7 reviews 4 YES · 3 DEPENDS Who this is

• LITERARY FICTION Roundtable Blindness José Saramago · 1995 It is also unusually good at showing that morality is not separate from logistics. A Production Failure With No Rollback YES
• NONFICTION Roundtable Into Thin Air Jon Krakauer · 1997 I would recommend it to anyone interested in how systems fail when everybody involved is tired, invested, and convinced that the next step is still manageable. The Mountain Is Not the Only Thing That Fails DEPENDS
• CLASSICS Roundtable Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen · 1813 So, yes, this is a romance with a satisfying ending. A Very Good Book About Getting Your Own Judgement Wrong YES
• HORROR Roundtable Swan Song Robert R. McCammon · 1987 It is also sincere about the value of work, memory, loyalty, and the decision to help someone else when there is no reward for doing so. A Very Long Way to Get Back to the Human Bit YES
• LITERARY FICTION Roundtable Theo of Golden Allen Levi · 2023 It did not need ninety-two portraits of the same idea. A Very Generous Book That Does Not Know When to Stop DEPENDS
• LITERARY FICTION Roundtable Yesteryear Caro Claire Burke · 2026 The premise is strong, the voice is committed, and several scenes are difficult to forget, particularly the first encounter with the altered ranch, the failed bread, the dead chickens and Clementine’s arrival in the red Subaru. A very efficient machine for making its point YES
• NONFICTION Roundtable Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Robert M. Pirsig · 1974 So I am glad I read it, but I would not describe the experience as consistently enjoyable. A Very Long Argument About Doing the Boring Bit Properly DEPENDS

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