Better Off Dead
- Published
- 26 October 2021
- Pages
- 460
- ISBN-13
- 9781529194180
- Type
- novel
About this book
"Better Off Dead" (2021-10-26, 460 pages) is one of the Jack Reacher novels co-written by Lee Child and his brother Andrew Child, who took over leading the series from "The Sentinel" (2020) onward, keeping Reacher's annual autumn release rhythm and self-contained mystery format going past thirty novels.
Key facts about Better Off Dead
Lee Child wrote Better Off Dead, a novel on our list. It has been out since 26 October 2021. The book has 460 pages.
We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781529194180 to find the main one.
Better Off Dead is book 29 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
Better Off Dead is book 29 in the Jack Reacher series. It follows The Sentinel. It is followed by No Plan B. 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…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780552177528
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780593452738
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781786144560