Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet is one of 2026's most credible books, appearing on 1 of the year's most respected lists, including McKinsey & Company, for a Consensus Score of 15 out of 100.
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Our take
AI-draftedMillet's premise sounds like a stunt — a wealthy man walks from New York to Arizona after a breakup, then becomes entangled with a glass-walled house's family next door — but the novel's actual interest is in what obligation looks like when a person has more resources than purpose. Gil's inherited wealth is presented as a moral complication rather than a fantasy, and Millet resists turning his volunteer instincts into either redemption arc or satire. The prose is deliberately calm, almost too calm at points, which is both the book's method and its risk.
In the press
“Dinosaurs is a story about an extraordinarily wealthy White man struggling to make his way in the modern world.”
Ron Charles, The Washington Post“Every human soul is a battlefield, and I wish I could have seen more wrestling between Gil's good and bad angels.”
Ron Charles, The Washington Post
How the Consensus Score is calculated
Our Consensus Score is our own transparent editorial metric — not a user rating. It weighs each list by the credibility of its source, how recent the listing is, and any award status. Here is the full breakdown.
| Source | Authority | Recency | Award | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKinsey & Company | 0.80 | 0.85 | 1.00× | 0.68 |
| Weighted sum → Score | 0.68 → 15 | |||
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Frequently asked
What lists is Dinosaurs on?
Dinosaurs appears on 1 list in our 2026 corpus, including McKinsey & Company.
What is its Consensus Score?
Dinosaurs has a Consensus Score of 15 out of 100, our transparent editorial measure of how many credible lists agree on it.