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A running ranking of the year's best books


Scythe
★★★★★ Two teenagers are forced to compete to become a Scythe, whose job is to control overpopulation by killing a set number of people each year.

Greg Barlin
May 3, 20253 min read


Great Big Beautiful Life
★★★★★ Two writers compete for the opportunity to author the memoir of a reclusive heiress while coming to realize they might just be soulmates.

Greg Barlin
May 2, 20254 min read


Society of Lies
★★★★☆ A woman who was part of a secret society while at Princeton investigates her sister's death, who was also part of the same society.

Greg Barlin
Apr 27, 20253 min read


The Wishing Game
★★★★★ A teacher's aide who dreams of adopting a young boy from her school competes in a contest for the sole copy of a reclusive author's new book.

Greg Barlin
Apr 24, 20253 min read


Departure 37
★★★☆☆ A B-52 bomber that has been missing for over 60 years suddenly returns to U.S. airspace in 2025...and it's carrying a nuclear bomb.

Greg Barlin
Apr 21, 20254 min read


The Oligarch's Daughter
★★☆☆☆ Part international espionage, part man on the run, a novel that suffers from plot holes big enough to drive a Russian tank through.

Greg Barlin
Apr 19, 20252 min read


Sunrise on the Reaping
★★★★★ Collins returns to give us the origin story of Haymitch Abernathy in a way that might make this the best Hunger Games novel to-date.

Greg Barlin
Apr 15, 20253 min read


Famous Last Words
★★★★☆ When her husband goes off the rails, taking three people hostage, his wife tries to save him while unraveling the why behind his act.

Greg Barlin
Apr 5, 20252 min read
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