Top Five Books of 2021

1

Piranesi

door Susanna Clarke

6,007 leden

282 besprekingen

4.2

25 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, futtee, 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

4,567 leden

234 besprekingen

4.2

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

3

Klara en de Zon

door Kazuo Ishiguro

5,172 leden

242 besprekingen

3.9

13 Members: ecb06c, jeanned, Milda-TX, sturlington, ChrisMG, KatyBee, AmourFou, KWSVERNON, dianeham, WendyRobyn, nankan, futtee, Maryjane75

4

The Four Winds

door Kristin Hannah

4,254 leden

196 besprekingen

4.1

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

5

Shuggie Bain

door Douglas Stuart

2,557 leden

129 besprekingen

4.2

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

6

Circe

door Madeline Miller

13,021 leden

477 besprekingen

½ 4.3

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

7

The House in the Cerulean Sea

door TJ Klune

6,612 leden

335 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

4,328 leden

123 besprekingen

½ 4.5

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

9

Wolkenstad

door Anthony Doerr

3,960 leden

169 besprekingen

4.2

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

10

Weg naar huis

door Yaa Gyasi

5,727 leden

282 besprekingen

½ 4.3

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

11

Kafka op het strand

door Haruki Murakami

18,301 leden

473 besprekingen

4.1

5 Members: knerd.knitter, ecb06c, bookmess, KWSVERNON, Maryjane75
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!

12

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

door Patrick Radden Keefe

2,476 leden

115 besprekingen

½ 4.4

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

13

The Prophets

door Robert Jones Jr.

871 leden

26 besprekingen

4.2

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

14

The Once and Future Witches

door Alix E. Harrow

2,559 leden

87 besprekingen

4.1

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

15

Matrix

door Lauren Groff

1,711 leden

92 besprekingen

3.9

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

16

Kruispunt

door Jonathan Franzen

1,402 leden

62 besprekingen

3.9

4 Members: edparks, KatyBee, JuliaMaria, Maryjane75

17

Vlucht

door Charlotte McConaghy

1,193 leden

79 besprekingen

4.1

4 Members: yesyvonne, njinthesun, Laurenthewise1, Newtonian7

18

A Town Called Solace

door Mary Lawson

507 leden

33 besprekingen

4.1

4 Members: charl08, terran, bookmess, dianeham

19

Miss Benson's Beetle

door Rachel Joyce

981 leden

77 besprekingen

4

4 Members: bearette24, mdexter, HelenGress, Tosta

20

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within

door Becky Chambers

1,429 leden

65 besprekingen

½ 4.4

4 Members: tardis, charl08, jeanned, Brandy1411

21

De Lincoln Highway

door Amor Towles

3,531 leden

174 besprekingen

4.1

4 Members: kristenl, edparks, cmtl, Laurenthewise1

22

All Systems Red

door Martha Wells

5,761 leden

352 besprekingen

4.1

3 Members: kyp, nx74defiant, Charon07

23

De jongen, de mol, de vos en het paard

door Charlie Mackesy

3,458 leden

129 besprekingen

½ 4.3

3 Members: perennialreader, Rchlwtsn, Scraphorse

24

The Only Good Indians

door Stephen Graham Jones

2,337 leden

100 besprekingen

3.9

4 Members: norabelle414, skyrad43, sturlington, sqr3cls3

25

Deacon King Kong

door James McBride

1,751 leden

97 besprekingen

½ 4.3

4 Members: bjappleg8, jeanned, skyrad43, Mairsiedoats

26

Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone

door Diana Gabaldon

1,639 leden

36 besprekingen

4.2

3 Members: bookmess, Tess_W, Laurenthewise1

27

West with Giraffes

door Lynda Rutledge

1,053 leden

65 besprekingen

4.2

3 Members: guido47, perennialreader, dianeham

28

Jaag je ploeg over de botten van de doden

door Olga Tokarczuk

2,890 leden

143 besprekingen

3.9

3 Members: holly_golightly, Capybara_99, nonil

29

A Children's Bible

door Lydia Millet

905 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

1,569 leden

92 besprekingen

4.2

3 Members: Milda-TX, IsolaBlue, vwinsloe

31

De testamenten

door Margaret Atwood

6,370 leden

224 besprekingen

4.1

3 Members: SimoneA, rretzler, Rchlwtsn

32

Een klein leven

door Hanya Yanagihara

7,962 leden

333 besprekingen

4.1

3 Members: SimoneA, FAMeulstee, KWSVERNON

33

De grote Gatsby

door F. Scott Fitzgerald

73,220 leden

1,167 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

421 leden

9 besprekingen

3.8

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

35

One Last Stop

door Casey McQuiston

2,810 leden

86 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, aspirit

36

Interior Chinatown

door Charles Yu

1,447 leden

87 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: greeneyed_ives, sqr3cls3

