Books I Read in 2021
- These are the books I’ve read in 2021 (total: 108).
- They’re listed in the order of when I read them, newest at the top.
- Clicking on a book title will take you to the individual book page where you can read my favorite quotes and, if you’re interested in buying it, follow an (affiliate) link to Bookshop.org (my attempt to do my part in reducing Amazon usage).
Stranger Planet—Nathan W. Pyle
Read In: 2021
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Autism In Heels—Jennifer Cook O’Toole
Read In: 2021
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My Body—Emily Ratajkowski
Read In: 2021
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The Library Book—Susan Orlean
Read In: 2021 + 2019
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Look Me in the Eye—John Elder Robison
Read In: 2021
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The Friend Who Got Away—edited by Jenny Offill & Elissa Schappell
Read In: 2021
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I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust—Emily Grodin & Valerie Gilpeer
Read In: 2021
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Thanks For Waiting—Doree Shafrir
Read In: 2021
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Love Warrior—Glennon Doyle
Read In: 2021
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Speak—Laurie Halse Anderson
Read In: 2021 + childhood years
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I Will Judge You By Your Bookshelf—Grant Snider
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Olive—Emma Gannon
Read In: 2021
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The Bestseller—Olivia Goldsmith
Read In: 2021
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Fangs—Sarah Anderson
Read In: 2021
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No Time to Say Goodbye—Carla Fine
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Shadow and Bone Trilogy, Book 3: Ruin and Rising—Leigh Bardugo
Read In: 2021
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Untamed—Glennon Doyle
Read In: 2021
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Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 1—Mizuho Kuzanagi
Read In: 2021
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Shadow and Bone Trilogy, Book 2: Siege and Storm—Leigh Bardugo
Read In: 2021
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Fifty Shades Freed—E.L. James
Read In: 2021
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Fifty Shades Darker—E.L. James
Read In: 2021
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Fifty Shades of Grey—E.L. James
Read In: 2021
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Shadow and Bone Trilogy, Book 1: Shadow and Bone—Leigh Bardugo
Read In: 2021
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Caraval—Stephanie Garber
Read In: 2021
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The Ship Beyond Time—Heidi Heilig
Read In: 2021 + 2018
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine—Gail Honeyman
Read In: 2021
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Journal of a Solitude—May Sarton
Read In: 2021
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The Girl From Everywhere—Heidi Heilig
Read In: 2021 + 2018
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Pretending to be Normal—Liane Holliday Willey
Read In: 2021
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The Glass Castle—Jeannette Walls
Read In: 2021
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The Lovely Bones—Alice Sebold
Read In: 2021 + teen years
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Never Let Me Go—Kazou Ishiguro
Read In: 2021
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Rich As Fuck—Amanda Frances
Read In: 2021
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Daily Rituals: Women At Work—Mason Currey
Read In: 2021
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The Godfather—Mario Puzo
Read In: 2021 + 2020
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Letters To A Young Poet—Rainer Maria Rilke
Read In: 2021 + 2019
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The Memoir Project—Marion Roach Smith
Read In: 2021
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A Man Called Ove—Fredrik Backman
Read In: 2021
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Heartburn—Nora Ephron
Read In: 2021
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The Martian—Andy Weir
Read In: 2021 + 2020 + 2017
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Weather—Jenny Offill
Read In: 2021
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Klara and the Sun—Kazuo Ishiguro
Read In: 2021
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Maybe Baby—edited by Lori Leibovich
Read In: 2021
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Mexican Gothic—Silvia Moreno-Garci
Read In: 2021
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Goodbye, Again—Jonny Sun
Read In: 2021
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A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 13: The End—Lemony Snicket
Read In: 2021 + childhood/teen years
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A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 12: The Penultimate Peril—Lemony Snicket
Read In: 2021 + childhood/teen years
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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue—V.E. Schwab
Read In: 2022 + 2021
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Project Hail Mary—Andy Weir
Read In: 2021
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A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 11: The Grim Grotto—Lemony Snicket
Read In: 2021 + childhood/teen years
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The Four Winds—Kristin Hannah
Read In: 2021
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This Is How You Lose the Time War—Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
Read In: 2021
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Beach Read—Emily Henry
Read In: 2021
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A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 1o: The Slippery Slope—Lemony Snicket
Read In: 2021 + childhood/teen years
