Top Reads of 2021
- The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
- The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
- The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
- Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
- This is How you Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
- Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
- Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
Science Fiction / Fantasy / Magical Realism
- The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
- The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
- A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
- Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
- Trail of Lightning and Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse (book 1 + 2 of the Sixth World Series)
- The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
- The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (I read the first 4 books of the Wayfarer series this year and loved them all).
- The Seep by Chana Porter
- Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Non-Fiction
- Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
- Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Fiction
- My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
- Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
- Detransition, baby by Torrey Peters
- The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
- Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
- Fighting Words by Kimberly Bradley
Sequels or Books in a Series
- Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (Sequel to Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe)
- The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik (The Scholomance Series, book #2)
- Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo (King of Scars, book #2)
- Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (Murderbot Series, book #6)
- Anyway the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell (Simon Snow Series, book #3)
Romance
- One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston