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8annual rankings
6curated lists
312books reviewed
Hand-curated collections to help you home in on your next great read.
The annual rankings
Every book I finished that year, in my order
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The Best Books of 2026
59 books ranked · cut finalizes in December
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The Best Books of 2025
85 books ranked · 15 awarded Best of
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The Best Books of 2024
67 books ranked · 13 awarded Best of
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The Best Books of 2023
58 books ranked · 10 awarded Best of
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Best-of list
The Best Books of 2022
Top 20 · every book made the cut
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Best-of list
The Best Books of 2021
Top 12 · every book made the cut
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Best-of list
The Best Books of 2020
Top 15 · every book made the cut
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Best-of list
The Best Books of 2019
Top 11 · every book made the cut
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My custom lists
Lists I build by hand — by author, by genre, by era, and what's coming nextMost read
The Top 50 Books of the Last 5 Years
2020–24 · 49 books
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Most Anticipated of 2026
21 books · 3 already reviewed
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My Favorite Mysteries & Thrillers
Curated genre list · 100 reviewed to choose from
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Emily Henry, Ranked
6 books, my order
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Amazon's lists
Their order, my commentary
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Not written — the same reviews, slicedEvery thriller
All the mystery and thriller reviews, grouped by rating
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Advance copies I've read ahead of publication
Just reviewed
This year's ranking in the order I finished them
Reading along?
One email on the first of every month with a summary and rating of each book reviewed over the past 30 days, and a look at where the year's ranking stands.