To All the Books I Wish I Hadn’t Written
A brutally honest ranking of every novel I’ve published
Rian Stone has now written two volumes of his “I Don’t Like Indie Books” series on Substack, and they’re some of the most useful things anyone has published about indie fiction. He reads the books, says what he actually thinks, and moves on. That sounds like the bare minimum, but in indie publishing, where everyone is terrified of hurting each other’s feelings and burning bridges, it’s practically revolutionary. I love those articles, and they made me want to do something similar, except aimed at myself, because apparently I enjoy suffering.
I’ve published eight novels. Some are good. Some are okay. One was a cynical cash grab that I’ve since unpublished, and I’m going to tell you about that too, because I’ve built a whole brand around telling other authors to be honest about their work, and it would be deeply embarrassing to not go first.
Here they are, ranked from worst to best. If you’ve never read my fiction, this is your reading guide. If you have, this is my public apology.
