Our Favorite Reads of 2021

1.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue 4.17 avg rating β€” 1,390,789 ratings
2.
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None 4.28 avg rating β€” 1,544,060 ratings
3.
A Man Called Ove
A Man Called Ove 4.38 avg rating β€” 1,164,742 ratings
4.
Blood Heir (Aurelia Ryder, #1; World of Kate Daniels, #15)
Blood Heir (Aurelia Ryder, #1; World of Kate Daniels, #15) 4.45 avg rating β€” 21,898 ratings
5.
Hamilton: The Revolution
Hamilton: The Revolution 4.45 avg rating β€” 54,259 ratings
6.
The Martian
The Martian
by: Andy Weir
4.42 avg rating β€” 1,238,693 ratings
7.
Anxious People
Anxious People 4.17 avg rating β€” 753,988 ratings
8.
Project Hail Mary
Project Hail Mary
by: Andy Weir
4.50 avg rating β€” 868,978 ratings
9.
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1) 4.38 avg rating β€” 868,592 ratings
10.
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2) 4.57 avg rating β€” 738,950 ratings
11.
Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6) 4.30 avg rating β€” 93,239 ratings
12.
Nimona
Nimona 4.18 avg rating β€” 181,624 ratings
13.
The Housekeeper and the Professor
The Housekeeper and the Professor 4.05 avg rating β€” 91,298 ratings
14.
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1) 4.23 avg rating β€” 166,929 ratings
15.
Migrations
Migrations 4.12 avg rating β€” 91,845 ratings
16.
Inside Out & Back Again
Inside Out & Back Again 4.12 avg rating β€” 65,648 ratings
17.
People We Meet on Vacation
People We Meet on Vacation 3.87 avg rating β€” 1,305,025 ratings
18.
Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)
Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1) 4.18 avg rating β€” 51,659 ratings
19.
Piranesi
Piranesi 4.22 avg rating β€” 406,400 ratings
20.
The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, #2)
The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, #2) 4.19 avg rating β€” 578,166 ratings
21.
The Midnight Library
The Midnight Library
by: Matt Haig
3.98 avg rating β€” 2,276,901 ratings
22.
The Love Hypothesis
The Love Hypothesis 4.11 avg rating β€” 1,699,215 ratings
23.
The Flame
The Flame 4.04 avg rating β€” 4,356 ratings
24.
A Monster Calls
A Monster Calls 4.35 avg rating β€” 283,984 ratings
25.
Little Thieves (Little Thieves, #1)
Little Thieves (Little Thieves, #1) 4.23 avg rating β€” 24,091 ratings
26.
Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)
Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)
by: Fonda Lee
4.07 avg rating β€” 97,542 ratings
27.
Binti: The Complete Trilogy
Binti: The Complete Trilogy 4.03 avg rating β€” 6,852 ratings
28.
The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)
The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1) 3.99 avg rating β€” 35,052 ratings
28.
Every Note Played
Every Note Played 4.12 avg rating β€” 46,674 ratings
30.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating β€” 356,969 ratings
31.
The Witch's Heart
The Witch's Heart 4.04 avg rating β€” 59,002 ratings
31.
How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories (The Folk of the Air, #3.5)
How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories (The Folk of the Air, #3.5) 4.15 avg rating β€” 251,522 ratings
33.
This Is How You Lose the Time War
This Is How You Lose the Time War 3.85 avg rating β€” 308,425 ratings
34.
Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)
Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)
by: Nic Stone
4.33 avg rating β€” 84,058 ratings
34.
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1) 3.67 avg rating β€” 624,811 ratings
36.
Concrete Rose (The Hate U Give, #0)
Concrete Rose (The Hate U Give, #0) 4.38 avg rating β€” 65,342 ratings
36.
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4) 4.40 avg rating β€” 39,627 ratings
36.
Apple: Skin to the Core
Apple: Skin to the Core 3.76 avg rating β€” 2,471 ratings
39.
When Sorrows Come (October Daye, #15)
When Sorrows Come (October Daye, #15) 4.42 avg rating β€” 5,817 ratings
40.
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Last Night at the Telegraph Club 4.20 avg rating β€” 110,586 ratings
40.
Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other
Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other 4.04 avg rating β€” 18,406 ratings
40.
House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, #1)
House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, #1) 4.45 avg rating β€” 1,014,379 ratings
43.
Big Little Lies
Big Little Lies 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,089,230 ratings
43.
A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1)
A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1) 3.94 avg rating β€” 208,066 ratings
43.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating β€” 2,751,811 ratings
46.
Salt to the Sea
Salt to the Sea 4.35 avg rating β€” 244,758 ratings
47.
A Very Punchable Face
A Very Punchable Face 4.20 avg rating β€” 65,957 ratings
47.
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18) 4.12 avg rating β€” 294,055 ratings
49.
Chouette
Chouette 3.87 avg rating β€” 6,014 ratings
50.
Wilf Perreault: In the Alley / Dans la ruelle
Wilf Perreault: In the Alley / Dans la ruelle 4.78 avg rating β€” 9 ratings
51.
Brown Baby: A Memoir of Race, Family and Home
Brown Baby: A Memoir of Race, Family and Home 4.13 avg rating β€” 765 ratings
52.
The Magic Fish
The Magic Fish 4.49 avg rating β€” 29,303 ratings
52.
Generations (Firefly, #4)
Generations (Firefly, #4) 3.96 avg rating β€” 2,350 ratings
54.
