Top Five Books of 2021

1

Piranesi

door Susanna Clarke

5,766 leden

282 besprekingen

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
Verklaringen: 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

door Maggie O'Farrell

4,434 leden

234 besprekingen

4.2

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

3

The Four Winds

door Kristin Hannah

4,040 leden

187 besprekingen

4.1

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

4

Klara en de Zon

door Kazuo Ishiguro

4,992 leden

238 besprekingen

3.9

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

5

Shuggie Bain

door Douglas Stuart

2,495 leden

128 besprekingen

4.2

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

6

Circe

door Madeline Miller

12,469 leden

480 besprekingen

½ 4.3

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

7

The House in the Cerulean Sea

door TJ Klune

6,297 leden

329 besprekingen

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

door Robin Wall Kimmerer

4,170 leden

120 besprekingen

½ 4.5

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

9

Wolkenstad

door Anthony Doerr

3,793 leden

173 besprekingen

4.2

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

10

Weg naar huis

door Yaa Gyasi

5,623 leden

280 besprekingen

½ 4.3

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

11

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

door Patrick Radden Keefe

2,391 leden

113 besprekingen

½ 4.4

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

12

The Prophets

door Robert Jones Jr.

834 leden

26 besprekingen

4.2

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

13

The Once and Future Witches

door Alix E. Harrow

2,442 leden

84 besprekingen

4.1

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

14

Matrix

door Lauren Groff

1,646 leden

91 besprekingen

3.9

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

15

Kafka op het strand

door Haruki Murakami

18,116 leden

468 besprekingen

4.1

4 Members: knerd.knitter, ecb06c, bookmess, KWSVERNON
Verklaringen: 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

