Vulture
Vulture by Phoebe Greenwood is one of 2026's most credible books, appearing on 1 of the year's most respected lists, including The Economist, for a Consensus Score of 18 out of 100.
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Our take
AI-draftedGreenwood, a former Guardian correspondent, turns her own experience covering Gaza into a satire that refuses to let war journalism off the hook. Critics have zeroed in on how uncomfortably funny the book is even as it depicts real atrocity, using its hotel-bar chorus of foreign press to indict the profession's appetite for spectacle over substance. The novel's most striking achievement is tonal: it holds moral seriousness and absurdist comedy in the same sentence without either canceling the other out.
In the press
“Darkly comic, searing... Greenwood's graphic details are vivid and disturbing”
Robert Allen Papinchak, Los Angeles Times“mordant humor and breathtaking immediacy”
Joshua Hammer, The New York Times Book Review
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Economist | 0.95 | 0.85 | 1.00× | 0.81 |
| Weighted sum → Score | 0.81 → 18 | |||
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Frequently asked
What lists is Vulture on?
Vulture appears on 1 list in our 2026 corpus, including The Economist.
What is its Consensus Score?
Vulture has a Consensus Score of 18 out of 100, our transparent editorial measure of how many credible lists agree on it.