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February 2026 Books Read: 17
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
No Place To Hide - Rebecca Griffiths
Before I Go To Sleep - SJ Watson
The Motel - Nancy Savage
The Lucky Winners - K L Slater
Dust - Arthur Slade
Snowdrops - A D Miller
*Locker 19 - J Cronshaw
The Last Trip - Rowan Chambers
The Burning Stones - Antti Tuomainen
Containment - Christian Cantrell
A Neighbour's Guide To Murder - Louise Candlish
The Society Of Unknowable Objects - Gareth Brown
The Never Game - Jeffery Deaver
The Life Of Chuck - Stephen King
The Martian - Andy Weir
Reacher: Killing Floor - Lee Child
Did Not Finish:
Island Builder - Andrew Karevik
2084 - Mason Engel
*Locker 19 by J Cronshaw was the first book that I began to suspect was AI generated part way through, and read to the end to confirm my suspicions. Then I went back to scrutinise other books I'd read recently.
January 2026 Books Read: 23
Mickey 7 - Edward Ashton
Bullet Train - Kotaro Isako
Mr Mercedes - Stephen King
*The Night Before Christmas - Maria Frankland
Finders Keepers - Stephen King
The Winter Visitor - B P Walter
*The Winter Retreat - Maria Frankland
The Woman In The Opposite Window - Rose Hard
Friend Request - Laura Marshall
Dead Of Winter - Keri Beevis
*The Life I Had - Aaron Quinn
End Of Watch - Stephen King
The Christmas Party - Kathryn Croft
Everyone Here Is Lying - Shari Lapena
Two Truths One Lie - Alex Sinclair
Wish - Alexandra Bullen
The Perfect Wife - Hannah Price
Little Siberia - Antti Tuomainen
*I Don't Like Mondays - Maria Frankland
Seven Bodies - V J Randle
You Are Fatally Invited - Ande Pliego
Run Away - Harlan Coben
Anxious People - Fredrik Backman
Currently Reading: Island Builder - Andrew Karevik
* Aaron Quinn and Maria Frankland appear to produce AI-generated human-edited books very frequently.
@drahsturgis so far I'm aware of:
- Ada Hoffmann - Ignore All Previous Instructions
- Gwendolyn Kiste - The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own
- Tana French - The Keeper
- TJ Klune - We Burned So Bright
- A.G. Slatter - A Forest, Darkly
- A.G. Slatter - The Sourdough Companion
RE: https://wandering.shop/@jendiagammon/115575388040016269
If you’re making 2026 book lists, I have a fantasy debut novel, a middle grade debut book, an Appalachian gothic weird horror novella, and a final entry in a Nebula nominated series!
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