Jillian's Favorite Reads of 2021

1.
Clap When You Land
Clap When You Land 4.23 avg rating — 107,845 ratings
2.
The Loneliest Girl in the Universe
The Loneliest Girl in the Universe 3.74 avg rating — 24,115 ratings
3.
Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)
Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 175,771 ratings
4.
All Boys Aren't Blue
All Boys Aren't Blue 4.19 avg rating — 44,455 ratings
5.
Brown Girl Dreaming
Brown Girl Dreaming 4.15 avg rating — 91,858 ratings
6.
For Every One
For Every One 4.29 avg rating — 14,138 ratings
7.
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness 4.38 avg rating — 72,273 ratings
8.
Shine your Icy Crown (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #2)
Shine your Icy Crown (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #2) 3.94 avg rating — 8,888 ratings
9.
Ghost Boys
Ghost Boys 4.33 avg rating — 32,631 ratings
10.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,786 ratings
11.
A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope
A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope 3.95 avg rating — 3,179 ratings
12.
I Am Enough
I Am Enough 4.33 avg rating — 11,640 ratings
13.
How to Read a Book
How to Read a Book 3.84 avg rating — 3,276 ratings
14.
The Witch Boy (The Witch Boy, #1)
The Witch Boy (The Witch Boy, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 31,427 ratings
15.
The Hidden Witch (The Witch Boy, #2)
The Hidden Witch (The Witch Boy, #2) 4.28 avg rating — 14,118 ratings
16.
The Midwinter Witch (The Witch Boy, #3)
The Midwinter Witch (The Witch Boy, #3) 4.27 avg rating — 10,230 ratings
17.
A Reaper at the Gates (An Ember in the Ashes, #3)
A Reaper at the Gates (An Ember in the Ashes, #3) 4.14 avg rating — 113,446 ratings
18.
Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book
Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book 3.89 avg rating — 18,686 ratings
19.
The Other F Word: A Celebration of the Fat & Fierce
The Other F Word: A Celebration of the Fat & Fierce 4.23 avg rating — 930 ratings
20.
Quidditch Through the Ages
Quidditch Through the Ages 3.80 avg rating — 186,562 ratings
21.
The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick 3.96 avg rating — 6,507 ratings
22.
What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat
What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat 4.40 avg rating — 16,827 ratings
23.
A ​Sky Beyond the Storm (An Ember in the Ashes, #4)
A ​Sky Beyond the Storm (An Ember in the Ashes, #4) 4.29 avg rating — 76,615 ratings
24.
Echo
Echo 4.36 avg rating — 46,463 ratings
25.
Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1)
Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 120,811 ratings
26.
Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Wayward Children, #2)
Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Wayward Children, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 58,033 ratings
27.
Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children, #3)
Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children, #3) 3.84 avg rating — 45,577 ratings
28.
In an Absent Dream (Wayward Children, #4)
In an Absent Dream (Wayward Children, #4) 4.16 avg rating — 36,374 ratings
29.
Come Tumbling Down (Wayward Children, #5)
Come Tumbling Down (Wayward Children, #5) 3.91 avg rating — 28,843 ratings
30.
Eat Cake. Be Brave.
Eat Cake. Be Brave. 4.21 avg rating — 1,996 ratings
31.
Straight On Till Morning
Straight On Till Morning 3.57 avg rating — 13,713 ratings
32.
Fangs
Fangs 4.22 avg rating — 51,214 ratings
33.
Sulwe
Sulwe 4.66 avg rating — 11,066 ratings
34.
Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away
Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away 4.36 avg rating — 1,993 ratings
35.
Each Kindness
Each Kindness 4.42 avg rating — 7,724 ratings
36.
Owl Moon
Owl Moon 4.22 avg rating — 44,393 ratings
37.
The Moon Lady
The Moon Lady
by: Amy Tan
3.94 avg rating — 1,790 ratings
38.
The Runaway Bunny
The Runaway Bunny 4.09 avg rating — 86,067 ratings
39.
