Hostage
Hostage by Eli Sharabi is one of 2026's most credible books, appearing on 1 of the year's most respected lists, including Bloomberg, for a Consensus Score of 15 out of 100.
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Our take
AI-draftedSharabi's account of 491 days in Hamas captivity — written after learning, upon release, that his wife and daughters had been killed on October 7th — became the fastest-selling book in Israeli publishing history. Critics single out Sharabi's refusal to flatten his captors into cartoon villains, noting his insistence on registering their humanity even while cataloguing the deprivation and psychological cruelty of the tunnels.
In the press
“A dauntless, moving account of a kidnapping and the horrors that followed.”
Kirkus Reviews
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomberg | 0.80 | 0.85 | 1.00× | 0.68 |
| Weighted sum → Score | 0.68 → 15 | |||
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Frequently asked
What lists is Hostage on?
Hostage appears on 1 list in our 2026 corpus, including Bloomberg.
What is its Consensus Score?
Hostage has a Consensus Score of 15 out of 100, our transparent editorial measure of how many credible lists agree on it.