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You have till 30th Nov to review the book you like. Voting for the shortlist will open in the first week of December.
Picture a team of readers, a spreadsheet that refuses to stop growing, and a rule that says only 12 books can make the cut.
That was our reality this year. 211 entries came in from readers, authors, and publishers, and every one of them came with a reason: read this, it stayed with me.
We went through them all. We argued over them, and at one point we came close to throwing the rulebook out, and finally agreed on the final 12.
So, what is the Blogchatter Book List?
It isn’t a bestseller chart or a marketing push. It’s a community-powered reading list, built BY the readers FOR the readers!
We asked you to tell us what you’d been reading and what deserved more attention. You didn’t hold back. Readers sent in the books that kept them up at night. Authors put forward their latest work. Publishers shared titles they believed in. Together, the entries made one of the most varied piles of books we’ve ever had to sort through.
Why 211 entries made this so hard
When you’re handed 211 books, a few things happen:
- Your TBR pile becomes a personal emergency.
- You discover genres and voices you never knew you needed.
- You realise that “just pick the best ones” is a trap.
We weren’t comparing similar books. We were weighing a character-driven story against a fast-paced thriller, and a debut author against a well-known name. Every book had a champion in our team, and cutting the list down to 12 took more than one heated conversation.
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