RNKD
Roundtable

One book.
Several readers.
No referee.

A Roundtable happens when two or more RNKD readers review the same book — each writing before they've seen the others. We show every take, note where they agree, and don't pretend they do when they don't.

Split Decision 3 READERS · LITERARY FICTION

The Lantern Keepers Mara Ostrowski Three RNKD readers read the same novel independently. One couldn't put it down, one couldn't see the point, and one is somewhere in the middle. That's the page.
DEV
YES
4½
JUNE
NO
2
TOMASZ
DEPENDS
3½

All Roundtables

3 READERS LITERARY FICTION SPLIT DECISION The Lantern Keepers Mara Ostrowski DEV YES · JUNE NO · TOMASZ DEPENDS Ratings from 2 to 4½ 2 READERS HISTORY A Brief Atlas of Vanished Rivers Ines Calloway TOMASZ YES · MARCUS DEPENDS Ratings from 3 to 5 3 READERS SCIENCE FICTION ONE DNF The Quiet Engine Rosalind Teague PRIYA YES · TOMASZ YES · HANNAH DNF Ratings from 4 to 4½, plus one DNF 2 READERS ROMANCE Salt & Ceremony Nadia Bloom PRIYA YES · JUNE DEPENDS Ratings from 3 to 4 5 READERS FANTASY Seven Kings of Nowhere Auberon Vale PRIYA YES · HANNAH YES · DEV YES · JUNE YES · TOMASZ YES Ratings from 4 to 5

How a Roundtable happens

01

Two or more readers pick the same book. Nobody is assigned it.

02

Each writes their review before seeing the others'. Reviews lock.

03

An editor notes where they agreed and where they split — using only what the readers wrote.

04

Readers may add a short reaction after seeing each other. Ratings don't change.