Our Most Recent Reads

  • Combat Fatigue

    Our Ratings (0-10):

    Elle DNR
    Kate 7.0
    Kathy 8.5
    Dennis 4.8
    Todd 6.0
    Sahara 6.497
    Jean 8.25
    David 7.0

    Club Avg: 6.86

    RECAP COMING SOON

  • Deep Dive

    Our Ratings (0-10):

    David DNR
    Kathy 7.5
    Sahara 7.234
    Elle DNR
    Dennis 7.0
    Todd 7.0
    Kate 8.0
    Jean 8.0

    Club Avg. 7.46

    Recap Coming Soon

  • Potted & Plotted

    Our Ratings (0-10):

    Dennis 7.0
    Kathy 7.9
    David 8.0
    Sahara 7.48642
    Elle DNR
    Kate 8.0
    Todd 7.0
    Jean 7.5

    Club Avg: 7.56

    Recap Coming Soon

Complete Backlist:

Exhalation by Ted Chiang
No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull
Who Goes There? by John C. Campbell
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Sacred Nature by Karen Armstrong
I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Trust by Hernan Diaz
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill
Stay True by Hua Hsu
This Other Eden by Paul Harding
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
A House Between Earth And The Moon by Rebecca Scherm
American Psychosis by E. Fuller Torrey, M.D.
The Speed Of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
The Demon Of Unrest by Erik Larson
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez
Captain Alatriste by Arturo Perez-Reverte
The Cliffs by J. Courtney Sullivan
The Art Thief by Michael Finkel
The Storied Life Of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
A Most Wanted Man by John Le Carre
Idle Grounds by Krystelle Bamford
The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
James by Percival Everett
Counterattacks At Thirty by Won-Pyung Sohn
How To Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
The Hunchback Of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
The Mystery Of The Blue Train by Agatha Christie
The God Of The Woods by Liz Moore
I. Eliza Hamilton by Susan Holloway Scott
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packer
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
The Impossible Thing by Belinda Bauer
The Scapegoat by Daphne du Maueier
Fresh Water For Flowers by Valerie Perrin
The Island Of Sea Women by Lisa See
The Women by Kristin Hannah

Elle’s Equations

Watch this space for Elle’s ongoing analysis of rating trends and tendencies.

Books read since inception: 47

Estimated total pages read by the H.B.B.C: 15,719
Estimated 2026 pages: 3614

Estimated percentage of total pages by genre (top five):
Literary Fiction: 36.2%
‍ ‍Historical Fiction: 12.8%
Science Fiction: 8.5%
‍ ‍Dystopian Fiction: 4.3%
‍ ‍Mystery: 4.3%

Highest Rated 2026 Selection: The God Of The Woods (8.79/10)
Lowest Rated 2026 Selection: I, Eliza Hamilton (4.81/10)

Highest Average 2026 Rating by Member: Kate (8.16/10)
Lowest Average 2026 Rating by Member: Dennis (6.85/10)
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Page counts vary by edition. Genre classifications and definitive page counts open to debate.