The best-written book of the month

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Every week we identify from among recently released works of fiction, speculative fiction, and nonfiction titles we can recommend for the quality of their prose. From now on, for paid subscribers we’ll pick one title every month that we regard as the very best.

Between them, the Substacks we recommend receive over a thousand new subscribers that way every month. If you recommend us on Substack, we’ll reciprocate if your publication is likely to interest our readers.