Today is Top Ten Tuesday with That Artsy Reader Girl and Thursday, it’s a special edition of Show Us Your Books with Jana and Steph. Both of these are focusing on the top favorite books of 2021, so I thought I’d share the books I especially loved this year (not that I’m finished reading!)
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My Top Favorite Books of 2021
Most of these are 5 star reads from the year, but I also included some 4 star books that I especially recommend!
The Sea in Winter by Christine Day
Middle Grade, Contemporary
5 Stars
Autoboyography by Christina Lauren
YA, LGBT+, Contemporary
5 Stars
Chase Darkness With Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders by Billy Jensen
Nonfiction, True Crime
5 Stars
Docile by K.M. Szpara
Science Fiction, Dystopia, LGBT+
5 Stars
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Historical Fiction, Adult Fiction
5 Stars
The Deep by Alma Katsu
Historical Fiction, Mystery, Paranormal
4 Stars
(book 3 in the series, but all are amazing)
Historical Fiction, Fantasy, LGBT+
5 Stars
The Perfect Father: The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder by John Glatt
Nonfiction, True Crime
5 Stars
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
YA, Novel-in-Verse, Contemporary
5 Stars
Killer Content by Olivia Blacke
Cozy Mystery, First in a Series
4 Stars
This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron
YA Paranormal/Fantasy
5 Stars
Lies We Bury by Elle Marr
Adult Fiction, Mystery
5 Stars
The Secret Bridesmaid by Katy Birchall
Adult Fiction, Romance
4 Stars
None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney
YA (but older YA), Mystery, Thriller
5 Stars
Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian
Adult Fiction, Mystery, Psychological Thriller
4 Stars
The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun
Adult Fiction, Romance/Contemporary, LGBT+
5 Stars
Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
Adult Fiction, Science Fiction/Superheroes
4 Stars
Never Saw Me Coming made my list today, too! What a crazy good read.
Of those, I read Daisy Jones, Long Way Down and Autoboyography (All last year though) and loved them all too.
Karen @For What It’s Worth
I read Authoboyography a few years ago, but still remember how wonderful it was. I was pleasantly surprised by Secret Bridesmaid. I enjoyed it so much
I feel like I need to read Daisy Jones; I keep seeing that pop up on so many bloggers lists of favorites!
Autoboyography and Daisy Jones are two favorites of mine and I really liked The Charm Offensive too.
Never Saw Me Coming is one I want to read- that sounds wickedly fun!- and I want to read more Taylor Jenkins Red as well.
I see a couple of my favorites up there! Autoboyography, Daisy Jones, and The Charm Offensive are all ones that I loved.
I love the cover of Autoboyography. It sounds good too! Yay for The Charm Offensive! That made my list too. I laughed and cried and had so much fun reading that one. I really liked The Deep when I read it. I want to read more by her. This is a great list. Thank you for sharing! I hope you have a wonderful New Year!
I haven’t read many of these books. I will check them out. Wishing you a happy 2022!
xoxo
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I still need to read Long Way Down and Killer Content! I loved The Secret Bridesmaid and The Charm Offensive too.
I haven’t read any of these, but None Shall Sleep looks interesting!
I liked seeing your favorite books of 2021! 🥰 I’m glad that you liked Daisy Jones and the Six, I’m planning to finally read it in 2022, after loving Evelyn Hugo so much 😊
I loved Daisy Jones on audio! It was such a great full cast recording.
I still need to read Autoboyography! And I wanted to read The Deep, but then I saw mixed reviews, so not sure about it. You’ve got a few others here that are on my TBR as well. Thanks for sharing your list!
The Sea in Winter has such a pretty cover!
Autoboyography has been on my list for years. Maybe I’ll get to it in 2022.
I definitely hope to get to Long Way Down this year.
I’d never heard of Alma Katsu and today this is the third books by her I seen recommended. Must be a sign! 🙂 Happy New Year Lauren!
I loved Long Way Down and Daisy Jones when I read them, and I can’t wait fr the TV series of Daisy Jones! I’ve had Autoboyography on my shelf for a few years now- definitely need to read it this year!
Oooh, I definitely need to read The Deep and Hench! Glad to see they made your list.
Great list! I’ve added The Sea in Winter to my TBR pile – I’m always on the lookout to for reommended MG lit.
The Charm Offensive is one I’ve seen on so many blogs. I seriously need to get reading it as it does sound so fun. I also feel like the only blogger who hasn’t read Daisy Jones yet, I’m a little intimidated by it.
Most of these I haven’t read, so I will have to check them out!! I loved Daisy Jones and Long Way Down though, both of those were favorites for me as well.
Just added Sea of Winter to my Hoopla Favorites list. Thanks for the recommendation!
I still need to read Daisy Jones and the Six. I’ve heard such good things, but I think at this point I’m just putting it off because I’m scared of the hype. I’m glad you enjoyed it!
And I really want to read This Poison Heart too. I loved Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron, so I’ve been meaning to read her next book.
I loved Daisy Jones so much. It’s one of those books I wish I could experience reading again for the first time.
Wonderstruck was so cute. Ooh, I kinda had my eye on Hench, maybe I will finally try it now!