Still more or less on my rhythm, with some (mostly pleasant) complications. Anyway, last three books: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, an award-winning, distinctly surreal novel that manages to be a strong read in spite of the award/s, strong and powerful and (rightly) not always easy; The Substitution Order by Martin Clark, an amusing legal thriller with a flawed but mostly likeable main who some people should have known better than to piss off, of course he comes out on top--the novel's kinda cynical about the law but it's not that cynical; The Librarian of Burned Books by Brianna Labuskes, a historical novel in three timelines with strong parallels to the present day, subtext practically impossible to ignore but the stories laid on top of it are all strong, the best book I've read in a while.