Vol. 1 · Issue 2026
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Honest editorial reviews, curated reading lists, and AI recommendations from a small team of stubborn readers.
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This week's lead review
A review
A Storm of Swords
by George R. R. Martin
“A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin 2000 review. The third Song of Ice and Fire novel and the structural series peak — the Red Wedding, the Purple Wedding, and the broader War of Five Kings reordering.”
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Dear Edward
by Ann Napolitano
Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano 2020 review. A twelve-year-old is the sole survivor of an airline crash. Basis for the 2023 Apple TV+ limited series.
Going Infinite
by Michael Lewis
Going Infinite by Michael Lewis 2023 review. The Sam Bankman-Fried embedded account of the FTX and Alameda collapse. Lewis's most-contested book.
Moneyball
by Michael Lewis
Moneyball by Michael Lewis 2003 review. Billy Beane's data-driven 2002 Oakland A's season. The Brad Pitt film source and the canonical contemporary book on sabermetrics.
Once Upon a River
by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Once Upon a River by Bonnie Jo Campbell 2011 review. A sixteen-year-old markswoman navigates rural Michigan's Stark River after family catastrophe. Campbell's structural masterwork.
Our Country Friends
by Gary Shteyngart
Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart 2021 review. Eight friends quarantine at a Hudson Valley estate across early COVID. Shteyngart's pandemic-era literary commercial novel.
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