#73 in Thriller
The Hard Way
- 448
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 1 week on the list, peaked at #8
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Our view
“The Hard Way” delivers what the Jack Reacher novels promise: an easy, fast-moving thriller built to entertain. This tenth book of the series is one some regular readers of Lee Child set above most of the others, level with their favourites.
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
The Hard Way is the tenth book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child, first published in May 2006. This book is 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 WayThis book
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 - 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 7.9 across 289 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 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.1 | 15 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 8.0 | 274 | 95% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Hard Way?
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 7.8, the closest to this book.
