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A running ranking of the year's best books


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


The #8 Best Book of 2020: Long Bright River
★★★★★ When sex workers start to turn up murdered, a Philly cop investigates, hoping to stop the trend before her sister becomes a victim.

Greg Barlin
Jan 8, 20211 min read


The #9 Best Book of 2020: American Dirt
★★★★★ The journey of a mother and her son as they flee Acapulco for the United States after becoming targets of the local cartel.

Greg Barlin
Jan 7, 20212 min read


The #10 Best Book of 2020: Pretty Things
★★★★☆ Two women with a tangled past -- one a con artist, the other a wealthy influencer -- are reunited in this well-crafted yarn.

Greg Barlin
Jan 6, 20211 min read


The #11 Best Book of 2020: Dear Edward
★★★★☆ When a 12-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a plane crash that killed 183, including his parents and brother, what happens next?

Greg Barlin
Jan 5, 20211 min read


The #12 Best Book of 2020: The Once and Future Witches
★★★★☆ Three sisters join forces to influence the suffragist movement, but they must tap into old magic to level the playing field.

Greg Barlin
Jan 4, 20211 min read
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