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  1. Galey’s Best Reads 2025

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    December 13, 2025 by brettdgale

    Orbital – Samantha Harvey Luminous that’s the only word one can use to describe the 2024 Booker Prize Winner.  What …
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  2. Galey’s Best Reads 2024

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    December 20, 2024 by brettdgale

    Prophet Song – Paul Lynch Sometimes dystopian fiction cuts a little too close to present reality to simply be a …
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  3. Galey’s Best Reads 2022

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    December 21, 2022 by brettdgale

    The Cat Who Saved Books – Sosuke Natsukawa This is a beautiful little read that will warm the cockles of …
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  4. Galey’s Best Reads 2021

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    December 25, 2021 by brettdgale

    The Spy Who Came in From the Cold – John Le Carré This may have been the incomparable John Le …
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  5. Galey’s Favourite Reads 2020

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    December 13, 2020 by brettdgale

    Hamnet – Maggie O’Farrell My favourite book of the year, hands down.  But any recommendation must come with a trigger …
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  6. Galey’s Best Reads of 2019

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    December 23, 2019 by brettdgale

    The Testaments – Margaret Atwood The Testaments is a sequel akin to The Godfather 2 – entirely unnecessary, and unneeded. …
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  7. Galey’s Best Reads 2017 Part 2

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    December 20, 2017 by brettdgale

    In the Country of Men – Hisham Matar This tense psychological thriller is set in Gaddafi’s Libya and tells the …
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  8. Galey’s Best Reads 2017 Part 1

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    December 20, 2017 by brettdgale

    The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood This was my standout book of the year and one of the greatest books …
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  9. Dystopia Now: 12 Books to that will prepare you for a Trump Presidency

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    January 20, 2017 by brettdgale

    No candidate for President of the United States has ever painted as dark a vision for the present state of …
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  10. Best Reads 0f 2016 Part II

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    December 22, 2016 by brettdgale

    Listen Liberal: Whatever Happened to the Party of the People – Thomas Frank Likewise, in a book of unsuppressed fury, …
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