"Platform Decay" by Martha Wells reviewed

Brian and Barbara review the novel Platform Decay by Martha Wells, the eighth book in her award-winning "Murderbot Diaries" science fiction series, and number eight on the New York Times hardcover fiction list of May 24, 2026. Twenty minutes with us, and you'll know whether to read it ... or regift it!Bestseller episode #39, recorded 10/3/2026

Brian and Barbara review The Correspondent by Virginia Evans, the only book to make the New York Times hardcover fiction list every week of the year 2026 so far. .Twenty minutes with us, and you'll know whether to read it ... or regift it!bestseller episode #38, recorded May 31, 2026

Brian and Barbara review the novel Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall, a Reese's Book Club pick and one of the top performing books of 2025 according to the New York Times hardcover fiction list. Twenty minutes with us, and you'll know whether to read it ... or regift it!bestseller episode #37, recorded February 7, 2026

Brian and Barbara review the suspense novel Never Flinch by Stephen King, number one on the June 15, 2025 New York Times hardcover fiction list. Twenty minutes with us, and you'll know whether to read it ... or regift it!bestseller episode #36, recorded 8/10/2025

Brian and Barbara review the novel Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid, number one on the July 20, 2025, New York Times hardcover fiction list, and GMA Book Club pick for June, 2025. Twenty minutes with us, and you'll know whether to read it ... or regift it!Episode #35 of bestseller, recorded 7/21/2025

Brian and Barbara review the suspense novel The Perfect Divorce by Jeneva Rose, number one on the New York Times hardcover fiction list of May 4, 2025. Twenty minutes with us, and you'll know whether to read it ... or regift it!episode #34 of bestseller, recorded June 28, 2025

Brian and Barbara review Kristin Hannah's 2015 World War II novel, The Nightingale, which spent 82 weeks on the New York Times hardcover fiction list at the time of its initial release, and re-entered the list on March 9, 2025, when reissued in a deluxe, ten-year-anniversary hardcover edition. Twenty minutes with us, and you'll know whether to read it ... or regift it!bestseller episode #33, recorded May 17, 2025

Brian and Barbara count down the top ten performing hardcover fiction bestsellers of 2024, and review #BookTok sensation Rebecca Yarros's megahit novel, Iron Flame, the second book in her planned five volume romantic fantasy series, "The Empyrean." Twenty minutes with us, and you'll know whether to read it, or regift it!episode #32 of bestseller, recorded March 30, 2025.

Brian and Barbara review the suspense novel The God of the Woods by Liz Moore, 28 weeks and counting on the New York Times hardcover fiction list.Twenty minutes with us and you'll know whether to read it ... or regift it!episode #31 of bestseller, recorded 2/1/2025

Brian and Barbara review the novel James by Percival Everett, number one on the New York Times hardcover fiction list of December 29, 2024. Twenty minutes with us, and you'll know whether to read it ... or regift it!episode #30 of bestseller, recorded 12/31/2024