As a Jack Reacher fan I have listed the books you need to read if you love the Lee Child novels:
- Victor the Assassin – SEE REVIEW HERE
- Orphan X – SEE REVIEW HERE
- The Gray Man – SEE REVIEW HERE
- John Puller – SEE THE REVIEW HERE
- Carter Blake – SEE THE REVIEW HERE
- Will Robie – SEE THE REVIEW HERE
- Joe Beck – SEE THE REVIEW HERE
- Spider Shepherd – SEE THE REVIEW HERE
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Jack Reacher books are a joy to read. We finish them, with a certain amount of sadness knowing that there will be another years wait until the author, Lee Child releases the next book in the Jack Reacher series.
I have found a way to deal with this sadness and decided to help you! Instead of waiting a full year until the next Lee Child novel, what about checking out these 4 new Jack Reacher type characters that could actually, potentially steal the Reacher number 1 position in years to come.
If you like Jack Reacher, you will love these books, I can guarantee it.
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To start you need a good scoring system to rank the Jack Reacher type characters.
I have ranked the characters on the following:
1) My Books Like Jack Reacher website review. If the books good, then it’s been reviewed on my site. Higher ranking books that have been reviewed, then the higher the Jack Reacher type character. See my book reviews here.
2) Any character like Jack Reacher has to have a certain type of physicality – are they able to handle themselves against any enemy?
3) Weaponry – Can the main Jack Reacher type character use a variety of weapons to do their job and escape danger?
4) Character – Jack Reacher is a loner, calm in danger, someone who operates on their own. Can the new Jack Reacher type of character handle the heat, have they got an ice cool demeanor in any impossible situation.
5) Plot – Jack Reacher books are written to grab your attention from the first page so that you start to read the Jack Reacher books in order. This score is decided by the first few pages, am I gripped from page one or do I want to throw the book in the bin straight away!
6) The Book ending – This is really important for me. Do you care about the Jack Reacher type character and do you want me to read the next novel in the series straight away? As with all Jack Reacher books, you want to start straight away on the next book.
These are the 6 score factors to decide which are the new characters that are like Jack Reacher.
NUMBER 1 Character like Jack Reacher:
VICTOR THE ASSASSIN – AUTHOR TOM WOOD
SCORE
1) Books Like Jack Reacher website review – 9.7/10
2) Physicality – 9.5/10
3) Weaponry – 9.6/10
4) Character – 9.0/10
5) Plot – 9.0/10
6) The Book ending – 9.7/10
TOTAL SCORE 56.5/60
Victor is ranked at number 1 on our site as the last book titled “Kill For ME” was so good. The best character like jack Reacher so far. Two of the classic highlights in the book series amongst many, were the biting off an enemies’ ear, letting a baddie use a shard of glass to slice through the side of his own face so that he could escape.
If you want to start at the beginning of this book series that is like Jack Reacher then see my review HERE.
NUMBER 2 on the list
COURT GENTRY – (AKA THE GRAY MAN) – AUTHOR MARK GREANEY
SCORE
1) Books Like Jack Reacher website review – 9.2/10
2) Physicality – 9.6/10
3) Weaponry – 9.8/10
4) Character – 9.3/10
5) Plot – 9.3/10
6) The Book ending – 9.2/10
TOTAL SCORE 56.4/60
Court Gentry is ranked at number 2 on our site as this “Gray Man” series just seems to get better and better. I would go as far as saying he is close to the top and one of the closest to being the best character like jack Reacher. Classic highlights in the book series amongst many, Court getting captured and then tortured, for any person reading it – wow its intense. Court taking out a whole army of soldiers and rescuing his best mate who is caught by a bomb explosion.
If you want to start at the beginning of this book series that is like Jack Reacher then see my review HERE.
NUMBER 3 on the list
EVAN SMOAK – (AKA the NOWHERE MAN) – AUTHOR GREGG HURWITZ
SCORE
1) Books Like Jack Reacher website review – 9.4/10
2) Physicality – 8.9/10
3) Weaponry – 9.3/10
4) Character – 9.7/10
5) Plot – 9.5/10
6) The Book ending – 9.5/10
TOTAL SCORE 56.3/60
Evan Smoak is ranked at number 3 on our site as this “Nowhere Man” series is absolutely fantastic. Evan is an average character who is a trained assassin but is using his skills to help people and find out why he was made into a killer.
Classic highlights in the book series amongst many, Evan looking to assassinate the President of America who he thinks is behind the plot to terminate him. The Nowhere Man’s apartment layout, like the bat cave but in a normal housing apartment.
If you want to start at the beginning of this book series that is like Jack Reacher then see my review HERE.
NUMBER 4 on the list
JOHN PULLER – AUTHOR – DAVID BALDACCI
SCORE
1) Books Like Jack Reacher website review – 9.4/10
2) Physicality – 9.8/10
3) Weaponry – 9.1/10
4) Character – 9.8/10
5) Plot – 9.2/10
6) The Book ending – 8.9/10
TOTAL SCORE 56.2/60
John Puller is a huge bloke, so similar physically to Jack Reacher so he has to enter our top 5 list of characters like Jack Reacher. David Baldacci is an accomplished writer and sets brilliant scenes for his main character, he also develops the main character really well throughout the series.
Classic highlights in the book series amongst many, Puller trying to solve the mystery of who killed his father. Jack Reacher style suspense as Puller is investigating a family murder whilst beating up weird townsfolk.
If you want to start at the beginning of this book series that is like Jack Reacher then see my review HERE. So there it is, my top books like Jack Reacher.
If you are still looking for the latest Jack Reacher book, then look here as you can see the books in order HERE and the lastest Jack Reacher book to order HERE
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