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A running ranking of the year's best books


The Best Books of 2025…So Far: Live!
A running tally of the books that I have reviewed this year, updated and reranked after each book that I finish.
Greg Barlin
3 days ago5 min read


The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife
★★★★☆ A chance set of events leads to a down-on-his-luck elderly man assuming the identity of another in this sweetly sappy feel-good story.
Greg Barlin
6 days ago2 min read


Run for the Hills
★★★☆☆ A woman's life is upended when a half-brother she didn't know she had convinces her to join him on a road trip to find their father.
Greg Barlin
Jun 92 min read


Thunderhead
★★★★☆ A continuation of the Arc of a Scythe series, the novel picks up where book one ended as the scythedom becomes increasingly divided.
Greg Barlin
Jun 73 min read


Big Dumb Eyes
★★★★☆ One of the biggest comedic acts touring today shares random tales from his life, from early days in Tennessee to his rise in comedy.
Greg Barlin
Jun 63 min read


Ruth Run
★★☆☆☆ A cyber thief is forced to flee from Homeland Security when her crimes finally come to light in this poorly-plotted mess of a book.
Greg Barlin
Jun 13 min read


What Kind of Paradise
★★★★★ A girl grows up in a remote cabin in Montana with just her father, whose distrust of technology and government grows with each passing year.
Greg Barlin
May 303 min read


Broken Country
★★★★★ A small town, a love triangle, a murder, and a trial form the foundation of this twisty, emotional novel set in mid-1900s England.
Greg Barlin
May 224 min read
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