14 reviews 9 YES · 5 DEPENDS Who this is

• LITERARY FICTION Roundtable Blindness José Saramago · 1995 But the book understands something important about collapse. A Disaster Managed by People Who Keep Calling It a Procedure YES
• LITERARY FICTION Roundtable Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver · 2022 The book is overbuilt, but its central judgment is sound: people do not become worthless because institutions have learned how to use them cheaply. A Long Way Through a Very Bad System YES
• HISTORICAL FICTION Roundtable Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry · 1985 I finished the book tired, sad, and more impressed by the ordinary acts of care than by the gunfights. A Long Way to Find Out What People Owe Each Other YES
• CRIME & THRILLER Roundtable Mad Mabel Sally Hepworth · 2025 Even so, Mad Mabel earned its emotional conclusion. A murder story about the people who stay YES
• LITERARY FICTION Roundtable Now Is Not the Time to Panic Kevin Wilson · 2022 I would recommend this to readers who can tolerate characters making choices that are understandable and still wrong. A Good Poster, a Bad Process, and the Cost of Keeping a Secret DEPENDS
• CRIME & THRILLER Roundtable Only to Sleep: A Philip Marlowe Novel Lawrence Osborne · 2018 My final judgment is favorable, with a clear condition. A Retirement Plan With Too Many Bodies DEPENDS
• CLASSICS Roundtable Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen · 1813 The book understands that people can be intelligent in one area and foolish in another, and that good intentions do not cancel bad judgment. A Very Good Case for Paying Attention Before You Decide YES
• LITERARY FICTION Roundtable The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Michael Chabon · 2000 I finished the book admiring its ambition and its emotional intelligence, though not every detour earned its place. A Book About Escape, and the People Left to Hold the Door YES
• LITERARY FICTION Roundtable The Calamity Club Kathryn Stockett · 2026 I finished it because Meg and Birdie kept pulling me back. A Good Intention Is Not a Safeguard YES
• LITERARY FICTION Roundtable The Covenant of Water Abraham Verghese · 2023 It is also generous, vivid, funny, angry, and deeply interested in the difference between caring for people and controlling them. A Family History That Refuses to Stay Underwater YES
• HISTORICAL FICTION Roundtable The Nightingale Kristin Hannah · 2015 I would recommend it to readers who can tolerate emotional pressure and a lot of suffering in exchange for a clear, moving story about women’s resistance. A Story About What People Do When Safety Is No Longer an Option DEPENDS
• LITERARY FICTION Roundtable Theo of Golden Allen Levi · 2023 There is also a book that trusts its hero more than I did. A Good Man, a Beautiful Idea, and Too Many Convenient Miracles DEPENDS
• POETRY Roundtable Where the Sidewalk Ends Shel Silverstein · 1974 Where the Sidewalk Ends has lasted because it respects children enough to be funny, strange, alarming, and occasionally sad in the same book. A Very Good Book for People Who Need Permission to Be Silly YES
• NONFICTION Roundtable Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Robert M. Pirsig · 1974 I would recommend it to readers who are willing to argue with a book while reading it, especially readers interested in work, craftsmanship, parenting, or the gap between a stated value and a lived one. A Long Argument About What We Owe the Things We Do DEPENDS

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