Vlucht

door Charlotte McConaghy

1,150 leden

75 besprekingen

4.1

4 Members: yesyvonne, njinthesun, Laurenthewise1, Newtonian7

17

A Town Called Solace

door Mary Lawson

490 leden

31 besprekingen

4.1

4 Members: charl08, terran, bookmess, dianeham

18

Miss Benson's Beetle

door Rachel Joyce

958 leden

76 besprekingen

4

4 Members: bearette24, mdexter, HelenGress, Tosta

19

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within

door Becky Chambers

1,383 leden

64 besprekingen

½ 4.4

4 Members: tardis, charl08, jeanned, Brandy1411

20

De Lincoln Highway

door Amor Towles

3,405 leden

172 besprekingen

4.1

4 Members: kristenl, edparks, cmtl, Laurenthewise1

21

All Systems Red

door Martha Wells

5,573 leden

350 besprekingen

4.1

3 Members: kyp, nx74defiant, Charon07

22

De jongen, de mol, de vos en het paard

door Charlie Mackesy

3,287 leden

130 besprekingen

½ 4.3

3 Members: perennialreader, Rchlwtsn, Scraphorse

23

The Only Good Indians

door Stephen Graham Jones

2,244 leden

100 besprekingen

3.9

4 Members: norabelle414, skyrad43, sturlington, sqr3cls3

24

Deacon King Kong

door James McBride

1,685 leden

96 besprekingen

½ 4.3

4 Members: bjappleg8, jeanned, skyrad43, Mairsiedoats

25

Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone

door Diana Gabaldon

1,583 leden

36 besprekingen

4.2

3 Members: bookmess, Tess_W, Laurenthewise1

26

Kruispunt

door Jonathan Franzen

1,363 leden

62 besprekingen

3.9

3 Members: edparks, KatyBee, JuliaMaria

27

West with Giraffes

door Lynda Rutledge

990 leden

58 besprekingen

½ 4.3

3 Members: guido47, perennialreader, dianeham

28

Jaag je ploeg over de botten van de doden

door Olga Tokarczuk

2,786 leden

141 besprekingen

3.9

3 Members: holly_golightly, Capybara_99, nonil

29

A Children's Bible

door Lydia Millet

878 leden

45 besprekingen

½ 3.7

3 Members: zhejw, jeanned, Laurenthewise1

30

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family

door Robert Kolker

1,521 leden

91 besprekingen

4.2

3 Members: Milda-TX, IsolaBlue, vwinsloe

31

De testamenten

door Margaret Atwood

6,206 leden

225 besprekingen

4.1

3 Members: SimoneA, rretzler, Rchlwtsn

32

Een klein leven

door Hanya Yanagihara

7,626 leden

329 besprekingen

4.1

3 Members: SimoneA, FAMeulstee, KWSVERNON

33

De grote Gatsby

door F. Scott Fitzgerald

72,436 leden

1,175 besprekingen

3.8

3 Members: hipdeep, Rchlwtsn, AAAO
Verklaringen: 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.

34

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

door Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

411 leden

9 besprekingen

3.8

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

35

One Last Stop

door Casey McQuiston

2,668 leden

84 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, aspirit

36

Interior Chinatown

door Charles Yu

1,410 leden

87 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: greeneyed_ives, sqr3cls3

37

Project Hail Mary

door Andy Weir

6,064 leden

343 besprekingen

½ 4.3

2 Members: Storeetllr, Cora-R

38

Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-1941

door William L. Shirer

1,523 leden

18 besprekingen

4.2

2 Members: CarltonC, MichaelHodges
Verklaringen: CarltonC: History brilliantly recorded in the making, with the immediacy and urgency of journalism, which you don’t encounter in academic history books.

39

The Chosen and the Beautiful

door Nghi Vo

822 leden

29 besprekingen

½ 3.7

2 Members: Aquila, ablachly

40

Velvet Was the Night

door Silvia Moreno-Garcia

822 leden

26 besprekingen

½ 3.5

2 Members: avanders, noveltea

41

The Secret to Superhuman Strength

door Alison Bechdel

564 leden

25 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: libraryhead, Dilara86

42

The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood, Youth, Dependency

door Tove Ditlevsen

436 leden

14 besprekingen

4.2

2 Members: IsolaBlue, JuliaMaria

43

Station elf

door Emily St. John Mandel

11,788 leden

783 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: Edward, sipthereader

44

The Midnight Bargain

door C. L. Polk

614 leden

41 besprekingen

3.8

2 Members: tardis, lkmiller

45

Ten oosten van Eden

door John Steinbeck

23,485 leden

425 besprekingen

½ 4.4

2 Members: dhm, chwiggy
Verklaringen: 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

door Janelle Shane

330 leden

15 besprekingen

½ 4.3

2 Members: timspalding, AAAO

47

Wolf Hall

door Hilary Mantel

13,566 leden

653 besprekingen

4

2 Members: rhian_of_oz, markhopp

48

Het onzichtbare leven van Addie LaRue

door V. E. Schwab

8,988 leden

297 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: toups, Brandy1411

49

Meisje, vrouw, anders

door Bernardine Evaristo

3,218 leden

135 besprekingen

4.2

2 Members: Minthe, holly_golightly

50

Het Derde Rijk Deel 3 Oorlog

door Richard J. Evans

1,322 leden

28 besprekingen

½ 4.3

2 Members: timspalding, MichaelHodges

51

Fight Night

door Miriam Toews

506 leden

31 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: starfishian, JenMDB

52

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

door John Green

2,156 leden

74 besprekingen

½ 4.4

2 Members: Emma.June.Lyon, Charon07

53

Across the Green Grass Fields

door Seanan McGuire

639 leden

50 besprekingen

4

2 Members: Storeetllr, ManWithAnAgenda

54

The Every

door Dave Eggers

486 leden

26 besprekingen

½ 3.7

2 Members: aethercowboy, AlexThurman
Verklaringen: 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

door Jonathan Beecher

42 leden

1 bespreking

5

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

56

Waterschapsheuvel

door Richard Adams

24,982 leden

472 besprekingen

4.2

2 Members: mattries37315, AAAO

57

Kleurenblind

door Trevor Noah

6,169 leden

362 besprekingen

½ 4.4

2 Members: skyrad43, rretzler

58

The Ten Thousand Doors of January

door Alix E. Harrow

3,407 leden

173 besprekingen

4

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

59

Het verhaal van de dienstmaagd

door Margaret Atwood

42,511 leden

1,147 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: kristilabrie, steller0707

