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A running ranking of the year's best books


Broken Country
★★★★★ A small town, a love triangle, a murder, and a trial form the foundation of this twisty, emotional novel set in mid-1900s England.
Greg Barlin
Dec 24, 20254 min read


Atmosphere
★★★★★ Filled with tragedy, perseverance, and love, the novel focuses on the fictional first women in the NASA space program in the early 1980s.
Greg Barlin
Dec 23, 20254 min read


Throwback
★★★★★ Goo's sweet time travel tale sees a 17-year-old from 2025 transported back to 1995 to try to help her own mother win homecoming queen.
Greg Barlin
Dec 22, 20254 min read


King of Ashes
★★★★★ Edgy, violent, and dark, Cosby's latest sees a successful money manager sucked into working for a sadistic gang in order to save his brother.
Greg Barlin
Dec 21, 20254 min read


Dead Money
★★★★★ Kerr's mature and tightly-plotted debut follows the murder investigation of the founder of a fictitious tech company in San Francisco.
Greg Barlin
Dec 20, 20253 min read


Wild Dark Shore
★★★★★ When a woman washes ashore on a remote island, the lone family living there nurses her back to health. But both parties have secrets...
Greg Barlin
Dec 19, 20253 min read


The Everlasting
★★★★★ A time-traveling tale that dissects the most famous legend in the land, Harrow once again creates a binge-worthy blend of fantasy and creativity.
Greg Barlin
Dec 18, 20253 min read


Dirtbag Queen
★★★★★ Sparked by a viral obituary, this unlikeliest of memoirs introduces us to the crazy Corren family and their larger-than-life mother.
Greg Barlin
Dec 17, 20254 min read
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