The Ledger

The Crunch

Every book we've taken apart. One verdict, five stars, no mercy.

Cormac McCarthy

BY Cormac McCarthy

“A biblical fever dream that reads like the desert itself is prosecuting you.”

Susanna Clarke

BY Susanna Clarke

“A house with no end and a narrator with no guile — the gentlest strange book we've crumbled.”

Han Kang

BY Han Kang

“One refusal to eat meat unspools an entire family — quiet, feral, and impossible to shake.”