#51 in Thriller
Bad Luck and Trouble
- 446
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Bad Luck and Trouble” surrounds Jack Reacher with a team of fellow investigators, and many readers enjoy him all the more in company. The eleventh book in the series gives him capable allies and opponents strong enough to matter. Some find the first two thirds heavy on inquiry, travel and talk and light on danger, with the excitement arriving only in the last act; those who like Reacher as a detective will mind least.
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About the book
Bad Luck and Trouble is the eleventh book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. It was published in 2007, and written in the third person.
Reading order · Jack Reacher
Full order & progress →- Killing FloorStart here
7.67.6 / 10 - Die Trying
7.57.5 / 10 - Tripwire
7.57.5 / 10 - Running Blind
7.67.6 / 10 - Echo Burning
7.67.6 / 10 - Without Fail
7.77.7 / 10 - Persuader
7.77.7 / 10 - The Enemy
7.87.8 / 10 - One Shot
8.08.0 / 10 - The Hard Way
7.87.8 / 10 - Bad Luck and TroubleThis book
7.97.9 / 10 - Nothing to Lose
7.57.5 / 10 - Gone Tomorrow
7.97.9 / 10 - 61 Hours
7.87.8 / 10 - Worth Dying For
7.97.9 / 10 - The Affair
7.97.9 / 10 - A Wanted Man
7.77.7 / 10 - Never Go Back
7.77.7 / 10 - Personal
7.77.7 / 10 - Make Me
7.77.7 / 10 - Night School
7.77.7 / 10 - The Midnight Line
7.77.7 / 10 - Past Tense
7.87.8 / 10 - Blue Moon
7.67.6 / 10 - The Sentinel
7.67.6 / 10 - Better off Dead
7.37.3 / 10 - No Plan B
7.67.6 / 10 - The Secret
7.67.6 / 10 - In Too Deep
7.57.5 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.0 across 291 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 66% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Thriller average of 7.6. That is how 7.9 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.6 | 14 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 8.0 | 277 | 95% |
Frequently asked
How long is Bad Luck and Trouble?
It has 446 pages — longer than 62% of the ranked books in Thriller.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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