The Books I Read in 2021
A complete list of what I read over the course of 2021.
Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America by Laila Lalami
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
Writers & Lovers by Lily King
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Conjure Women by Afia Atakora
I Would Leave Me If I Could: A Collection of Poetry by Halsey
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Amelia Nagosaki, Emily Nagoski
The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards by Kristopher Jansma
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
The Removed by Brandon Hobson
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith
Prison by Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms by Maya Schenwar, Victoria Law
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
Meet Me in Bombay by Jenny Ashcroft
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr.
Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo
Aftershocks by Nadia Owusu
Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual by Luvvie Ajàdi Jones
The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
Internement by Samara Ahmed
Eartheater by Dolores Reyes
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
The Push by Ashley Audrain
When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Quiet in Her Bones by Nalini Singh
When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain
Red Island House by Andrea Lee
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TK Klune
You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec
Do Better: Spiritual Activism for Fighting and Healing from White Supremacy by Rachel Ricketts
Double Blind by Edward St. Aubyn
The Stationery Shop by Marian Kamali
Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia
Land of Big Numbers: Stories by Te-Ping Chen
Surviving the White Gaze: A Memoir by Rebecca Carroll
The Rock Easters: Stories by Brenda Peynado
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
Ace of Spaces by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
Burnt Sugar by Agni Doshi
The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornell Villavicencio
Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by Bolu Babalola
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infiedlity by Esther Perel
The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
Endless Night by Agatha Christie
Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Sadawi
Care Work: Dreaming of Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
The New Me by Halle Butler
The Mothers by Brit Bennet
Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
White Tears/ Brown Scares: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad
The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
Peaces by Helen Oyeymi
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry, Oprah Winfrey
One Day in December by Josie Silver
People of Abandoned Character by Clare Whitfield