This list is looong, but I really couldn’t make it any shorter. In my defence, I read over 300 books this year (don’t ask me how, it surprised me too!) So here are 21 of the best books I read in 2021.
I had planned to try and say a bit about each one, but I think I’ll just end up putting it off and not posting if I force myself. All links are to my reviews. There sadly aren’t as many of those as there should be, because for some reason I have trouble writing reviews for books I love. I find three star reviews much easier to write. Does any one else have the same problem?
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
Fantasy/ 2020/ 454 pages
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
Science Fiction/ 2019/ 462 pages
The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni
Young Adult Fantasy/ 2021/ 421 pages
A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark
Historical Steampunk Fantasy/ 2021/ 396 pages
The Queen of Blood by Sarah Beth Durst
Fantasy/ 2016/ 368 pages
The Ones We’re Meant to Find by Joan He
Young Adult Science Fiction/ 2021/ 384 pages
The Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur
Young Adult Historical Mystery/ 2021/ 384 pages
The Last Fallen Star by Graci Kim
Middle Grade Urban Fantasy/ 2021/ 336 pages
The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
Young Adult Fantasy/ 2021/ 432 pages
The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey
Historical Mystery/ 2019/ 360 pages
In the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu
Science-Fiction/ 2021/ 192 pages
Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
Young Adult Fantasy/ 2019/ 456 pages
A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
Science Fiction/ 2021/ 496 pages
A House of Rage and Sorrow by Sangu Mandanna
Young Adult Science Fiction Fantasy/ 2019/ 336 pages
A War of Swallowed Stars by Sangu Mandanna
Young Adult Science Fiction Fantasy/ 2021/ 288 pages
We Have Always Been Here by Lena Nguyen
Science Fiction/ 2021/ 355 pages
The Red Palace by June Hur
Young Adult Historical Mystery/ 2022/ 336 pages
Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson
Young Adult Fantasy/ 2021/ 400 pages
A Psalm For the Wild Built by Becky Chambers
Science Fiction/ 2020/ 160 pages
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
Young Adult Sci-Fi Fantasy/ 2021/ 394 pages
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