Reacher round
Before January 2022 I had never read a Jack Reacher novel. I had seen the films featuring Tom Cruise as the titular character and series 1 of the much better TV show. On the back of reading just one book, I set myself the arbitrary goal of reading the remaining books back-to-back.
At that point there were 26 in the series with the 28th published a few months ago. Make Me (care of a Hospice book shop) kicked things off, withTripwire finishing the journey. Turns out I'm a slow reader so it ended up taking two years.
I read them out of order as determined by availability at second hand shops or failing that, bought new. I read a couple on Kindle concurrently and eventually nabbed the paperbacks to complete the set (see my bookshelf photo above).
The series was a consistently solid read despite the annual release schedule and the well established formula. The worst book by far was Echo Burning and for the top 5 we have (in no particular order):
- Tripwire
- Personal
- Night School
- Make me
- Bad Luck and Trouble
There are many best of lists but no-one will agree on a definitive ranking. This Spinoff article is a nice place to start though.