Top Five Books of 2021

1

Piranesi

av Susanna Clarke

5,744 medlemmar

280 recensioner

4.2

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
Förklaringar: 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.

2

Hamnet

av Maggie O'Farrell

4,401 medlemmar

231 recensioner

4.2

15 Members: holly_golightly, rarm, charl08, Micheller7, bugaderes39, njinthesun, sturlington, ChrisMG, RGilbraith, Andrew.Beck, Mairsiedoats, Boand, steller0707, nankan, Craftybilda

3

De fyra vindarna

av Kristin Hannah

4,004 medlemmar

187 recensioner

4.1

12 Members: yesyvonne, dara85, ecb06c, ChrisMG, RGilbraith, KimberlyCombs, RetiredProf, AAAO, Scraphorse, JTolson1970, nankan, Craftybilda

4

Klara och solen

av Kazuo Ishiguro

4,938 medlemmar

237 recensioner

3.9

11 Members: ecb06c, jeanned, Milda-TX, sturlington, ChrisMG, KatyBee, AmourFou, KWSVERNON, dianeham, WendyRobyn, nankan

5

Shuggie Bain

av Douglas Stuart

2,480 medlemmar

126 recensioner

4.2

10 Members: sipthereader, shaunie, FAMeulstee, njinthesun, skyrad43, gypsysmom, KimberlyCombs, Rchlwtsn, nankan, Craftybilda

6

Kirke

av Madeline Miller

12,353 medlemmar

480 recensioner

½ 4.3

8 Members: ecb06c, ChrisMG, katemcangus, Andrew.Beck, Mairsiedoats, steller0707, jackplotkin, Sarmarhar

7

The House in the Cerulean Sea

av TJ Klune

6,225 medlemmar

326 recensioner

½ 4.3

8 Members: SimoneA, yoyogod, Milda-TX, OphelieDepoortere, KWSVERNON, KimberlyCombs, Brandy1411, Sarmarhar

8

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

av Robin Wall Kimmerer

4,123 medlemmar

117 recensioner

½ 4.5

7 Members: aprille, Euryale, ecb06c, raidergirl3, norabelle414, skyrad43, Mairsiedoats

9

Cloud Cuckoo Land

av Anthony Doerr

3,753 medlemmar

172 recensioner

4.2

7 Members: mooingzelda, bookmess, RGilbraith, Andrew.Beck, Jjean7, debann6354, KimberlyCombs

10

Vända hem

av Yaa Gyasi

5,595 medlemmar

277 recensioner

½ 4.3

6 Members: charl08, ahef1963, KimberlyCombs, shedgeco, steller0707, BEMR595

11

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

av Patrick Radden Keefe

2,380 medlemmar

113 recensioner

½ 4.4

6 Members: charl08, vwinsloe, AmourFou, Laurenthewise1, AAAO, JorgeousJotts

12

The Prophets

av Robert Jones Jr.

824 medlemmar

26 recensioner

4.2

5 Members: Andrew.Beck, Jjean7, ManWithAnAgenda, sqr3cls3, charlesloflin

13

The Once and Future Witches

av Alix E. Harrow

2,412 medlemmar

84 recensioner

4.1

5 Members: lkmiller, edgewood, lscan2, Cora-R, Sarmarhar

14

Matrix

av Lauren Groff

1,634 medlemmar

91 recensioner

3.9

5 Members: zhejw, N1na, KatyBee, RGilbraith, markhopp

15

Kafka på stranden

av Haruki Murakami

18,077 medlemmar

466 recensioner

4.1

4 Members: knerd.knitter, ecb06c, bookmess, KWSVERNON
Förklaringar: 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!

16

Migrations

av Charlotte McConaghy

1,137 medlemmar

74 recensioner

4.1

4 Members: yesyvonne, njinthesun, Laurenthewise1, Newtonian7

17

A Town Called Solace

av Mary Lawson

487 medlemmar

31 recensioner

4.1

4 Members: charl08, terran, bookmess, dianeham

18

Miss Benson's Beetle

av Rachel Joyce

952 medlemmar

76 recensioner

4

4 Members: bearette24, mdexter, HelenGress, Tosta

19

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within

av Becky Chambers

1,378 medlemmar

64 recensioner

½ 4.4

4 Members: tardis, charl08, jeanned, Brandy1411

20

The Lincoln Highway

av Amor Towles

3,373 medlemmar

171 recensioner

4.1

4 Members: kristenl, edparks, cmtl, Laurenthewise1

21

All Systems Red

av Martha Wells

5,520 medlemmar

345 recensioner

4.1

3 Members: kyp, nx74defiant, Charon07

22

Pojken, mullvaden, räven och hästen

av Charlie Mackesy

3,261 medlemmar

128 recensioner

½ 4.3

3 Members: perennialreader, Rchlwtsn, Scraphorse

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The Only Good Indians

av Stephen Graham Jones

2,219 medlemmar

99 recensioner

3.9

4 Members: norabelle414, skyrad43, sturlington, sqr3cls3

24

Deacon King Kong

av James McBride

1,677 medlemmar

96 recensioner

½ 4.3

4 Members: bjappleg8, jeanned, skyrad43, Mairsiedoats

25

Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone

av Diana Gabaldon

1,567 medlemmar

35 recensioner

4.2

3 Members: bookmess, Tess_W, Laurenthewise1

26

Crossroads

av Jonathan Franzen

1,342 medlemmar

60 recensioner

3.9

3 Members: edparks, KatyBee, JuliaMaria

27

West with Giraffes

av Lynda Rutledge

975 medlemmar

57 recensioner

½ 4.3

3 Members: guido47, perennialreader, dianeham

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Styr din plog över de dödas ben

