Top Five Books of 2021
- List of the Month
- December 2021 (see all)
- Description
- The year is coming to an end, and our December List of the Month is dedicated to your Top Five Books of 2021. Please note that books don't need to have been published in 2021, just read this year. You can see the LT Staffer picks at the LT Blog: https://blog.librarything.com/2021/12/top-five-books-of-2021/ And participate in the conversation on Talk: https://www.librarything.com/topic/337286
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- 24 Members
- bookwoman84, anglemark, raidergirl3, jonathankws, LDVoorberg, bookmess, kaida46, ChrisMG, souloftherose, RGilbraith, Andrew.Beck, OphelieDepoortere, KWSVERNON, nonil, Mairsiedoats, timetunnel, pbeagan, drbobingv, Boand, JulieStielstra, JTolson1970, nankan, AlexThurman, Craftybilda
- Explanations
- kaida46: I've never read anything like this, great fantasy, creative, unusual,descriptive, and an enjoyable ride.Boand: The most original book I’ve read this year! A truly spellbinding, intriguing and tricksy narrative that never fails to draw you in to the magic of the narrator’s journey. The finale is totally unexpected, shocking and completely blindsided me. This is a book that I will definitely be reading again and that is something I very rarely do. I look forward to being engrossed once again in this glorious fantasy.
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- 15 Members
- holly_golightly, rarm, charl08, Micheller7, bugaderes39, njinthesun, sturlington, ChrisMG, RGilbraith, Andrew.Beck, Mairsiedoats, Boand, steller0707, nankan, Craftybilda
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- 12 Members
- yesyvonne, dara85, ecb06c, ChrisMG, RGilbraith, KimberlyCombs, RetiredProf, AAAO, Scraphorse, JTolson1970, nankan, Craftybilda
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- 10 Members
- sipthereader, shaunie, FAMeulstee, njinthesun, skyrad43, gypsysmom, KimberlyCombs, Rchlwtsn, nankan, Craftybilda
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- 8 Members
- ecb06c, ChrisMG, katemcangus, Andrew.Beck, Mairsiedoats, steller0707, jackplotkin, Sarmarhar
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by TJ Klune
6,285 members
329 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 26.63
Added 2021-12-05, 04:15 PM
- 8 Members
- SimoneA, yoyogod, Milda-TX, OphelieDepoortere, KWSVERNON, KimberlyCombs, Brandy1411, Sarmarhar
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4,164 members
119 reviews
½ 4.5
Score 22.84
Added 2021-12-08, 07:23 PM
- 7 Members
- aprille, Euryale, ecb06c, raidergirl3, norabelle414, skyrad43, Mairsiedoats
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2,390 members
113 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 18.16
Added 2021-12-08, 04:10 PM
- 6 Members
- charl08, vwinsloe, AmourFou, Laurenthewise1, AAAO, JorgeousJotts
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2,436 members
84 reviews
4.1
Score 17.12
Added 2021-12-07, 08:21 PM
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18,107 members
468 reviews
4.1
Score 14.83
Added 2021-12-06, 08:53 AM
- 4 Members
- knerd.knitter, ecb06c, bookmess, KWSVERNON
- Explanations
- knerd.knitter: This year I discovered a love for the books of Haruki Murakami; I have yet to read one of his books that I don’t like, but this has been my favorite so far!
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1,383 members
64 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 12.6
Added 2021-12-05, 09:58 PM
- 4 Members
- tardis, charl08, jeanned, Brandy1411
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3,284 members
130 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 12
Added 2021-12-05, 04:28 PM
- 3 Members
- perennialreader, Rchlwtsn, Scraphorse
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2,238 members
100 reviews
3.9
Score 11.95
Added 2021-12-10, 11:38 AM
- 4 Members
- norabelle414, skyrad43, sturlington, sqr3cls3
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1,584 members
36 reviews
4.2
Score 10.83
Added 2021-12-05, 11:08 PM
- 3 Members
- bookmess, Tess_W, Laurenthewise1
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2,785 members
141 reviews
3.9
Score 10.19
Added 2021-12-07, 02:04 PM
- 3 Members
- holly_golightly, Capybara_99, nonil
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1,519 members
91 reviews
4.2
Score 9.87
Added 2021-12-07, 03:53 PM
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72,391 members
1,173 reviews
3.8
Score 9.02
Added 2021-12-05, 06:01 PM
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411 members
9 reviews
3.8
Score 8
Added 2021-12-07, 09:06 PM
- 2 Members
- Storeetllr, kara.shamy
- Explanations
- Storeetllr: More than *just* astrophysics.
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1,522 members
18 reviews
4.2
Score 7.04
Added 2021-12-06, 09:51 AM
- 2 Members
- CarltonC, MichaelHodges
- Explanations
- CarltonC: History brilliantly recorded in the making, with the immediacy and urgency of journalism, which you don’t encounter in academic history books.
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821 members
26 reviews
½ 3.5
Score 7.04
Added 2021-12-07, 10:07 AM
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by V. E. Schwab
8,966 members
296 reviews
4.1
Score 6.4
Added 2022-02-05, 01:35 AM
- 2 Members
- toups, Brandy1411
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1,321 members
28 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 6.4
Added 2021-12-07, 09:50 AM
- 2 Members
- timspalding, MichaelHodges
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by John Green
2,155 members
74 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 6.19
Added 2021-12-07, 07:36 PM
- 2 Members
- Emma.June.Lyon, Charon07
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- 2 Members
- aethercowboy, AlexThurman
- Explanations
- aethercowboy: A worth follow up to The Circle, showing the dangers and dystopia of letting the tech giants be our gods.
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42 members
1 review
5
Score 6.08
Added 2021-12-07, 11:03 AM
- 2 Members
- paradoxosalpha, MichaelHodges
- Explanations
- paradoxosalpha: A magisterial intellectual biography of a precocious and neglected social theorist.
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3,397 members
172 reviews
4
Score 6.04
Added 2021-12-06, 08:53 AM
- 2 Members
- knerd.knitter, SimoneA
- Explanations
- knerd.knitter: This book is a beautiful, fantastical journey…
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42,489 members
1,147 reviews
4.1
Score 5.87
Added 2021-12-06, 08:23 AM
- 2 Members
- kristilabrie, steller0707
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5,423 members
266 reviews
3.9
Score 5.71
Added 2021-12-08, 01:39 PM
- 2 Members
- raidergirl3, Julie_in_the_Library
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118 members
5 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 5.66
Added 2021-12-05, 05:05 PM
- 2 Members
- MichaelHodges, Boand
- Explanations
- Boand: A brilliantly told thriller in the Bryant & May canon. Fowler has honed his narrative and characters to a truly sublime level in this addictive page turner. Possibly the last in the series, or perhaps not, the secrets revealed about London and the detective duo continue to enthral and surprise.
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- paradoxosalpha
- Explanations
- paradoxosalpha: A darkly funny novel of cosmic justice writ very small. I hate it when that happens.
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- LDVoorberg
- Explanations
- LDVoorberg: hats off to Neil Smith (translator) for helping capture the hope and humanity amidst darkness and despair in this novel that so beautifully balances the reality of a community
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- LyndaInOregon
- Explanations
- LyndaInOregon: Picoult's readers know by now to expect a twist at the end. But this one was so unexpected it literally left me with my mouth hanging open. On re-reading, however, the clues were there.
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881 members
8 reviews
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Score 4
Added 2021-12-06, 09:11 AM
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- aethercowboy
- Explanations
- aethercowboy: As a follow up to 12 Rules For Life, I found this one a worthy successor to the first.