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The Queen’s Gambit—Walter Tevis
Read In: 2022 + 2021
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Show Your Work—Austin Kleon
Read In: 2021 +
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Of Mice and Men—John Steinbeck
Read In: 2021
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Anxious People—Fredrik Backman
Read In: 2021
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A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 9: The Carnivorous Carnival—Lemony Snicket
Read In: 2021 + childhood/teen years
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Blink of an Eye—Ted Dekker
Read In: 2021 + teen years
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Running With Scissors—Augusten Burroughs
Read In: 2021
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Oona Out of Order—Margarita Montimore
Read In: 2021
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The Secret Life of Bees—Sue Monk Kidd
Read In: 2021 + teen years
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Barbarian Days—William Finnegan
Read In: 2021
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A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 8: The Hostile Hospital—Lemony Snicket
Read In: 2021 + childhood/teen years
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A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 7: The Vile Village—Lemony Snicket
Read In: 2021 + childhood/teen years
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Greenlights—Matthew McConaughey
Read In: 2021
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French Exit—Patrick DeWitt
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My Inner Sky—Mari Andrew
Read In: 2021
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Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching—Ursula K. Le Guin
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A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 6: The Ersatz Elevator—Lemony Snicket
Read In: 2021 + childhood/teen years
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A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 5: The Austere Academy—Lemony Snicket
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Nightfall—Jake Halpern & Peter Kujawinski
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Homegoing—Yaa Gyasi
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A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 4: The Miserable Mill—Lemony Snicket
Read In: 2021 + childhood/teen years
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The Art of Slow Writing—Louise DeSalvo
Read In: 2021
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A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 3: The Wide Window—Lemony Snicket
Read In: 2021 + childhood/teen years
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Diving into the Wreck—Adrienne Rich
Read In: 2021
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Intimations—Zadie Smith
Read In: 2021
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The Time Traveler’s Wife—Audrey Niffenegger
Read In: 2021 + 2018
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A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 2: The Reptile Room—Lemony Snicket
Read In: 2021 + childhood/teen years
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The Perfect Nanny—Leila Slimani
Read In: 2021
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A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 1: The Bad Beginning—Lemony Snicket
Read In: 2021 + childhood/teen years
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Writers and Lovers—Lily King
Read In: 2022 + 2021
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My Sister’s Keeper—Jodi Picoult
Read In: 2021 + teen years
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Little Weirds—Jenny Slate
Read In: 2021
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The Lost Kingdom of Bamarre—Gail Carson Levine
Read In: 2021 + teen years
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Book of a Thousand Days—Shannon Hale
Read In: 2021 + teen years
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Dept. of Speculation—Jenny Offill
Read In: 2021
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Like Streams to the Ocean—Jedidiah Jenkins
Read In: 2021
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Home Body—Rupi Kaur
Year Read: 2021
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To Shake the Sleeping Self—Jedidiah Jenkins
Read In: 2021 + 2018
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Still Life with Woodpecker—Tom Robbins
Read In: 2021
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Gormet Rhapsody—Muriel Barbery
Read In: 2021
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Sands of Arawiya, Book 2: We Free The Stars—Hafsah Faizel
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The Little Paris Bookshop—Nina George
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Sands of Arawiya, Book 1: We Hunt the Flame—Hafsah Faizel
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The Elegance of the Hedgehog—Muriel Barbery
Read In: 2021
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret—Brian Selznick
Read In: 2021 + childhood/teen years
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Ongoingness—Sarah Manguso
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Wildflower—Drew Barrymore
Read In: 2021
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The Carls Series, Book 2: A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor—Hank Green
Read In: 2021
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The Midnight Library—Matt Haig
Read In: 2021
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Solutions and Other Problems—Allie Brosh
Read In: 2021
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Over The Top—Jonathan Van Ness
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Bossypants—Tina Fey
Read In: 2021
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Bridge to Terabithia—Katherine Paterson
Read In: 2021 + childhood/teen years
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Midnight Sun—Stephenie Meyer
Read In: 2021
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