Top Five Books of 2021

1

Piranesi

door Susanna Clarke

5,707 leden

280 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

4,380 leden

231 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

3,981 leden

185 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

4,908 leden

236 besprekingen

3.9

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

5

Shuggie Bain

door Douglas Stuart

2,472 leden

126 besprekingen

4.2

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

6

Circe

door Madeline Miller

12,291 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

6,189 leden

322 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

4,098 leden

117 besprekingen

½ 4.4

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

9

Wolkenstad

door Anthony Doerr

3,729 leden

171 besprekingen

4.2

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

10

Weg naar huis

door Yaa Gyasi

5,585 leden

276 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

2,373 leden

113 besprekingen

½ 4.4

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

12

The Prophets

door Robert Jones Jr.

823 leden

26 besprekingen

4.2

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

13

The Once and Future Witches

door Alix E. Harrow

2,389 leden

84 besprekingen

4.1

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

14

Matrix

door Lauren Groff

1,625 leden

91 besprekingen

3.9

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

15

Kafka op het strand

door Haruki Murakami

18,049 leden

466 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

1,134 leden

74 besprekingen

4.1

4 Members: yesyvonne, njinthesun, Laurenthewise1, Newtonian7

17

A Town Called Solace

door Mary Lawson

489 leden

31 besprekingen

4.1

4 Members: charl08, terran, bookmess, dianeham

18

Miss Benson's Beetle

door Rachel Joyce

952 leden

76 besprekingen

4

4 Members: bearette24, mdexter, HelenGress, Tosta

19

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within

door Becky Chambers

1,366 leden

64 besprekingen

½ 4.4

4 Members: tardis, charl08, jeanned, Brandy1411

20

De Lincoln Highway

door Amor Towles

3,353 leden

169 besprekingen

4.1

4 Members: kristenl, edparks, cmtl, Laurenthewise1

21

All Systems Red

door Martha Wells

5,494 leden

343 besprekingen

4.1

3 Members: kyp, nx74defiant, Charon07

22

De jongen, de mol, de vos en het paard

door Charlie Mackesy

3,235 leden

128 besprekingen

½ 4.3

3 Members: perennialreader, Rchlwtsn, Scraphorse

23

The Only Good Indians

door Stephen Graham Jones

2,210 leden

99 besprekingen

3.9

4 Members: norabelle414, skyrad43, sturlington, sqr3cls3

24

Deacon King Kong

door James McBride

1,677 leden

95 besprekingen

½ 4.3

4 Members: bjappleg8, jeanned, skyrad43, Mairsiedoats

25

Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone

door Diana Gabaldon

1,552 leden

35 besprekingen

4.2

3 Members: bookmess, Tess_W, Laurenthewise1

26

Kruispunt

door Jonathan Franzen

1,341 leden

60 besprekingen

3.9

3 Members: edparks, KatyBee, JuliaMaria

27

West with Giraffes

door Lynda Rutledge

961 leden

56 besprekingen

½ 4.3

3 Members: guido47, perennialreader, dianeham

28

Jaag je ploeg over de botten van de doden

door Olga Tokarczuk

2,757 leden

140 besprekingen

3.9

3 Members: holly_golightly, Capybara_99, nonil

29

A Children's Bible

door Lydia Millet

877 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

1,506 leden

89 besprekingen

4.2

3 Members: Milda-TX, IsolaBlue, vwinsloe

31

De testamenten

door Margaret Atwood

6,140 leden

225 besprekingen

4.1

3 Members: SimoneA, rretzler, Rchlwtsn

32

Een klein leven

door Hanya Yanagihara

7,502 leden

328 besprekingen

4.1

3 Members: SimoneA, FAMeulstee, KWSVERNON

33

De grote Gatsby

door F. Scott Fitzgerald

72,171 leden

1,170 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

405 leden

9 besprekingen

3.8

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

35

One Last Stop

door Casey McQuiston

2,630 leden

83 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, aspirit

36

Interior Chinatown

door Charles Yu

1,405 leden

86 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: greeneyed_ives, sqr3cls3

