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A running ranking of the year's best books


Real Americans
★★★★☆ A multi-generational novel that focuses on a Chinese-American family while tackling issues of class, race, technology, and belonging.

Stephanie Barlin
Apr 4, 20252 min read


Memorial Days
★★★★☆ Brooks recounts the ongoing impact of the unexpected death of her husband of 35 years and her process years later to properly grieve.

Greg Barlin
Apr 1, 20253 min read


Black Woods, Blue Sky
★★★☆☆ A young mother falls for a strange, disfigured man and chooses to live with him and her 6-year-old daughter in a remote Alaskan cabin.

Greg Barlin
Mar 27, 20253 min read


Frankie
★★★☆☆ A recounting of the fictional life of Frankie Howe, from Ireland to London to America and back, spanning the 1950s to today.

Greg Barlin
Mar 21, 20253 min read


Kills Well With Others
★★★★☆ Author Raybourn runs it back with everyone's favorite female assassins in their 60s in a sequel that's just as good as the original.

Greg Barlin
Mar 11, 20252 min read


The Warbler
★★★☆☆ A woman tries to break a curse which causes the women in her family to transform into a tree forever if they stay in a place too long.

Greg Barlin
Mar 1, 20252 min read


This Book Will Bury Me
★★★☆☆ A novel about true-crime aficionados that uses the recent University of Idaho murders as its source material, an ill-conceived choice.

Greg Barlin
Feb 22, 20252 min read


Summer Romance
★★★☆☆ A 38-year-old nearly-divorced mother of three starts a summer fling with a dashing, slightly younger man. Can it last?

Greg Barlin
Feb 15, 20253 min read
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