I have long used a scalable and straightforward rating system for just about everything.
My view is that most things in life will be OK, some things will not be OK, and some things will be great. This is the bell curve of life.
| Rating | Comment | #Books |
| 1-2 | Terrible | 0 |
| 3-4 | Meh | 0 |
| 5-6 | OK | 0 |
| 7-8 | Good | 4 |
| 9 | Great | 0 |
| 10 | In my top 5 | 0 |
2026 (4)
Small Things Like These (2024) by Claire Keegan: 8/10
Gardens of the Moon (1999) by Steven Erikson:8/10
My Friends (2025) by Fredrik Backman: 7/10
Patriot (2025) by Alexei Navalny: 7/10
On the Stack
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
Katabasis by R.F Kuang
The Collector by John Fowler
How Children Fail by John Holt
Hell Yeah or No by Derek Sivers
Reset by Dan Health
Steven Erikson’s 9 other books
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