Our own Hans G Schantz posts the results so far from the Summer Based Booksale, but also proposes that, based on the numbers and the reliability, these results are a better indicator of the popularity of a book than the now-debased Hugo Awards, the statistically questionable Amazon rankings, or even the popular Dragon Awards.
The sale is ongoing as of the time of this writing, so all readers are encouraged to open a generous billfold, and join this front in the Culture Wars. (And I may get a copy of the Complete Father Brown myself…)
The 2025 Summer Based Book Sale has just a couple of days left, and has already moved 1303 Kindle Free E-books and 1415 Kindle Paid E-Books for a total of 2718 referrals – more including the listed authors who sell outside Amazon.
What are the Top Based Books readers are buying this summer? Read on to learn about the remarkable range of both old and newly emerging classics that appeal to today’s based readers.
The Current Summer Sale Top Five
Tied for second place are science fiction grandmaster John C. Wright and H. Rider Haggard. Wright’s newly reissued The Iron Chamber of Memory is “[a]n eerie, suspenseful, romantic fantasy in the mood of C. S. Lewis and Charles Williams.”
“I never had an idea more beautiful or haunting than The Iron Chamber of Memory. It is a fairy tale for adults, a theological meditation, a time travel story, a ghost story, and a story about love and honor and remembering what you should not forget.”
Wright story, One Bright Star to Guide Them, arguably the book that broke the Hugo Awards, is also on sale. To grasp the full measure of the corruption and depravity behind today’s Hugo Awards, just read One Bright Star to Guide Them, and then learn how both it and its author were deliberately “No Awarded.”
H. Rider Haggard defined the genre of lost-world fiction with stories that blend Victorian sensibilities, ancient secrets, and thrilling adventures. Allan Quartermain, hero of King Solomon’s Mines, was a direct inspiration for Indiana Jones. Which character is better? Read and find out!
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