

Still a brilliant read in every book. And I must be the oldest old woman. Who loves. Every bit to brighten my life up at 88 years of age 😊

[@neilarmitage6632]

All brilliant, no other way to describe it. Yes it's the language and how the dialogue rolls out. It's unique

[@49lucky]

I started reading him back in 97 collected all of his books then sold them all.

[@Bondjamesbond199]

I started reading the Reacher books. The suspense really does keep you on edge😮

[@esme6381]

I love Reacher! Keep them coming!

[@greyferguson9319]

We love to read his books & watch the movies (over & over)

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

I saw the Jack Reacher movie with Tom Cruise years ago on streaming having never heard of the movie or the book and loved it. Later I heard people were complaining that Tom Cruise was too short to play this guy. Luckily I didn't have that issue, having not read the books, and loved it. The second Tom Cruise Reacher movie is not terrible but it's not as good as the first one. The Amazon Prime series was excellent and I highly recommend it. Can't wait until season 2!

[@krykryretrotoys]

Ya la estoy viendo la 2da temporada uff it's good

[@thechef19791]

They nailed it with Allen Ritchson.

[@donaldindividual-1]

Absolutely my favorite book series of all time. Book #2 was the best as it reflects current society.

[@briancooper2112]

My favorite author for fiction. T.V. show is great!

[@czernya307]

Tripwire, the third book, was better. Some of the others are Without Fail, The Persuader, The Hard Way. Thank you, Lee. Unfortunately I had to move on when the character changed hands.

[@freddyjisp6452]

All the books are the same and the endings are dialed in and headache inducing. Reacher is a great American character, the end. But the books are all the same and the endings are contrived and tacked-on. He talks about the suspension - well dude, the chassis pokes through at the ending every time. Dude says he was an outsider in his own family - get over yourself. You're writing dime store thrillers - a sub genre, but due to all of his success he's Joycean. The younger brother, as said, has a TOTALLY different voice on the page. A totally different writer but Reacher is an impossibly easy character to franchise out...

[@goodyeoman4534]

I've been buying the Jack Reacher books from my local charity shops. I bought Killing Floor from the book shop years ago, though, and finally got round to reading that. Currently on the fifth book.

[@krykryretrotoys]

Son mis próximas busquedas en las garage sales in Mexico 😅

[@denniscope219]

I love the Reacher series! I read the combined effort book "Better Off Dead". It was good, but it was like having a favorite restaurant and then a family member opens another one. Just not the same, just not as good. It has the same menu but the food is as great as the original.

[@tootsd]

When I read it I didn't even realize that both of them had written the book. I knew that I didn't care much for the book. It just wasn't the same good Reacher book. I went online to see what other readers were saying and that's when I found out that Lee Child was giving Jack Reacher to his brother. I'll give the next one a try and hope that it is better.

[@Kat_Andrews]

Agree. The ones written with Andrew just aren’t the same. Nowhere near as good. Still readable and enjoyable, but not great like they used to be.

[@mack1305]

I always tell people. Reacher doesn't start a fight. But he'll damn sure finish the fight

[@guilhermesouza3280]

First time I met the character was in the movie with Tom Cruise. Then I watched the TV series. I liked the first Tom Cruise movie, and loved the series. So I decided to buy the books, but they are difficult to find them in Brazil. Thank God for Amazon, because I was able to buy the first ten books from USA and get it delivered by Amazon. So far, the only one I thought it was kind of silly was running blind. Favorite so far is Bad Luck and Trouble

[@angelaholmes8888]

Wow I'm really am excited to read bad luck trouble because it's the book that the second season will base on

[@etiennecfourie777]

Happy Birthday on the 29th of October Lee Child!

[@neilarmitage6632]

Brilliant writer and the series, style, all off the hook

[@bernicedevilliers8410]

Love all Lee Child books especially Jack Reacher

[@hisforharley2022]

Just saw the ad about him teaching readers how to become writers. It was good. Never heard of his book though.

[@marcywiedrick3385]

Love Reacher!

[@martyconroy3786]

I have the exact same buffalo pillow on my couch. Maybe I'm their long lost brother ..

[@barbaranowak7217]

I've read them all, spot on

[@patriciamellen7633]

I love Jack Reacher❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@mikes5637]

The next book, The Secret, already set for release October 2023. No sign of it slowing down.

[@angelaholmes8888]

I really need to read the reacher books 🤔

[@allenburgess1662]

Yes you do 👍😀

[@Alvin-1138]

The audiobooks are great fun also.

[@janicehussein200]

Before publishing a book,, Lee can always read the manuscript and give feedback.

