Top Five Books of 2021

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The year is coming to an end, and our December List of the Month is dedicated to your Top Five Books of 2021. Please note that books don't need to have been published in 2021, just read this year. You can see the LT Staffer picks at the LT Blog: https://blog.librarything.com/2021/12/top-five-books-of-2021/ And participate in the conversation on Talk: https://www.librarything.com/topic/337286
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Zoals de wind waait
door Jodi Picoult
1,691 leden
130 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 87
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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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Mink River
door Brian Doyle
411 leden
39 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Algemene Rangorde 206
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LyndaInOregon: This neglected should-be classic is a lovely magical-realism tale about a small Oregon coastal village, located midway between Spoon River and Brigadoon.
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Ella Minnow Pea
door Mark Dunn
3,935 leden
259 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 265
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LyndaInOregon: Whether parable, satire, or just plain fun, this delightful little novelette traces the misfortunes which befall the inhabitants of a mythical island off the coast of South Carolina when letters begin disappearing from the alphabet.
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A Country Called Home
door Kim Barnes
145 leden
6 besprekingen
½ 3.5
Algemene Rangorde 454
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LyndaInOregon: Another obscure choice, this beautifully-written novel is about love and loss and obsession, and the lengths people will go to to find and hold that country called home.
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James Tiptree Jr: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon
door Julie Phillips
745 leden
32 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Algemene Rangorde 533
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LyndaInOregon: This is not only the best biography of Tiptree/Sheldon out there, it's one of the best biographies I have eve read. Period. You don't have to be a Tiptree fan or a science fiction fan to be bowled over by Sheldon's struggles.