37

Project Hail Mary

door Andy Weir

5,945 leden

339 besprekingen

½ 4.3

2 Members: Storeetllr, Cora-R

38

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

door William L. Shirer

1,515 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

Velvet Was the Night

door Silvia Moreno-Garcia

810 leden

26 besprekingen

½ 3.5

2 Members: avanders, noveltea

40

The Chosen and the Beautiful

door Nghi Vo

806 leden

29 besprekingen

½ 3.7

2 Members: Aquila, ablachly

41

The Secret to Superhuman Strength

door Alison Bechdel

557 leden

25 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: libraryhead, Dilara86

42

The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood, Youth, Dependency

door Tove Ditlevsen

431 leden

13 besprekingen

4.2

2 Members: IsolaBlue, JuliaMaria

43

Station elf

door Emily St. John Mandel

11,698 leden

779 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: Edward, sipthereader

44

The Midnight Bargain

door C. L. Polk

605 leden

40 besprekingen

3.8

2 Members: tardis, lkmiller

45

Ten oosten van Eden

door John Steinbeck

23,406 leden

423 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

328 leden

14 besprekingen

½ 4.3

2 Members: timspalding, AAAO

47

Wolf Hall

door Hilary Mantel

13,491 leden

652 besprekingen

4

2 Members: rhian_of_oz, markhopp

48

Het onzichtbare leven van Addie LaRue

door V. E. Schwab

8,796 leden

292 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: toups, Brandy1411

49

Meisje, vrouw, anders

door Bernardine Evaristo

3,182 leden

133 besprekingen

4.2

2 Members: Minthe, holly_golightly

50

Het Derde Rijk Deel 3 Oorlog

door Richard J. Evans

1,315 leden

28 besprekingen

½ 4.3

2 Members: timspalding, MichaelHodges

51

Fight Night

door Miriam Toews

494 leden

30 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: starfishian, JenMDB

52

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

door John Green

2,117 leden

74 besprekingen

½ 4.4

2 Members: Emma.June.Lyon, Charon07

53

Across the Green Grass Fields

door Seanan McGuire

636 leden

49 besprekingen

4

2 Members: Storeetllr, ManWithAnAgenda

54

The Every

door Dave Eggers

483 leden

25 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

24,887 leden

471 besprekingen

4.2

2 Members: mattries37315, AAAO

57

Kleurenblind

door Trevor Noah

6,125 leden

361 besprekingen

½ 4.4

2 Members: skyrad43, rretzler

58

The Ten Thousand Doors of January

door Alix E. Harrow

3,355 leden

171 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

42,292 leden

1,139 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: kristilabrie, steller0707

60

Fugitive Telemetry

door Martha Wells

1,928 leden

122 besprekingen

4.2

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

61

The Sun Down Motel

door Simone St. James

1,761 leden

116 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: avanders, Brandy1411

62

The Echo Wife

door Sarah Gailey

981 leden

83 besprekingen

½ 3.7

2 Members: bookwoman84, zhejw

63

Tot in de hemel

door Richard Powers

5,353 leden

244 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: kaixo, sipthereader

64

De moordclub (op donderdag)

door Richard Osman

5,311 leden

263 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: raidergirl3, Julie_in_the_Library

65

The Nature of Fragile Things

door Susan Meissner

494 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

1,573 leden

48 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: zhejw, mdexter

68

In de ban van de ring

door J. R. R. Tolkien

50,391 leden

450 besprekingen

½ 4.5

Member: RobtCM

69

Voor wie de klok luidt

door Ernest Hemingway

18,957 leden

185 besprekingen

3.9

Member: RBeffa

70

Een wankel evenwicht

door Rohinton Mistry

9,163 leden

255 besprekingen

½ 4.4

Member: Milda-TX

71

Zomer van overvloed

door Barbara Kingsolver

8,993 leden

196 besprekingen

4

Member: JenMDB

72

Bleek vuur

door Vladimir Nabokov

7,942 leden

139 besprekingen

4.2

Member: bjappleg8

73

Het boek Henry

door Hilary Mantel

6,933 leden

346 besprekingen

½ 4.3

Member: rhian_of_oz

74

Lincoln in de bardo

door George Saunders

5,790 leden

334 besprekingen

3.9

Member: Minthe

75

The Duke and I

door Julia Quinn

5,532 leden

185 besprekingen

3.8

Member: craso

76

The Dutch House

door Ann Patchett

4,550 leden

273 besprekingen

4.1

Member: sturlington

77

Endymion

door Dan Simmons

4,444 leden

64 besprekingen

4

Member: rretzler

78

De derde politieman

door Flann O'Brien

4,235 leden

123 besprekingen

4

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

79

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

door Isabel Wilkerson

4,182 leden

163 besprekingen

½ 4.4

Member: Euryale

80

De haas met de amberkleurige ogen

door Edmund De Waal

3,661 leden

157 besprekingen

4

Member: anglemark

81

The Dark Forest

door Cixin Liu

3,496 leden

127 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

3,142 leden

61 besprekingen

4.2

Member: toups

83

Firekeeper's Daughter

door Angeline Boulley

2,536 leden

113 besprekingen

½ 4.3

Member: Emma.June.Lyon

84

Grant

door Ron Chernow

2,309 leden

61 besprekingen

½ 4.5

Member: mattries37315

85

All Clear

door Connie Willis

2,282 leden

151 besprekingen

4.1

Member: cbl_tn

86

Wij tegen jullie

door Fredrik Backman

1,908 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

1,686 leden

130 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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