Frog and Toad All Year (Frog and Toad, #3)
Frog and Toad All Year (Frog and Toad, #3) 4.37 avg rating — 37,590 ratings
40.
Visiting Day
Visiting Day 4.35 avg rating — 1,030 ratings
41.
Freedom Soup
Freedom Soup 4.29 avg rating — 903 ratings
42.
My Dad's Best Friend (A Touch of Taboo, #3)
My Dad's Best Friend (A Touch of Taboo, #3) 3.59 avg rating — 14,040 ratings
43.
A Dowry of Blood (A Dowry of Blood, #1)
A Dowry of Blood (A Dowry of Blood, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 91,685 ratings
44.
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking 4.08 avg rating — 465,719 ratings
45.
Esperanza Rising
Esperanza Rising 4.04 avg rating — 111,370 ratings
46.
Number the Stars
Number the Stars 4.19 avg rating — 608,415 ratings
47.
Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men
Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men 3.47 avg rating — 14,869 ratings
48.
Milo Imagines the World
Milo Imagines the World 4.48 avg rating — 3,379 ratings
49.
Eyes that Kiss in the Corners
Eyes that Kiss in the Corners
by: Joanna Ho
4.57 avg rating — 8,908 ratings
50.
Crazy Horse's Vision
Crazy Horse's Vision 4.05 avg rating — 353 ratings
51.
The Book with No Pictures
The Book with No Pictures 4.35 avg rating — 30,489 ratings
52.
The Other Side
The Other Side 4.51 avg rating — 8,550 ratings
53.
The Day You Begin
The Day You Begin 4.43 avg rating — 12,084 ratings
54.
Matilda
Matilda 4.33 avg rating — 1,072,783 ratings
55.
This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration
This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration 4.24 avg rating — 2,060 ratings
56.
The Salem Witch Trials: An Unsolved Mystery from History
The Salem Witch Trials: An Unsolved Mystery from History 3.74 avg rating — 177 ratings
57.
Beasts and Beauty: Dangerous Tales
Beasts and Beauty: Dangerous Tales 3.79 avg rating — 9,125 ratings
58.
Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre 4.25 avg rating — 3,775 ratings
59.
The Library Book
The Library Book 3.89 avg rating — 121,031 ratings
60.
Thankful
Thankful 3.96 avg rating — 1,074 ratings
61.
Miriam at the River
Miriam at the River 4.17 avg rating — 390 ratings
62.
Wemberly Worried
Wemberly Worried 4.23 avg rating — 17,942 ratings
63.
Penny and Her Song (Penny, #2)
Penny and Her Song (Penny, #2) 3.84 avg rating — 1,633 ratings
64.
Chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum 4.34 avg rating — 56,183 ratings
65.
And Tango Makes Three
And Tango Makes Three 4.35 avg rating — 13,837 ratings
66.
Notes on Grief
Notes on Grief 4.22 avg rating — 37,693 ratings
67.
The Mary Celeste: An Unsolved Mystery from History
The Mary Celeste: An Unsolved Mystery from History 3.98 avg rating — 342 ratings
68.
Roanoke: The Lost Colony--An Unsolved Mystery from History
Roanoke: The Lost Colony--An Unsolved Mystery from History 3.75 avg rating — 317 ratings
69.
The Wolf Girls: An Unsolved Mystery from History
The Wolf Girls: An Unsolved Mystery from History 3.69 avg rating — 78 ratings
70.
Madeline and the Bad Hat
Madeline and the Bad Hat 4.27 avg rating — 18,421 ratings
71.
Madeline's Christmas
Madeline's Christmas 4.13 avg rating — 4,406 ratings
72.
Remote Control
Remote Control 3.85 avg rating — 18,518 ratings
73.
Robbergirl
Robbergirl 3.69 avg rating — 1,221 ratings
74.
Sadie
Sadie 4.03 avg rating — 127,844 ratings