Vol. 1 · Issue 2026

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A Storm of Swords

by George R. R. Martin

5.0

“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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