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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- 26 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, futtee, Craftybilda, merbes00
- 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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- 16 Members
- holly_golightly, rarm, charl08, Micheller7, bugaderes39, njinthesun, sturlington, ChrisMG, RGilbraith, Andrew.Beck, Mairsiedoats, Boand, steller0707, nankan, futtee, Craftybilda
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- ecb06c, jeanned, Milda-TX, sturlington, ChrisMG, KatyBee, AmourFou, KWSVERNON, dianeham, WendyRobyn, nankan, futtee, Maryjane75
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- yesyvonne, dara85, ecb06c, ChrisMG, RGilbraith, KimberlyCombs, RetiredProf, AAAO, Scraphorse, JTolson1970, nankan, Craftybilda
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- sipthereader, shaunie, FAMeulstee, njinthesun, skyrad43, gypsysmom, KimberlyCombs, Rchlwtsn, nankan, futtee, Craftybilda
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- ecb06c, ChrisMG, katemcangus, Andrew.Beck, Mairsiedoats, steller0707, jackplotkin, futtee, Sarmarhar
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by TJ Klune
11,007 members
480 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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6,979 members
167 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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20,630 members
530 reviews
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Score 18.19
Added 2021-12-06, 08:53 AM
- 5 Members
- knerd.knitter, ecb06c, bookmess, KWSVERNON, Maryjane75
- 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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3,742 members
147 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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3,743 members
105 reviews
4.1
Score 17.12
Added 2021-12-07, 08:21 PM
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82,776 members
1,302 reviews
3.8
Score 13.02
Added 2021-12-05, 06:01 PM
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3,924 members
139 reviews
3.8
Score 12.91
Added 2021-12-10, 11:38 AM
- 4 Members
- norabelle414, skyrad43, sturlington, sqr3cls3
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2,073 members
89 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 12.6
Added 2021-12-05, 09:58 PM
- 4 Members
- tardis, charl08, jeanned, Brandy1411
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5,299 members
170 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 12
Added 2021-12-05, 04:28 PM
- 3 Members
- perennialreader, Rchlwtsn, Scraphorse
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2,484 members
45 reviews
4.2
Score 10.83
Added 2021-12-05, 11:08 PM
- 3 Members
- bookmess, Tess_W, Laurenthewise1
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4,346 members
183 reviews
3.9
Score 10.19
Added 2021-12-07, 02:04 PM
- 3 Members
- holly_golightly, Capybara_99, nonil
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2,072 members
104 reviews
4.2
Score 9.87
Added 2021-12-07, 03:53 PM
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by John Green
3,600 members
115 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 9.56
Added 2021-12-07, 07:36 PM
- 3 Members
- Emma.June.Lyon, Charon07, Red-Hawk
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607 members
13 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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39
1,681 members
20 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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1,203 members
36 reviews
½ 3.5
Score 7.04
Added 2021-12-07, 10:07 AM
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by V. E. Schwab
15,194 members
389 reviews
4.1
Score 6.4
Added 2022-02-05, 01:35 AM
- 2 Members
- toups, Brandy1411
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1,619 members
27 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 6.4
Added 2021-12-07, 09:50 AM
- 2 Members
- timspalding, MichaelHodges
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837 members
56 reviews
3.9
Score 6.19
Added 2021-12-06, 02:27 AM
- 2 Members
- Storeetllr, ManWithAnAgenda
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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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49 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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4,626 members
206 reviews
4
Score 6.04
Added 2021-12-06, 08:53 AM
- 2 Members
- knerd.knitter, SimoneA
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- knerd.knitter: This book is a beautiful, fantastical journey…
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48,405 members
1,236 reviews
4.1
Score 5.87
Added 2021-12-06, 08:23 AM
- 2 Members
- kristilabrie, steller0707
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9,488 members
393 reviews
3.9
Score 5.71
Added 2021-12-08, 01:39 PM
- 2 Members
- raidergirl3, Julie_in_the_Library
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156 members
6 reviews
4.2
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
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- 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.
