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Greg Barlin
Dec 31, 202417 min read
The Best Books of 2024
My "Best Books of 2024", ranked #1 through #67.

Greg Barlin
Dec 30, 20244 min read
Lost Man's Lane
★★★★★ Set in 1999, a coming-of-age story about a high schooler who finds himself embroiled in a supernatural missing persons investigation.

Greg Barlin
Dec 29, 20244 min read
James
★★★★★ More than a retelling of "Huck Finn" from the point of view of Jim, this is a brilliant treatise on race and slavery in 1860s America.

Greg Barlin
Dec 28, 20245 min read
All the Colors of the Dark
★★★★★ Whitaker delivers another masterpiece of character development while tackling several tough topics -- a challenging but uplifting read

Greg Barlin
Dec 27, 20245 min read
The Mayor of Maxwell Street
★★★★★ Skillful dialogue and prose adorn this debut that combines a love story with the search for a mysterious gangster in 1920s Chicago.

Greg Barlin
Dec 26, 20243 min read
The Will of the Many
★★★★★ A truly excellent start to a trilogy about an orphan who infiltrates an Academy for societal elites in order to uncover a conspiracy.

Greg Barlin
Dec 25, 20244 min read
Open
★★★★★ Among the best autobiographies I have read, Andre Agassi shares an honest account in vivid detail of his life in tennis (and beyond).

Greg Barlin
Dec 24, 20244 min read
Iron Flame
★★★★★ Yarros gives us a rarity -- a sequel to a force-of-nature debut that's just as good as the original, and in some ways possibly better.

Greg Barlin
Dec 23, 20243 min read
The God of the Woods
★★★★★ Set in 1975, the search for a missing child acts as the foundation for Moore's tactful exploration of societal themes of the time.

Greg Barlin
Dec 22, 20245 min read
60 Songs That Explain the '90s
★★★★★ A nostalgia-inducing romp through the most impactful songs of the '90s, focusing on their meaning to the decade and to music overall.

Greg Barlin
Dec 21, 20243 min read
Listen for the Lie
★★★★★ A woman returns to the small town where she grew up, despite being the prime suspect in the 5-year-old murder of her best friend.

Greg Barlin
Dec 20, 20244 min read
The Wedding People
★★★★★ A woman travels to a luxury hotel with plans to kill herself but instead gets wrapped up in the wedding festivities happening on site.

Greg Barlin
Dec 19, 20244 min read
The Year of the Locust
★★★★★ Another great spy thriller from Hayes after 10 long years. Despite some questionable supernatural plot choices, it's still a winner.

Greg Barlin
Dec 18, 20244 min read
Pony Confidential
★★★★★ Part mystery, part odyssey, the story follows a sardonic pony as he seeks to reunite with his human, on trial for a 25-year-old murder


Greg Barlin
Dec 17, 20243 min read
Wordhunter
★☆☆☆☆ A forensic linguistics student begins helping police solve crimes, while engaging in the most unrealistic dialogue I read all year.


Greg Barlin
Dec 17, 20242 min read
The Boyfriend
★★★★☆ A quick bubblegum thriller from the queen of the twist which will keep you guessing even when you know the misdirection is coming.


Greg Barlin
Dec 16, 20243 min read
Revenge of the Tipping Point
★★★★☆ Gladwell revisits how social epidemics take off with a new set of stories to illustrate variations of concepts from The Tipping Point.


Greg Barlin
Dec 16, 20244 min read
The Small and the Mighty
★★★★☆ An entertaining look at a few lesser-known influential people throughout U.S. history, presented in a conversational and engaging way.


Greg Barlin
Dec 15, 20244 min read
All the Worst Humans
★★★★☆ A memoir that exposes the role of PR firms in our news cycle and the ways they manipulate information to support their wealthy clients


Greg Barlin
Dec 15, 20243 min read
A Court of Thorns and Roses
★★★★☆ After a bit of a slow and clunky start, the story of a young human woman imprisoned in faerie lands barrels to an excellent climax.
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