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A running ranking of the year's best books


Here One Moment
★★★☆☆ Another attempt to imagine "what would you do if you knew you when you would die", but like other similar novels this also falls flat.

Stephanie Barlin
Aug 12, 20243 min read


Legends & Lattes
★★★☆☆ A sweet little story about friendship and starting over, focused on an orc who tries to leave violence behind and open a coffee shop.

Greg Barlin
Aug 10, 20243 min read


Hunted
★★☆☆☆ A frustrating thriller, packed with unlikable characters and plot holes I could drive a truck through. Significantly disappointing.

Greg Barlin
Jul 16, 20243 min read


Margo's Got Money Troubles
★★★★☆ When a 19-year-old finds herself desperate for cash after having a child with her professor, she turns to OnlyFans to make ends meet.

Greg Barlin
Jul 9, 20244 min read


The Six Pack
★★★★☆ An in-depth look at six of the wrestlers (and the rise of wrestling in the 80s) based around the Iron Sheik becoming champion in 1983.

Greg Barlin
Jul 8, 20244 min read


I Cheerfully Refuse
★★★★☆ Richly rendered characters living in a deteriorating society, Enger's novel merges bits of beauty into an overwhelmingly sad world.

Greg Barlin
Jul 2, 20243 min read


Assassin Eighteen
★★★★☆ In this action-packed and entertaining sequel, the world's greatest assassin must emerge from self-exile to stop a global terrorist.

Greg Barlin
Jun 28, 20242 min read


Tidal Creatures
★★★★☆ McGuire's unparalleled creativity is again on display as she explores Lunar deities working to solve a murder of one of their own.

Greg Barlin
Jun 26, 20243 min read
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