#118 in Thriller
Personal
- 448
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 9 weeks on the list, peaked at #1
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Our view
“Personal” lifts Jack Reacher out of his usual small towns and into an international hunt for a sniper, a change of scale that divides readers. Some welcome the sharper prose, the twists and a balanced mix of detection and action. Others think the plot is the weaker for it and that Reacher’s rough justice works better when the stakes are small.
The view of the BookRank editors, written from readers’ ratings and comments. It does not affect the score or the book’s place in a ranking.
About the book
Personal is the nineteenth book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child, published in 2014. The plot of the book revolves around Jack Reacher's pursuit of a sniper who has attempted to assassinate the President of France. This book is written in the first 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 Trouble
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 - PersonalThis book
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 7.8 across 238 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 62% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Thriller average of 7.6. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.8 | 8 | 3% |
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 230 | 97% |
Frequently asked
How long is Personal?
It has 448 pages — longer than 54% of the ranked books in Thriller.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
If you liked this
The same shelf — Thriller — and a score of 7.7, the closest to this book.
