avatarPagebound Royalty Badge

joetower

Web developer/designer | Photographer and traveler | Minneapolis, MN | joetower.com I’m a nerd for mysteries/whodunits, weird/dystopian/speculative sci-fi, horror, & philosophical non-fiction.

685 points

0% overlap
Pagebound Royalty
Made for the Movies
Level 4
Fictional(?) Dystopian Societies
My Taste
I Who Have Never Known Men
Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
Stoner
The Gone-Away World
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
Reading...
Maigret and the Lazy Burglar (Maigret, #57)
50%
Project Hail Mary
4%

joetower made progress on...

17h
Maigret and the Lazy Burglar (Maigret, #57)

Maigret and the Lazy Burglar (Maigret, #57)

Georges Simenon

50%
0
0
Reply

joetower made progress on...

17h
Project Hail Mary

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir

4%
0
0
Reply

joetower left a rating...

1d
  • Lobster
    joetower
    Apr 16, 2026
    3.0
    Enjoyment: 3.0Quality: 3.0Characters: 2.5Plot: 2.5
    🦞
    🍆
    🐚
    0
    comments 0
    Reply
  • joetower made progress on...

    2d
    Maigret and the Lazy Burglar (Maigret, #57)

    Maigret and the Lazy Burglar (Maigret, #57)

    Georges Simenon

    37%
    0
    0
    Reply

    joetower made progress on...

    2d
    Lobster

    Lobster

    Guillaume Lecasble

    74%
    5
    0
    Reply

    joetower made progress on...

    3d
    Maigret and the Lazy Burglar (Maigret, #57)

    Maigret and the Lazy Burglar (Maigret, #57)

    Georges Simenon

    12%
    0
    0
    Reply

    joetower made progress on...

    3d
    Lobster

    Lobster

    Guillaume Lecasble

    37%
    1
    0
    Reply

    joetower left a rating...

    3d
  • Past Tense (Jack Reacher, #23)
    joetower
    Apr 14, 2026
    3.5
    Enjoyment: 3.5Quality: 3.0Characters: 3.5Plot: 3.5
    🏹
    🏃‍♂️
    🏃‍♀️

    View spoiler

    0
    comments 0
    Reply
  • joetower left a rating...

    4d
  • Everyone In This Bank Is A Thief (Ernest Cunningham, #4)
    joetower
    Apr 14, 2026
    4.0
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 4.0Plot: 4.0
    🔑
    🗃️
    🔥

    View spoiler

    0
    comments 0
    Reply