Reads of 2021

These are all the books I read in 2021. Some were excellent, some were terrible, most were somewhere in between.

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Missoula (Jon Krakauer)

Missoula

1

Jon Krakauer

The Tie That Binds (Kent Haruf)

The Tie That Binds

2

Kent Haruf

Punching the Air (Yusef Salaam and Ibi Zoboi)

Punching the Air

3

Yusef Salaam and Ibi Zoboi

Mexican Gothic (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)

Mexican Gothic

4

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Dear Edward (Ann Napolitano)

Dear Edward

5

Ann Napolitano

Still Alice (Lisa Genova)

Still Alice

6

Lisa Genova

Every Note Played (Lisa Genova)

Every Note Played

7

Lisa Genova

The Black Flamingo (Dean Atta)

The Black Flamingo

8

Dean Atta

Dry (Neal Shusterman)

Dry

9

Neal Shusterman

The Black Kids (Christina Hammonds Reed)

The Black Kids

10

Christina Hammonds Reed

Parachutes (Kelly Yang)

Parachutes

11

Kelly Yang

The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead)

The Nickel Boys

12

Colson Whitehead

Sing You Home (Jodi Picoult)

Sing You Home

13

Jodi Picoult

And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer (Fredrik Backman)

And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

14

Fredrik Backman

Something in the Water (Catherine Steadman)

Something in the Water

15

Catherine Steadman

Citizen (Claudia Rankine)

Citizen

16

Claudia Rankine

Grown (Tiffany D. Jackson)

Grown

17

Tiffany D. Jackson

Ghost Boys (Jewell Parker Rhodes)

Ghost Boys

18

Jewell Parker Rhodes

Maurice (E.M. Forster)

Maurice

19

E.M. Forster

How We Fight for Our Lives (Saeed Jones)

How We Fight for Our Lives

20

Saeed Jones

The Shadows (Alex North)

The Shadows

21

Alex North

All Adults Here (Emma Straub)

All Adults Here

22

Emma Straub

Toms River (Dan Fagin)

Toms River

23

Dan Fagin

You Should See Me in a Crown (Leah Johnson)

You Should See Me in a Crown

24

Leah Johnson

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? (Jeanette Winterson)

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

25

Jeanette Winterson

The Silent Companions (Laura Purcell)

The Silent Companions

26

Laura Purcell

Sisters in Hate: American Women on the Front Lines of White Nationalism (Seyward Darby)

Sisters in Hate: American Women on the Front Lines of White Nationalism

27

Seyward Darby

When No One Is Watching (Alyss Cole)

When No One Is Watching

28

Alyss Cole

The Patient (Jasper Dewitt)

The Patient

29

Jasper Dewitt

The Outsider (Stephen King)

The Outsider

30

Stephen King

The Mountains Sing (Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai)

The Mountains Sing

31

Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

How Long 'Til Black Future Month? (N.K. Jemisin)

How Long 'Til Black Future Month?

32

N.K. Jemisin

A Deadly Inside Scoop (Abby Collette)

A Deadly Inside Scoop

33

Abby Collette

Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump (David Neiwert)

Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump

34

David Neiwert

Death in Mud Lick (Eric Eyre)

Death in Mud Lick

35

Eric Eyre

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide (Carol Anderson)

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

36

Carol Anderson

Anxious People (Fredrik Backman)

Anxious People

37

Fredrik Backman

The Look-Alike (Erica Spindler)

The Look-Alike

38

Erica Spindler

Recursion (Blake Crouch)

Recursion

39

Blake Crouch

The Sun Down Motel (Simone St. James)

The Sun Down Motel

40

Simone St. James

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