NMLP P-019226 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Better Off Dead

Lee Child and Andrew Child · Delacorte Press · 2021

US Delacorte Press first American edition (2021); twenty-sixth Reacher novel. The UK Bantam Press edition was released the same day, so the US and UK hardcovers are effectively simultaneous co-first editions. Note that UK retailer-exclusive printings (for example a Waterstones issue with sprayed page edges and added interview material) are distinct trade variants, not the American first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-019226 for "Better Off Dead" by Lee Child and Andrew Child (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-019226, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).