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8 Books to Read if You Love Prime Video’s ‘Reacher’
The article recommends books and series for viewers who enjoy Prime Video’s Reacher, whose success has helped make it one of the service’s flagship shows. It suggests readers look beyond Lee Child’s Jack Reacher novels for crime, action and mystery stories with similarly capable protagonists.
The selections described include David Baldacci’s Zero Day, featuring Army investigator John Puller, and Robert Crais’s Elvis Cole and Joe Pike detective series. It also highlights Capture or Kill, Don Bentley’s Mitch Rapp novel about efforts to locate Osama bin Laden. The article notes that the Reacher series reached its 31st book in October 2026, while the excerpt ends before all eight recommendations are listed.
In short
- Reacher fans are pointed towards other crime and action fiction.
- Zero Day features a formidable Army investigator.
- Capture or Kill begins Don Bentley’s Mitch Rapp novels.
Explained simply
Reacher is a crime and action series on Prime Video, based on Lee Child’s novels about Jack Reacher, a former military policeman who travels and investigates cases. The show’s popularity has brought renewed attention to books with similarly resourceful central characters.
The wider field includes crime, mystery and military thrillers. David Baldacci’s John Puller novels feature an Army investigator, while Robert Crais’s series follows private detectives Elvis Cole and Joe Pike; Don Bentley’s Mitch Rapp novel Capture or Kill centres on a mission to find Osama bin Laden.
Lee Child’s Reacher series had reached 31 books by October 2026. These other series offer different settings and characters for readers interested in stories built around investigation, action and capable protagonists.