I love it when older books incorporate a seemingly serious “fact” that is 100% made up. This is from The Tattoo Murder by Akimitsu Takagi, first published in 1948:

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There’s also very little sci-fi on that list - they should have just stuck with making it a fantasy list.

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Which has some overlap with the category of "really good books!" some really good books have those things. And there are really good books on the list. But it does read more like B & N having a look at their sales figures with perhaps some light editorial adjustment more than real critical appraisal

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Forgive a futile grump at this list, with a quick disclaimer: there are a number of books I really like on this list. BUT fuck me is this a narrow vision of the state of the genre to apparently be the sum total of the best 2026 has had to offer.

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There's a fancy steakhouse here that does half-price on all wines on Sundays. Yes, all wines. Even this one.

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