But, boy, did the Jack Reacher series take off. Child has churned out best-selling novels nearly every year since the publication of the first Reacher book, Killing Floor, in 1997. (And recently ...

She Is a Main Character in the Books and Appears in Season 1 John Krasinski plays Jack Ryan, a CIA financial analyst with talent for combat who transitions from his desk job to dangerous field ...

In the books, Ryan starts his career as a CIA analyst and naval historian and eventually becomes president of the United States. So yeah, there's a lot more "Jack Ryan" to come.