av Olga Tokarczuk

2,765 medlemmar

141 recensioner

3.9

3 Members: holly_golightly, Capybara_99, nonil

29

A Children's Bible

av Lydia Millet

876 medlemmar

45 recensioner

½ 3.7

3 Members: zhejw, jeanned, Laurenthewise1

30

Barnen på Hidden Valley Road

av Robert Kolker

1,511 medlemmar

90 recensioner

4.2

3 Members: Milda-TX, IsolaBlue, vwinsloe

31

Gileads döttrar

av Margaret Atwood

6,164 medlemmar

225 recensioner

4.1

3 Members: SimoneA, rretzler, Rchlwtsn

32

Ett litet liv

av Hanya Yanagihara

7,540 medlemmar

328 recensioner

4.1

3 Members: SimoneA, FAMeulstee, KWSVERNON

33

Den store Gatsby

av F. Scott Fitzgerald

72,263 medlemmar

1,171 recensioner

3.8

3 Members: hipdeep, Rchlwtsn, AAAO
Förklaringar: hipdeep: In the audio book version released by Planet Money - which is not as good as if professional actors had done it, but was a darn nice way to celebrate Public Domain Day nonetheless.

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The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred

av Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

406 medlemmar

9 recensioner

3.8

2 Members: Storeetllr, kara.shamy
Förklaringar: Storeetllr: More than *just* astrophysics.

35

One Last Stop

av Casey McQuiston

2,642 medlemmar

84 recensioner

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, aspirit

36

Interior Chinatown

av Charles Yu

1,403 medlemmar

87 recensioner

3.9

2 Members: greeneyed_ives, sqr3cls3

37

Uppdrag Hail Mary

av Andy Weir

5,986 medlemmar

340 recensioner

½ 4.3

2 Members: Storeetllr, Cora-R

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Dagbok från Berlin : en radioreporters anteckningar och kommentarer 1934-1941

av William L. Shirer

1,517 medlemmar

18 recensioner

4.2

2 Members: CarltonC, MichaelHodges
Förklaringar: 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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Velvet Was the Night

av Silvia Moreno-Garcia

814 medlemmar

26 recensioner

½ 3.5

2 Members: avanders, noveltea

40

The Chosen and the Beautiful

av Nghi Vo

811 medlemmar

29 recensioner

½ 3.7

2 Members: Aquila, ablachly

41

The Secret to Superhuman Strength

av Alison Bechdel

560 medlemmar

25 recensioner

4.1

2 Members: libraryhead, Dilara86

42

The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood, Youth, Dependency

av Tove Ditlevsen

433 medlemmar

13 recensioner

4.2

2 Members: IsolaBlue, JuliaMaria

43

Station elva

av Emily St. John Mandel

11,728 medlemmar

780 recensioner

4.1

2 Members: Edward, sipthereader

44

The Midnight Bargain

av C. L. Polk

607 medlemmar

40 recensioner

3.8

2 Members: tardis, lkmiller

45

Öster om Eden

av John Steinbeck

23,442 medlemmar

424 recensioner

½ 4.4

2 Members: dhm, chwiggy
Förklaringar: dhm: Once read, couldn’t not be on the list.

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You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It's Making the World a Weirder Place

av Janelle Shane

330 medlemmar

15 recensioner

½ 4.3

2 Members: timspalding, AAAO

47

Wolf Hall

av Hilary Mantel

13,512 medlemmar

652 recensioner

4

2 Members: rhian_of_oz, markhopp

48

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

av V. E. Schwab

8,854 medlemmar

293 recensioner

4.1

2 Members: toups, Brandy1411

49

Girl, Woman, Other

av Bernardine Evaristo

3,193 medlemmar

133 recensioner

4.2

2 Members: Minthe, holly_golightly

50

The Third Reich at War

av Richard J. Evans

1,318 medlemmar

28 recensioner

½ 4.3

2 Members: timspalding, MichaelHodges

51

Fight Night

av Miriam Toews

497 medlemmar

30 recensioner

3.9

2 Members: starfishian, JenMDB

52

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

av John Green

2,133 medlemmar

74 recensioner

½ 4.4

2 Members: Emma.June.Lyon, Charon07

53

Across the Green Grass Fields

av Seanan McGuire

638 medlemmar

49 recensioner

4

2 Members: Storeetllr, ManWithAnAgenda

54

The Every

av Dave Eggers

485 medlemmar

26 recensioner

½ 3.7

2 Members: aethercowboy, AlexThurman
Förklaringar: aethercowboy: A worth follow up to The Circle, showing the dangers and dystopia of letting the tech giants be our gods.

