Greg Barlin
The Best Book of 2022: Thistlefoot
★★★★★ The reunion of 2 siblings around a mysterious house is the backdrop for this lyrical beauty of a novel, my favorite of 2022.
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Greg Barlin
Jan 10, 20233 min read
The #2 Best Book of 2022: Demon Copperhead
★★★★★ An ode to Charles Dickens in the form of a modern retelling of David Copperfield, set in Appalachian Virginia over the last 30+ years.
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Greg Barlin
Jan 9, 20232 min read
The #3 Best Book of 2022: The Final Strife
★★★★★ A land where one’s blood color determines their race is the setting while a secret sect try to infiltrate to infiltrate the government
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Greg Barlin
Jan 8, 20231 min read
The #4 Best Book of 2022: All My Rage
★★★★★ An exploration of the immigrant experience through the story of 2 high school students of Pakistani descent, growing up in rural CA.
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Greg Barlin
Jan 7, 20232 min read
The #5 Best Book of 2022: Firekeeper's Daughter
★★★★★ A high school girl is thrust into an FBI investigation to try to uncover a drug ring that is terrorizing Native American tribes
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Greg Barlin
Jan 6, 20232 min read
The #6 Best Book of 2022: Seventeen: Last Man Standing
★★★★★ The greatest assassin in the world, Seventeen, must take on his predecessor, against a backdrop of a threat against global security.
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Greg Barlin
Jan 5, 20232 min read
The #7 Best Book of 2022: Nightcrawling
★★★★★ The story of Kiara, a young woman 3 months shy of her 18th birthday, living in East Oakland and trying to scrape by on her own.
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Greg Barlin
Jan 4, 20232 min read
The #8 Best Book of 2022: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
★★★★★ Spanning 30 years of the main characters' lives, it's the story of 3 friends inspired to create something great in the world of gaming
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Greg Barlin
Jan 3, 20232 min read
The #9 Best Book of 2022: Book Lovers
★★★★★ A better version of the "city dweller finds love in a small town" trope, while also ranking as the funniest book I read in 2022.
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Greg Barlin
Jan 2, 20231 min read
The #10 Best Book of 2022: Pay Dirt Road
★★★★☆ A waitress in rural Texas gets thrust into a murder investigation, with enough nuance that it rises above garden variety mysteries.
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Greg Barlin
Jan 1, 20234 min read
The Best Books of 2022 (#20-#11), plus the "Naughty List" of books to avoid
Happy New Year! It’s time once again for what has become an annual tradition, my Books of the Year list. 2022 was a busy year of reading,...
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