The God of Lost Words (Hell's Library, #3)
The God of Lost Words (Hell's Library, #3) 4.18 avg rating β€” 4,255 ratings
55.
Pearls of Lutra (Redwall, #9)
Pearls of Lutra (Redwall, #9) 4.03 avg rating β€” 22,419 ratings
56.
Calculated Risks (InCryptid, #10)
Calculated Risks (InCryptid, #10) 4.18 avg rating β€” 3,337 ratings
57.
The Charm Offensive (The Charm Offensive, #1)
The Charm Offensive (The Charm Offensive, #1) 4.11 avg rating β€” 75,942 ratings
58.
The Art of Running Away
The Art of Running Away 4.37 avg rating β€” 177 ratings
59.
Recipe for Disaster
Recipe for Disaster 4.35 avg rating β€” 323 ratings
60.
Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter β€” Then, Now, and Forever
Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter β€” Then, Now, and Forever 3.95 avg rating β€” 4,126 ratings
61.
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5)
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5) 4.38 avg rating β€” 334,637 ratings
61.
The Last Halloween, Book 1: Children
The Last Halloween, Book 1: Children 4.26 avg rating β€” 744 ratings
63.
Real
Real 4.51 avg rating β€” 1,311 ratings
64.
Address Unknown
Address Unknown 4.26 avg rating β€” 25,337 ratings
65.
Never Work Harder Than Your Students & Other Principles of Great Teaching
Never Work Harder Than Your Students & Other Principles of Great Teaching 3.74 avg rating β€” 945 ratings
66.
Mr Loverman
Mr Loverman 4.19 avg rating β€” 17,201 ratings
67.
Love Lettering
Love Lettering 3.69 avg rating β€” 50,292 ratings
68.
Poison for Breakfast
Poison for Breakfast 3.85 avg rating β€” 19,469 ratings
69.
Intention: Critical Creativity in the Classroom
Intention: Critical Creativity in the Classroom 4.41 avg rating β€” 69 ratings
70.
The Devil and the Dark Water
The Devil and the Dark Water 3.84 avg rating β€” 62,290 ratings
71.
Black Water Sister
Black Water Sister
by: Zen Cho
3.84 avg rating β€” 10,844 ratings
71.
Ring Shout
Ring Shout 3.97 avg rating β€” 46,523 ratings
71.
A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Time Quintet, #3)
A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Time Quintet, #3) 4.07 avg rating β€” 110,836 ratings
74.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 4.03 avg rating β€” 126,449 ratings
75.
The Red House Mystery
The Red House Mystery 3.68 avg rating β€” 14,037 ratings
75.
The Book of Negroes
The Book of Negroes 4.47 avg rating β€” 90,241 ratings
77.
You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism
You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism 4.42 avg rating β€” 21,787 ratings
77.
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century 4.45 avg rating β€” 16,557 ratings
79.
Skywalker: A Family at War
Skywalker: A Family at War 3.89 avg rating β€” 790 ratings
80.
The Ashes of Tomorrow (Star Trek: Coda #2)
The Ashes of Tomorrow (Star Trek: Coda #2) 4.32 avg rating β€” 833 ratings
81.
House of Hollow
House of Hollow 4.01 avg rating β€” 95,638 ratings
82.
Check, Please! Book 2: Sticks & Scones (Check, Please!, #3-4)
Check, Please! Book 2: Sticks & Scones (Check, Please!, #3-4) 4.38 avg rating β€” 15,475 ratings
83.
Maiden Voyages: Magnificent Ocean Liners and the Women Who Traveled and Worked Aboard Them
Maiden Voyages: Magnificent Ocean Liners and the Women Who Traveled and Worked Aboard Them 3.74 avg rating β€” 1,068 ratings
84.
Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating β€” 386,240 ratings
85.
A Bathroom Book for People Not Pooping or Peeing but Using the Bathroom as an Escape
A Bathroom Book for People Not Pooping or Peeing but Using the Bathroom as an Escape
by: Joe Pera
4.35 avg rating β€” 1,367 ratings
85.
Peril at Owl Park (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #2)
Peril at Owl Park (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #2) 4.18 avg rating β€” 899 ratings
87.
Firekeeper’s Daughter (Firekeeper's Daughter, #1)
Firekeeper’s Daughter (Firekeeper's Daughter, #1) 4.31 avg rating β€” 188,994 ratings
87.
Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village
Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 7,464 ratings
87.
Lift
Lift 4.36 avg rating β€” 2,354 ratings
90.
The Four Winds
The Four Winds 4.30 avg rating β€” 900,144 ratings
90.
Winterhouse (Winterhouse, #1)
Winterhouse (Winterhouse, #1) 3.94 avg rating β€” 12,199 ratings
92.
We Are Water Protectors
We Are Water Protectors 4.49 avg rating β€” 8,567 ratings
93.
Run: Book One
Run: Book One 4.31 avg rating β€” 3,196 ratings
94.
Reading Beauty
Reading Beauty 4.17 avg rating β€” 1,123 ratings
95.
Flash and Gleam: Light in Our World
Flash and Gleam: Light in Our World 4.06 avg rating β€” 277 ratings
96.
Catherine House
Catherine House 3.12 avg rating β€” 28,033 ratings
97.
The Good Son
The Good Son 3.75 avg rating β€” 16,126 ratings
97.
All the Bright Places
All the Bright Places 4.11 avg rating β€” 615,441 ratings
99.
American Elsewhere
American Elsewhere 3.79 avg rating β€” 7,965 ratings
99.
Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals
Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals 4.04 avg rating β€” 6,120 ratings
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