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Small Game
Blair Braverman
★★★★★· Published 2022· 288 pages· read 2025
I love reality TV, especially Survivor, so this debut about a survival reality show gone wrong was right up my alley. Tense and more thoughtful than I expected.
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The Favorites
Layne Fargo
A fiery ice-dancing duo, told partly like a documentary, with real Wuthering Heights energy. Melodramatic in exactly the way I wanted.
The Compound
Aisling Rawle
A reality-show dystopia where contestants chase luxury and each other in a desert compound. Sharp on how quickly we'll perform for a prize.
You Wanna Be on Top?: A Memoir of Makeovers, Manipulation, and Not Becoming America's Next Top Model
Sarah Hartshorne
A former contestant's behind-the-scenes memoir of America's Next Top Model and how the sausage really got made. Fun and a little damning.