"books"

2022 · 3 Seasons · Prime Video · Action, Crime, Thriller

Reacher gets the character right in ways that previous adaptations never quite managed, and Alan Ritchson's performance is the clearest possible argument for the series' existence. Season 1 is close to exactly what fans of the books were hoping for, and season 3 represents a strong recovery after a disappointing second outing. The writing quality varies enough across seasons that the show isn't consistently great, but when it's working, it's one of the most purely entertaining action series on streaming.

1953 · Ray Bradbury · 249 pages · Science Fiction

Ray Bradbury's 1953 novel about a society that burns books remains one of the most recognized titles in science fiction, and its core warning about intellectual complacency hits harder in the age of infinite scrolling than it did when television was the villain. It's more of a passionate argument than a fully realized novel, and readers who want deep characters or careful world-building will find it thin. But Bradbury wasn't trying to build a complete world. He was trying to scare people into reading, and seventy years later, the fear still lands. It's a short, fierce, imperfect book that earns its place on the shelf through sheer conviction.