Verdicts
3.77★ average across 107 rated books. 4★ is your default verdict (67 books). longest generous streak: 16 finishes ≥4★ (Jul 2022–Sep 2023).
3.77 average ★
4.0 median ★
4 most common rating
107 rated · 24 unrated
The histogram
Where the stars land. Fractional ratings snap to the nearest half-star for the bars.
Average by year
Did the grades get softer or harsher? Hover a year.
Bars: share of that year’s rated books that got at least 4★.
High court
4.5★ and up — the books that cleared the bar.
- Kafka on the Shore Haruki Murakami 5★
- The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger 5★
- Housekeeping Marilynne Robinson 5★
- On Writing Stephen King 5★
- AI Superpowers Kai-Fu Lee 5★
- A Moveable Feast Ernest Hemingway 5★
- Skyward Brandon Sanderson 5★
- Goodbye, Things Fumio Sasaki 5★
Harsh takes
3★ and under — still finished, still judged.
- Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage Haruki Murakami 2★
- The Bellwether Revivals Benjamin Wood 2★
- A Touch of Death Charles Williams 2★
- We Were Liars E. Lockhart 2★
- The Man in the Brown Suit Agatha Christie 2★
- Evangeline Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 2★
- How to be a Productivity Ninja Graham Allcott 2★
- You Are A Writer Jeff Goins 2★
24 books have no rating and are left out of the averages. For how those stars line up with genres and length, see Taste.