Dyslexia-friendly Bristol publisher lands titles by bestselling authors
Books on the Hill Press, which uses different printing format, will release novellas by Lee Child and Karin Slaughter among others
September 2024
‘I wanted to write a suburban Reacher’: Richard Osman talks to Lee Child about class, success and the secret to great crime writing
Jack Reacher would not exist without Birmingham’s libraries, says writer
December 2023
TV review
Reacher season two review – addictively watchable, F bomb-packed fun
The return of Lee Child’s crimefighting giant, sees him looking so huge he could wrestle a silverback. It’s an intense, violent ride featuring a lead with an oddball energy you can’t tear your eyes from
March 2023
Don’t write what you know, write what you feel: bestselling authors offer tips on World Book Day
Malorie Blackman advises budding authors to pick up on news stories, but Julia Donaldson warns of pitfalls – and Alan Moore says you should read terrible books as well as good ones
December 2022
Guess who? Val McDermid, Ian Rankin, Sophie Hannah and other crime writers reveal their favourite detectives
At the end of a year when murder mysteries rode high in the charts, we ask crime writers to celebrate the best fictional detectives
May 2022
The books of my life
Lee Child: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale changed me – hopefully for the better’
The Jack Reacher novelist on Shakespeare’s casual knack for magnificence, finally discovering the joy of Jane Eyre, and the transformative power of Margaret Atwood
February 2022
Brief letters
Jack Reacher better not work from home
Brief letters: Hero worship | Mile-high club rules | Keeping your marbles | A clown act | Rooting for Elizabeth
The Guardian view on Jack Reacher: enduring appeal
Editorial: A new TV series shows the laconic hero dispatch the bad guys with balletic ease. If only real life were like that
TV review
Reacher review – the house-sized action hero Tom Cruise will never be
This rollicking adaptation of Lee Child’s man-mountain ex-military sleuth is hugely fun, packed with punchups and far better than Cruise’s movie efforts
October 2021
The Audio Long Read
Inside the Booker Prize: arguments, agonies and carefully encouraged scandals – podcast
The long read
Inside the Booker Prize: arguments, agonies and carefully encouraged scandals
April 2021
Books that made me
Edmund de Waal: ‘If I need to forget everything, I read Lee Child. Honestly’
The artist, potter and author on his middle-of-the-night anxiety reading, wanting to be a poet, and the Japanese classic he wishes he had read
October 2020
Books blog
Bill Bryson says he's retiring – is he really putting away his pen?
Thrillers of the month
The best recent thrillers – review roundup
June 2020
Lee Child on Jack Reacher: 'I don't like him that much'
Author says he takes a hard-hearted approach to character and planned to kill him off
January 2020
Tom Gauld on the enduring appeal of Jack Reacher – cartoon
What will Lee Child’s intrepid hero get up to in his next 11 books?
Books blog
Lee Child letting go of his creation is a tale told by other bestsellers
The Jack Reacher author says he will hand on his character to his brother – following other writers who have surrendered their stories
Jack Reacher series author Lee Child 'quits and lets brother step in'
Child had initially been searching for a way to kill off the popular character
November 2019
Bernardine Evaristo, Lee Child and more pick the best books of 2019
Bestselling authors and celebrities share their favourite books of the year, including fiction, poetry, cookbooks and more
