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Average rating: 4.14 · 11,216 ratings · 2,472 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	Knock Knock, Open Wide 3.91 avg rating — 4,681 ratings — published 2023 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don't Trust Fish by Neil Sharpson (Goodreads Author), Dan Santat (Goodreads Author) (illustrator) 4.51 avg rating — 3,018 ratings — published 2025 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Burial Tide 4.24 avg rating — 1,937 ratings — published 2025 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When the Sparrow Falls 4.01 avg rating — 1,567 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Help! I'm Being Eaten by a Bear! 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When the Sparrow Falls Sneak Peek really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I’ve been binge watching The Tick for a future episode of the podcast (so much better than I remembered, and I remembered it pretty damn fondly) and I was struck by something that happens in episode four, The Tick versus Mr Mental where the Tick is forced to confront his greatest fear: WORKING IN AN OFFICE.

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Neil Sharpson wrote a new blog post Why I Love Playing: Dispatch I’ve been binge watching The Tick for a future episode of the podcast (so much better than I remembered, and I remembered it pretty damn fondly) and I Read more of this blog post »
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Neil Sharpson rated a book liked it The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Neil Sharpson and 1 other person liked Evelyn's review of The Burial Tide: " It begins with a woman, Mara buried alive. She manages to escape but has no memory of her life before on Innishbannock, a remote island off the coast of Ireland. But something is not right and as her memory begins to slowly return she realizes the v" Read more of this review »
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Neil Sharpson rated a book it was amazing My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1) by P.G. Wodehouse	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Neil Sharpson and 7 other people liked Becky's review of Knock Knock, Open Wide: "I read this book after seeing it mentioned a coupla-few times by Sinead Hanna, who I follow on the Tubes of You, and here on Goodreads. She talks about a lot of spooky horror books, which is totally my vibe, and I really enjoy her content. She's intr" Read more of this review »
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Neil Sharpson and 5 other people liked Lauren Anna's review of The Burial Tide: "Time to plan another trip to Ireland to see the seals :)"
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Neil Sharpson rated a book liked it Unseen Academicals (Discworld, #37; Rincewind, #8) by Terry Pratchett	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Neil Sharpson rated a book it was amazing In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1) by Tana French (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Neil Sharpson rated a book it was amazing The State of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence by Martin Meredith	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Nominally, the currency of the Caspian Republic was the moneta, but in truth the coin of the nation was fear. Whoever could inspire fear was rich, whoever lived in fear was poor.”
― Neil Sharpson, When the Sparrow Falls

tags: authoritarianism, fear, tyranny

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“Power is a poison.”
― Neil Sharpson, When the Sparrow Falls

tags: complicity, oppression, power, totalitarianism, tyranny

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“Ah, there was the word. “Family.” It was an old Irish word. It meant: “Do nothing. Challenge nothing. Change nothing.” Ireland was a rocky garden, dig a few inches deep and you found stone; solid and impassable. And carved into its face, as like as not; the word FAMILY.”
― Neil Sharpson, Knock Knock, Open Wide

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When the Sparrow Falls by Neil Sharpson

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Carnival by Elizabeth Bear

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Dauntlessby Jack Campbell

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Dark Universe by Daniel F. Galouye

5 votes, 10.4%

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“Yes, it would look like she was smuggling an ostrich with a tarp on it into a motel room, but this also looked like the type of establishment to not particularly judge for that sort of thing.”
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“Power is a poison.”
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“She tried not to think in capital letters. It was a bad habit. If you weren’t careful, pretty soon you’d find yourself Going to the Store to Buy a Carton of Milk—or worse, speaking German.”
― Max Gladstone, Empress of Forever

tags: german, humor, humour, language, linguistic

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“Ancient sages have written: what you cannot break, you do not own.”
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tags: destruction, ownership, philosophy

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“Energy spent regretting a decision was best redirected toward addressing its consequences.”
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