2026 season

Stats

Ratings, picks, genres, and member comparisons from the 2026 season.

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8Books completed

50Numeric scores

13DNR records

8Members rating books

Season overview

The 2026 picks, ratings, publication years, genres, and Goodreads scores.

Season picks

10 books in selection order. Each tile shows the chooser, club score, and Goodreads score.

Jan

Demon CopperheadAlec3.9★Goodreads4.46 Feb

Between Two FiresEric3.6★Goodreads4.17 Mar

The Death of Bunny MunroEd3.3★Goodreads3.44 Apr

Peter and WendyJacob3.8★Goodreads4.03 May

DragonflightJosh3.1★Goodreads4.08 June

A ConfessionMatt3.0★Goodreads4.10 July

The Gone WorldNathan3.9★Goodreads3.91 Aug

No Country for Old MenOliver4.4★Goodreads4.17 Sept

Monkey GripAlecNowGoodreads3.67 Oct

Dungeon Crawler CarlEricNextGoodreads4.43

Pick rotation

Matt1 Nathan1 Jacob1 Alec2 Josh1 Ed1 Eric2 Oliver1

Club vs Goodreads

How far the club average sits from the Goodreads score for each completed book.

0.48★average gap

Demon Copperhead-0.54★ club

Club 3.92Goodreads 4.46

Between Two Fires-0.59★ club

Club 3.58Goodreads 4.17

The Death of Bunny Munro-0.13★ club

Club 3.31Goodreads 3.44

Peter and Wendy-0.28★ club

Club 3.75Goodreads 4.03

Dragonflight-0.96★ club

Club 3.13Goodreads 4.08

A Confession-1.10★ club

Club 3.00Goodreads 4.10

The Gone World+0.01★ club

Club 3.92Goodreads 3.91

No Country for Old Men+0.26★ club

Club 4.43Goodreads 4.17

Author split

Women3Men7

Publication year

Publication years for the ten selected books.

Before 19001

1900–19692

1970–19991

2000–20194

2020s2

Oldest book: 1882.

Club ratings

The distribution of 50 numeric club ratings.

Club average: 3.64/5. DNR and DNF entries are excluded.

Genres

Genre mix across the season. Some books appear in more than one genre.

Fantasy4

Science fiction3

Thriller / crime3

Adventure2

Literary fiction2

Coming-of-age1

Historical1

Horror1

Memoir1

Western1

Member comparisons

Similar and different tastes

Average disagreement on books both members scored.

Taste twins

MattJacob

0.30★ apart

Closest average disagreement across shared books.

Across 5 shared books

Nemeses

EdEric

1.42★ apart

Largest average disagreement across shared books.

Across 6 shared books

Member form

Member averages

Rates higher than the group

Matt+0.90 ★

Above the leave-one-out club average.

Across 8 rated books

Most different from the group

Ed0.96 ★

Mean distance from everyone else’s score.

Across 8 rated books

Member	Average	Generosity	Contrarian	Completion	N
Matt	4.38	+0.90	0.90	100%	8
Jacob	3.90	+0.33	0.33	83%	5
Nathan	3.75	-0.07	0.44	100%	6
Oliver	3.60	-0.09	0.69	100%	5
Alec	3.50	+0.05	0.60	100%	4
Eric	3.50	-0.11	0.76	86%	6
Josh	3.44	-0.22	0.57	100%	8
Ed	3.06	-0.72	0.96	100%	8

Book rankings

Book ratings

Club score sets position. Ties share rank. Spread is population standard deviation across numeric ratings.

Rank	Book	Chooser	Score	Spread	N
1	No Country for Old Men	Oliver	4.43	0.49	7
2	Demon Copperhead	Alec	3.92	0.73	6
2	The Gone World	Nathan	3.92	0.73	6
4	Peter and Wendy	Jacob	3.75	0.90	6
5	Between Two Fires	Eric	3.58	0.67	6
6	The Death of Bunny Munro	Ed	3.31	0.66	8
7	Dragonflight	Josh	3.13	1.24	4
☠ 8	A Confession	Matt	3.00	0.53	7

Book picks

Average score by chooser

Average club score for the books each member chose. The table includes the number of completed picks.

Pos.	Chooser	Selections	Club avg.	N
1	Oliver	No Country for Old Men	4.43	1
2	Nathan	The Gone World	3.92	1
2	Alec	Demon Copperhead	3.92	1
4	Jacob	Peter and Wendy	3.75	1
5	Eric	Between Two Fires	3.58	1
6	Ed	The Death of Bunny Munro	3.31	1
7	Josh	Dragonflight	3.13	1
8	Matt	A Confession	3.00	1

Quick answers

Season highlights

What was most divisive?

Dragonflight

Ratings varied most here: a 1.24-star spread across 4 scores.

Who rates highest?

Matt

Matt averages 4.38/5 across 8 numeric ratings. DNR entries stay out of the average.

Season totals