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Dec 2024
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The Inklings Awards for Literary Excelle...

Spencer Klavan
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And the Inkling Award goes to...

This year, for the first of what I hope will be many times, I'm announcing my awards for the best books I read in four categories, with one bonus:

Non-Fiction  Criticism Fiction Theology Bonus Category: Worst Book of the year

You can find links to the winners above, and a few runner-ups here, here, here, here, and here. Who will win? Who belly-flopped the hardest? Were there any good movies this year? All this and more, plus a preview of things to come.

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