37

Project Hail Mary

door Andy Weir

6,383 leden

346 besprekingen

½ 4.3

2 Members: Storeetllr, Cora-R

38

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

door William L. Shirer

1,539 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

843 leden

30 besprekingen

½ 3.7

2 Members: Aquila, ablachly

40

Velvet Was the Night

door Silvia Moreno-Garcia

840 leden

25 besprekingen

½ 3.5

2 Members: avanders, noveltea

41

The Secret to Superhuman Strength

door Alison Bechdel

576 leden

26 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: libraryhead, Dilara86

42

The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood, Youth, Dependency

door Tove Ditlevsen

459 leden

15 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: IsolaBlue, JuliaMaria

43

Station elf

door Emily St. John Mandel

12,043 leden

783 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: Edward, sipthereader

44

The Midnight Bargain

door C. L. Polk

626 leden

39 besprekingen

3.8

2 Members: tardis, lkmiller

45

Ten oosten van Eden

door John Steinbeck

23,752 leden

426 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

337 leden

15 besprekingen

½ 4.3

2 Members: timspalding, AAAO

47

Wolf Hall

door Hilary Mantel

13,685 leden

652 besprekingen

4

2 Members: rhian_of_oz, markhopp

48

Het onzichtbare leven van Addie LaRue

door V. E. Schwab

9,339 leden

294 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: toups, Brandy1411

49

Meisje, vrouw, anders

door Bernardine Evaristo

3,220 leden

136 besprekingen

4.2

2 Members: Minthe, holly_golightly

50

Het Derde Rijk Deel 3 Oorlog

door Richard J. Evans

1,337 leden

26 besprekingen

½ 4.3

2 Members: timspalding, MichaelHodges

51

Fight Night

door Miriam Toews

519 leden

31 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: starfishian, JenMDB

52

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

door John Green

2,264 leden

78 besprekingen

½ 4.4

2 Members: Emma.June.Lyon, Charon07

53

Across the Green Grass Fields

door Seanan McGuire

651 leden

49 besprekingen

4

2 Members: Storeetllr, ManWithAnAgenda

54

The Every

door Dave Eggers

504 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

43 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

25,145 leden

473 besprekingen

4.2

2 Members: mattries37315, AAAO

57

Kleurenblind

door Trevor Noah

6,328 leden

364 besprekingen

½ 4.4

2 Members: skyrad43, rretzler

58

The Ten Thousand Doors of January

door Alix E. Harrow

3,507 leden

176 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

42,986 leden

1,155 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: kristilabrie, steller0707

60

Fugitive Telemetry

door Martha Wells

2,031 leden

126 besprekingen

4.2

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

61

The Sun Down Motel

door Simone St. James

1,854 leden

116 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: avanders, Brandy1411

62

The Echo Wife

door Sarah Gailey

1,029 leden

85 besprekingen

½ 3.7

2 Members: bookwoman84, zhejw

63

De moordclub (op donderdag)

door Richard Osman

5,711 leden

274 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: raidergirl3, Julie_in_the_Library

64

Tot in de hemel

door Richard Powers

5,600 leden

252 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: kaixo, sipthereader

65

The Nature of Fragile Things

door Susan Meissner

506 leden

36 besprekingen

4.2

2 Members: Micheller7, bookofsecrets

66

Bryant & May: London Bridge Is Falling Down

door Christopher Fowler

122 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

1,667 leden

49 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: zhejw, mdexter

68

In de ban van de ring

door J. R. R. Tolkien

50,905 leden

453 besprekingen

½ 4.5

Member: RobtCM

69

Voor wie de klok luidt

door Ernest Hemingway

19,222 leden

185 besprekingen

3.9

Member: RBeffa

70

Een wankel evenwicht

door Rohinton Mistry

9,243 leden

255 besprekingen

½ 4.4

Member: Milda-TX

71

Zomer van overvloed

door Barbara Kingsolver

9,056 leden

197 besprekingen

4

Member: JenMDB

72

Bleek vuur

door Vladimir Nabokov

8,015 leden

140 besprekingen

4.2

Member: bjappleg8

73

Het boek Henry

door Hilary Mantel

7,070 leden

347 besprekingen

½ 4.3

Member: rhian_of_oz

74

Lincoln in de bardo

door George Saunders

5,948 leden

340 besprekingen

3.9

Member: Minthe

75

The Duke and I

door Julia Quinn

5,837 leden

191 besprekingen

3.8

Member: craso

76

The Dutch House

door Ann Patchett

4,718 leden

275 besprekingen

4.1

Member: sturlington

77

Endymion

door Dan Simmons

4,478 leden

64 besprekingen

4

Member: rretzler

78

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

door Isabel Wilkerson

4,412 leden

169 besprekingen

½ 4.4

Member: Euryale

79

De derde politieman

door Flann O'Brien

4,266 leden

126 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

3,721 leden

160 besprekingen

4

Member: anglemark

81

The Dark Forest

door Cixin Liu

3,707 leden

131 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

3,191 leden

61 besprekingen

4.2

Member: toups

83

Firekeeper's Daughter

door Angeline Boulley

2,689 leden

117 besprekingen

½ 4.3

Member: Emma.June.Lyon

84

Grant

door Ron Chernow

2,375 leden

62 besprekingen

½ 4.5

Member: mattries37315

85

All Clear

door Connie Willis

2,306 leden

151 besprekingen

4.1

Member: cbl_tn

86

Wij tegen jullie

door Fredrik Backman

1,976 leden

114 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

1,753 leden

133 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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