My Heavenly Favourite
My Heavenly Favourite by Lucas Rijneveld is one of 2026's most credible books, appearing on 1 of the year's most respected lists, including The Guardian, for a Consensus Score of 13 out of 100.
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Our take
AI-draftedRijneveld's novel is a first-person confession from a middle-aged veterinarian obsessed with a farmer's 14-year-old daughter, delivered in the same breathless, run-on sentences that made The Discomfort of Evening distinctive. Critics diverge sharply on whether the prose style illuminates or merely aestheticizes its subject.
In the press
“the narcissistic testimony of a creep”
Declan O'Driscoll, The Irish Times
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 Guardian | 0.85 | 0.70 | 1.00× | 0.59 |
| Weighted sum → Score | 0.59 → 13 | |||
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Frequently asked
What lists is My Heavenly Favourite on?
My Heavenly Favourite appears on 1 list in our 2026 corpus, including The Guardian.
What is its Consensus Score?
My Heavenly Favourite has a Consensus Score of 13 out of 100, our transparent editorial measure of how many credible lists agree on it.