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A running ranking of the year's best books


The #12 Best Book of 2021: Lore
★★★★☆ When Lore Perseous makes a deal with the goddess Athena, she is thrust into the middle of a once-every-seven-years event.

Greg Barlin
Jan 1, 20221 min read


The Best Book of 2020: Blacktop Wasteland
★★★★★ A “one last job” crime caper that ends up with a lot more depth and character development than expected. It's outstanding.

Greg Barlin
Jan 15, 20212 min read


The #2 Best Book of 2020: The Mountains Wild
★★★★★ Years after her cousin's disappearance, detective Maggie D'Arcy is asked to consult an a case with eerie similarities.

Greg Barlin
Jan 14, 20212 min read


The #3 Best Book of 2020: Race the Sands
★★★★★ Part Seabiscuit, part palace politics, part commentary on societal boundaries and castes -- this novel was great on multiple levels.

Greg Barlin
Jan 13, 20211 min read


The #4 Best Book of 2020: Nothing To See Here
★★★★★ An old friend desperatly needs Lillian's help caring for her kids. There's one catch, though: when the kids get upset, they catch fire

Greg Barlin
Jan 12, 20211 min read


The #5 Best Book of 2020: Group
★★★★★ When author Christie Tate hits rock bottom, she decides to try a radical form of group therapy, where everything is NOT confidential.

Greg Barlin
Jan 11, 20212 min read


The #6 Best Book of 2020: Things in Jars
★★★★★ A private investigator in 1860s London looks into the disappearance of a young girl who may have special (and dangerous) powers.

Greg Barlin
Jan 10, 20211 min read


The #7 Best Book of 2020: The House in the Cerulean Sea
★★★★★ A lovely and cheeky queer story, this traces the evolution of a man as he comes to grips with his professional and sexual identity.

Greg Barlin
Jan 9, 20211 min read
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