[@ItsAllLove4Real]

Read all of them TWICE...Jack is a ladies man for sure, he's a favorite character of mine❤️‍🔥

[@Alvin-1138]

My favorite superhero, Jack Reacher... 😆

[@marilynrowland5197]

[Jeff Glor has such a nice smile!] Getting back to the strategy to extend the life and work of Lee Child's unforgettable protagonist, Jack Reacher, it was an Interesting story, though I'd heard it before. However, I'd never laid eyes on Andrew, his brother, so the visuals made it worthwhile! And that place they're building out in Arizona! Yowsa! By the way, there's a marvelous story about how Jack Reacher got his name. If you haven't heard it, go find it. I've re-told it dozens of times myself: it's a hoot!

[@cornacup]

Wyoming*

[@nancyanneberg403]

A friend from military background ,no doubt sneers when he reads my teacher comments,but it has answered a lot of questions about how a mind raised in the military thinks( I think). How did your author conger up this reality not being American in his background? Good luck you two. I shall read on about my buddy Jack . From the little mild old lady who creebles about admiring Jack Reacher's action.

[@donfacundo2118]

Lee Child is a genius

[@rogerwyatt8612]

Best books I have ever read

[@peterfinegan6344]

Love the books into my second read

[@janetk8948]

Thanks for many enjoyable reads. Movies with Tom Cruise casting are ridiculous - couldn't even think of watching as Cruise is one of the smallest action actors and a major point of Reacher is his size.

[@BillBurkhill]

Have read every Jack Reacher book to date, including No Plan B and sadly, they have suffered for a while, even more so when Andrew took over, I wont be reading any more.

[@rockman4699]

Jack Reacher rules

[@raymondbd21]

Legendary protagonist. Jack (NONE) Reacher.

[@stephenfricke9298]

Awesome. I thought he was his son

[@mikeblackford994]

Didn't know Lee was British

[@Bullwinkle056]

True "can't put it down" books.

[@bec928]

I have listened to 2 books of his. They are funny because they are so unreal and not in any way could happen.

[@spudspuddy]

what funny like batman and all the marvel superheros and stephen king horror books cos they couldn't happen either

[@bec928]

@@spudspuddy No other tghings that made me laufg. Such as the dialogue and the things they did to escape from the bad guys. I liked the movies and the show on prime.

[@sanchofro]

Why did I think this was Bryan Cranston when scrolling past it

[@Beechgoose1]

I've read about half of them, not in cronological order. Currently reading Never Go Back. Over my morning coffee, today, i was thinking that The Sentinel has been my least favourite, so far...hmmm....

[@bobbyhanly3466]

Have read a lot of them. Am I the only one or does anyone else find them a tad repetitive? "Reacher faced with impossible odds and somehow coming out on top other than the slight cut over his right eyebrow. With the fight finished he walks around the corner and there is the local policewoman looking just like the girl who won Miss America two months before. She goes weak at the knees and they repair to the nearest motel to drink coffee or whatever." And Lee Child is pure English but he's writing in American. Jack is often looking for accommodations and there are drugstores everywhere so it's no wonder America has problems. Not to mention strip malls.

[@ruthc8407]

I used to love his books, and I still love his earlier work, but the latest books, specifically the one with the political theme left me cold.

[@nicolamills8003]

Yeah, I'm not a fan of the latest ones.. Yawn

[@Al-rs2rr]

The writer "getting old or tired and running out of gas" think about that statement Stephen King.

[@tomshanakian909]

I didn’t know he is British

[@georgesmyth6577]

I think lee's final 2 solo efforts were slightly...off,Reacher a little unhinged. Killing... unnecessarily.

[@CHRONICLEKAI]

Fitting for Blue Moon. Rare but not impossible.

[@pilotlight2925]

Iee seemed to be getting ready to write reachers last story five or six books ago,reacher started to lose fights, he was also being outwitted, the character was thinking about which person to live with and where they might live. Jack was smart enough to know when to stop That was the right way to finish his life story. I am not buying any more, the last books weren't good stories, they weren't even really a Jack reacher book either.

[@nicolamills8003]

I agree. Yawn...

[@triciajumonville7741]

I agree. They read as if Andrew has never read even one Jack Reacher novel. Broke my heart. Seems like Lee should have been the one to tell Andrew he doesn't know how to write Reacher rather than Andrew telling Lee his first book wasn't any good.

[@triciajumonville7741]

@tomcruise4771 Nope, you lost me. Your ego got in the way. When you had the good sense to intern under the greats I had hopes, but you overreached.