60

Fugitive Telemetry

door Martha Wells

1,965 leden

124 besprekingen

4.2

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

61

The Sun Down Motel

door Simone St. James

1,789 leden

116 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: avanders, Brandy1411

62

The Echo Wife

door Sarah Gailey

1,000 leden

85 besprekingen

½ 3.7

2 Members: bookwoman84, zhejw

63

De moordclub (op donderdag)

door Richard Osman

5,441 leden

266 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: raidergirl3, Julie_in_the_Library

64

Tot in de hemel

door Richard Powers

5,402 leden

246 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: kaixo, sipthereader

65

The Nature of Fragile Things

door Susan Meissner

498 leden

36 besprekingen

4.2

2 Members: Micheller7, bookofsecrets

66

Bryant and May: London Bridge Is Falling Down

door Christopher Fowler

118 leden

5 besprekingen

½ 4.3

2 Members: MichaelHodges, Boand
Verklaringen: 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

door Natalie Haynes

1,598 leden

49 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: zhejw, mdexter

68

In de ban van de ring

door J. R. R. Tolkien

50,579 leden

452 besprekingen

½ 4.5

Member: RobtCM

69

Voor wie de klok luidt

door Ernest Hemingway

19,030 leden

186 besprekingen

3.9

Member: RBeffa

70

Een wankel evenwicht

door Rohinton Mistry

9,182 leden

255 besprekingen

½ 4.4

Member: Milda-TX

71

Zomer van overvloed

door Barbara Kingsolver

9,009 leden

197 besprekingen

4

Member: JenMDB

72

Bleek vuur

door Vladimir Nabokov

7,942 leden

140 besprekingen

4.2

Member: bjappleg8

73

Het boek Henry

door Hilary Mantel

6,963 leden

346 besprekingen

½ 4.3

Member: rhian_of_oz

74

Lincoln in de bardo

door George Saunders

5,828 leden

337 besprekingen

3.9

Member: Minthe

75

The Duke and I

door Julia Quinn

5,634 leden

187 besprekingen

3.8

Member: craso

76

The Dutch House

door Ann Patchett

4,602 leden

275 besprekingen

4.1

Member: sturlington

77

Endymion

door Dan Simmons

4,451 leden

64 besprekingen

4

Member: rretzler

78

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

door Isabel Wilkerson

4,247 leden

164 besprekingen

½ 4.4

Member: Euryale

79

De derde politieman

door Flann O'Brien

4,245 leden

124 besprekingen

4

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

80

De haas met de amberkleurige ogen

door Edmund De Waal

3,678 leden

159 besprekingen

4

Member: anglemark

81

The Dark Forest

door Cixin Liu

3,558 leden

129 besprekingen

4.1

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

82

A River Runs Through It and Other Stories

door Norman Maclean

3,154 leden

61 besprekingen

4.2

Member: toups

83

Firekeeper's Daughter

door Angeline Boulley

2,582 leden

114 besprekingen

½ 4.3

Member: Emma.June.Lyon

84

Grant

door Ron Chernow

2,337 leden

61 besprekingen

½ 4.5

Member: mattries37315

85

All Clear

door Connie Willis

2,289 leden

151 besprekingen

4.1

Member: cbl_tn

86

Wij tegen jullie

door Fredrik Backman

1,922 leden

113 besprekingen

4.2

Member: LDVoorberg
Verklaringen: 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

Zoals de wind waait

door Jodi Picoult

1,707 leden

131 besprekingen

3.8

Member: LyndaInOregon
Verklaringen: 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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