55

Charles Fourier: The Visionary and His World

av Jonathan Beecher

42 medlemmar

1 recension

5

2 Members: paradoxosalpha, MichaelHodges
Förklaringar: paradoxosalpha: A magisterial intellectual biography of a precocious and neglected social theorist.

56

Den långa flykten

av Richard Adams

24,913 medlemmar

472 recensioner

4.2

2 Members: mattries37315, AAAO

57

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

av Trevor Noah

6,136 medlemmar

361 recensioner

½ 4.4

2 Members: skyrad43, rretzler

58

The Ten Thousand Doors of January

av Alix E. Harrow

3,367 medlemmar

172 recensioner

4

2 Members: knerd.knitter, SimoneA
Förklaringar: knerd.knitter: This book is a beautiful, fantastical journey…

59

Tjänarinnans berättelse

av Margaret Atwood

42,362 medlemmar

1,141 recensioner

4.1

2 Members: kristilabrie, steller0707

60

Fugitive Telemetry

av Martha Wells

1,943 medlemmar

122 recensioner

4.2

2 Members: tardis, Storeetllr
Förklaringar: Storeetllr: Murderbot. No need to say more.

61

The Sun Down Motel

av Simone St. James

1,772 medlemmar

116 recensioner

3.9

2 Members: avanders, Brandy1411

62

The Echo Wife

av Sarah Gailey

988 medlemmar

83 recensioner

½ 3.7

2 Members: bookwoman84, zhejw

63

The Overstory

av Richard Powers

5,375 medlemmar

244 recensioner

4.1

2 Members: kaixo, sipthereader

64

The Thursday Murder Club

av Richard Osman

5,355 medlemmar

265 recensioner

3.9

2 Members: raidergirl3, Julie_in_the_Library

65

The Nature of Fragile Things

av Susan Meissner

496 medlemmar

36 recensioner

4.2

2 Members: Micheller7, bookofsecrets

66

Bryant and May: London Bridge Is Falling Down

av Christopher Fowler

118 medlemmar

5 recensioner

½ 4.3

2 Members: MichaelHodges, Boand
Förklaringar: 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.

67

A Thousand Ships

av Natalie Haynes

1,579 medlemmar

48 recensioner

4.1

2 Members: zhejw, mdexter

68

Ringarnas herre

av J. R. R. Tolkien

50,436 medlemmar

451 recensioner

½ 4.5

Member: RobtCM

69

Klockan klämtar för dig

av Ernest Hemingway

18,993 medlemmar

186 recensioner

3.9

Member: RBeffa

70

En ömtålig balans : roman

av Rohinton Mistry

9,171 medlemmar

255 recensioner

½ 4.4

Member: Milda-TX

71

Sommarens rikedom : [roman]

av Barbara Kingsolver

8,996 medlemmar

196 recensioner

4

Member: JenMDB

72

Blek låga

av Vladimir Nabokov

7,954 medlemmar

140 recensioner

4.2

Member: bjappleg8

73

För in de döda

av Hilary Mantel

6,934 medlemmar

346 recensioner

½ 4.3

Member: rhian_of_oz

74

Lincoln i bardo

av George Saunders

5,797 medlemmar

336 recensioner

3.9

Member: Minthe

75

En annorlunda allians

av Julia Quinn

5,575 medlemmar

186 recensioner

3.8

Member: craso

76

The Dutch House

av Ann Patchett

4,573 medlemmar

274 recensioner

4.1

Member: sturlington

77

Endymion

av Dan Simmons

4,448 medlemmar

64 recensioner

4

Member: rretzler

78

Den tredje polisen

av Flann O'Brien

4,239 medlemmar

123 recensioner

4

Member: paradoxosalpha
Förklaringar: paradoxosalpha: A darkly funny novel of cosmic justice writ very small. I hate it when that happens.

79

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

av Isabel Wilkerson

4,205 medlemmar

163 recensioner

½ 4.4

Member: Euryale

80

Haren med bärnstensögon

av Edmund De Waal

3,668 medlemmar

157 recensioner

4

Member: anglemark

81

The Dark Forest

av Cixin Liu

3,530 medlemmar

127 recensioner

4.1

Member: dhm
Förklaringar: dhm: All three parts of the trilogy are amazing — this middle book I enjoyed especially.

82

A River Runs Through It and Other Stories

av Norman Maclean

3,145 medlemmar

61 recensioner

4.2

Member: toups

83

Firekeeper's Daughter

av Angeline Boulley

2,550 medlemmar

113 recensioner

½ 4.3

Member: Emma.June.Lyon

84

Grant

av Ron Chernow

2,317 medlemmar

61 recensioner

½ 4.5

Member: mattries37315

85

All Clear

av Connie Willis

2,286 medlemmar

151 recensioner

4.1

Member: cbl_tn

86

Vi mot er

av Fredrik Backman

1,916 medlemmar

113 recensioner

4.2

Member: LDVoorberg
Förklaringar: 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

87

Leaving Time

av Jodi Picoult

1,692 medlemmar

131 recensioner

3.8

Member: LyndaInOregon
Förklaringar: 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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