[@bsl5788]

I saw Lee in person at a Friends of Library in Syracuse, NY - Dec 2013. A nice interview. The years have not been kind to Lee. The last few Reacher books are not the same as the earlier books. I won’t be reading the newer ones.

[@lanusax]

Jack Reacher is Gigachad

[@505thpir]

Own all the books on e-reader and paperback. Read them 3 times through and will continue to. I read Reacher EVERY SINGLE NIGHT... That's how I get to sleep!

[@v42dyk36]

Man cause Reacher have 27 books that's really lots of labor writing this books

[@Rufusdos]

“Reacher is one of the most famous characters in all of books” 😂

[@davidmartinez2833]

The books that has brother has collaborated on have not been nearly as good as his solo stuff. After reading two of them, I’m done with the series.

[@knusethus4343]

Exactly, the last 2 feel like they are written by some robot. Feed the machine a place, a catchphrase and some generic bad guys. Make sure to repeat the catchphrase twice on every page, sit back and get money.

[@nicolamills8003]

Agree

[@daytonwoodford4386]

2023 as a reader of all jack reacher books 2 present=I know authors can’t pick the actors to play the parts -it’s box office Tom’s way 2 little =Alan R is the man in the books 2 bad hollywood isn’t grooming big guys

[@gothamkid5612]

It might be his age.. but he looks tired. Keep going Mr.Child from a Brummie!!

[@TheReillyDiefenbach]

Lee, it's been a great ride, but the new stuff is crap.

[@davidmiller5095]

Tom Cruse in NO Reacher

[@andrewstorm8240]

They don’t look like brothers

[@xstlady52]

O Mr Child, are you OK? You don't look well

[@garyherbert319]

He's picked up a bit of an American accent.

[@jeromesullivan4015]

Jack is almost Elderly…Hence Tom Cruise..how about introducing a son or grandson to carry the load?

[@jeromesullivan4015]

It’s a joke.. don’t get excited…😂

[@dcfan40]

I think they can do more prequels like Bad Luck & Trouble. My favorite and the next Amazon Reacher series I believe

[@muhammadsadiq-gb5tp]

maybe one of his girlfriends got pregnant and in the future they might introduce him

[@Danally1123]

His brother Andrew ruined the series 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@nicolamills8003]

True

[@chrisr1226]

The series has taken a hit since his brother started writing. Just not as good.

[@nicolamills8003]

I agree

[@skylongskylong1982]

Main sentence in every book, and chapter Reacher said nothing .

[@freddyjisp6452]

Call in the medics for Lee (holy meth addict look). 'Andrew' Child has a totally different voice on the page but at least they're not being cynical about the change.

[@larryholder2866]

I was very disappointed in finding yet another of Lee's books to have bestiality, describing in graphic detail sexual acts with animals plus narrative about three men urinating on another's face (on the floor.) While I enjoy Reacher, I won't be reading this type of pornagraphy. It's disgusting!!

[@dixiefleming518]

Tom Cruise pathetic Reacher...books are great.

[@askarsfan2011]

I think the bigger problem is that Reacher is in 60's now. How long can he keep going?

[@cornacup]

They don’t talk about his age in the books, no need to.

[@davehyatt8710]

Reacher is as old as you want him to be

[@Rainy_Day12234]

I hope Reacher doesn’t start with my preferred pronoun

[@Athena621]

Been reading them from book one. Hated the Tom Cruise casting. Did buy but not complete the last two ones. Will not buy again. The character and narrative is of sub-standard compared to the "real" Reacher. Pity.

[@lolawalsh9187]

WTH?

[@Alvin-1138]

Binary thinker! Too bad.. Jack would not approve LOL . Better to have _co-reacher,_ than *no* Reacher!

[@davidmartinez2833]

When I read the first one they wrote together, I could tell who wrote each part. Even more so the second one.

[@nicolamills8003]

Yeah, not as good now

[@marieallen9715]

I quit reading these when he gave over the writing to his brother. Terrible plots, meandering writing, over-descriptive - not Reacher as we know him. Sorry Lee, you made another mistake - the first being having Tom Cruise play him.

[@TheRichieC78]

Is he ok? He's lost a lot of weight

[@larrydawson2580]

Everyone

[@larrydawson2580]

Too small of a man for the character in the book.

[@tominmtnvw]

Hopefully the future of Jack reacher will be very very short. We already have plenty of self important thugs on TV.

[@anne-marienordin7636]

I don’ want another Reacher!

[@FrankinDallas]

Is Lee ill?Doesn't look good.

[@dougrockhold723]

It is a great series