Jun 03, 2026
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Choose Book Review Finalists 2026

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https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/choose-book-review-finalists-2026
Scott announces the finalist selection phase for the 2026 Book Review Contest, asking readers to help rate 162 entries using a new website built by Rob Ennals. Longer summary
Scott announces that the 2026 Book Review Contest has received 162 entries and needs to be narrowed down to about a dozen finalists. Since he can't read all entries alone, he's asking readers to help by rating as many reviews as they have time for on a scale of 1-10. Rob Ennals, a software engineer, has built a dedicated website to make the rating process easier, which displays reviews randomly by default to ensure diverse coverage. Readers have until June 15 to submit their ratings. Shorter summary
Recurring tags: book review (208), book review contest (23), reader engagement (20), ACX blog (15), community participation (4), website launch (2)

It's time to narrow the 162 entries in the Book Review Contest to about a dozen finalists. I can't read 162 reviews alone, so I need your help. Please pick as many as you have time for, read them, and rate them 1-10.

This year, Rob Ennals has stepped up and built a fancy website that makes this easy. Rob is a software engineer who blogs at Messy Progress and works on interactive tutorials to help people understand AI. Many people offered to help, but Rob offered at the exact moment I was fretting about this and I took him up on it; thanks to all of you, but especially to him.

Again, go here to read and rate the reviews (they start off displayed randomly so that not everyone rates the same ones, but you can switch to alphabetic if you prefer). You have until June 15.

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