Top Five Books of 2021

1

Piranesi

door Susanna Clarke

6,218 leden

287 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

4,652 leden

239 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

5,286 leden

243 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

4,369 leden

197 besprekingen

4.1

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

5

Shuggie Bain

door Douglas Stuart

2,627 leden

131 besprekingen

4.2

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

6

Circe

door Madeline Miller

13,260 leden

485 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

6,849 leden

343 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

4,479 leden

127 besprekingen

½ 4.5

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

9

Wolkenstad

door Anthony Doerr

4,086 leden

171 besprekingen

4.2

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

10

Weg naar huis

door Yaa Gyasi

5,812 leden

286 besprekingen

½ 4.3

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

11

Kafka op het strand

door Haruki Murakami

18,404 leden

479 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

2,547 leden

116 besprekingen

½ 4.4

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

13

The Prophets

door Robert Jones Jr.

881 leden

26 besprekingen

4.2

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

14

The Once and Future Witches

door Alix E. Harrow

2,598 leden

89 besprekingen

4.1

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

15

Matrix

door Lauren Groff

1,736 leden

94 besprekingen

3.9

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

16

Kruispunt

door Jonathan Franzen

1,428 leden

62 besprekingen

3.9

4 Members: edparks, KatyBee, JuliaMaria, Maryjane75

17

Vlucht

door Charlotte McConaghy

1,211 leden

80 besprekingen

4.1

4 Members: yesyvonne, njinthesun, Laurenthewise1, Newtonian7

18

A Town Called Solace

door Mary Lawson

515 leden

34 besprekingen

4.1

4 Members: charl08, terran, bookmess, dianeham

19

Miss Benson's Beetle

door Rachel Joyce

1,003 leden

78 besprekingen

4

4 Members: bearette24, mdexter, HelenGress, Tosta

20

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within

door Becky Chambers

1,462 leden

68 besprekingen

½ 4.4

4 Members: tardis, charl08, jeanned, Brandy1411

21

De Lincoln Highway

door Amor Towles

3,641 leden

179 besprekingen

4.1

4 Members: kristenl, edparks, cmtl, Laurenthewise1

22

All Systems Red

door Martha Wells

5,894 leden

359 besprekingen

4.1

3 Members: kyp, nx74defiant, Charon07

23

De jongen, de mol, de vos en het paard

door Charlie Mackesy

3,573 leden

131 besprekingen

½ 4.3

3 Members: perennialreader, Rchlwtsn, Scraphorse

24

The Only Good Indians

door Stephen Graham Jones

2,379 leden

102 besprekingen

3.8

4 Members: norabelle414, skyrad43, sturlington, sqr3cls3

25

Deacon King Kong

door James McBride

1,783 leden

98 besprekingen

½ 4.3

4 Members: bjappleg8, jeanned, skyrad43, Mairsiedoats

26

Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone

door Diana Gabaldon

1,694 leden

36 besprekingen

4.2

3 Members: bookmess, Tess_W, Laurenthewise1

27

West with Giraffes

door Lynda Rutledge

1,099 leden

70 besprekingen

4.2

3 Members: guido47, perennialreader, dianeham

28

Jaag je ploeg over de botten van de doden

door Olga Tokarczuk

2,971 leden

146 besprekingen

3.9

3 Members: holly_golightly, Capybara_99, nonil

29

A Children's Bible

door Lydia Millet

921 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

1,598 leden

93 besprekingen

4.2

3 Members: Milda-TX, IsolaBlue, vwinsloe

31

De testamenten

door Margaret Atwood

6,540 leden

228 besprekingen

4.1

3 Members: SimoneA, rretzler, Rchlwtsn

32

Een klein leven

door Hanya Yanagihara

8,124 leden

336 besprekingen

4.1

3 Members: SimoneA, FAMeulstee, KWSVERNON

33

De grote Gatsby

door F. Scott Fitzgerald

73,805 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

431 leden

9 besprekingen

3.8

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

35

One Last Stop

door Casey McQuiston

2,875 leden

88 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, aspirit

36

Interior Chinatown

door Charles Yu

1,477 leden

87 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: greeneyed_ives, sqr3cls3

37

Project Hail Mary

door Andy Weir

6,636 leden

357 besprekingen

½ 4.3

2 Members: Storeetllr, Cora-R

38

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

door William L. Shirer

1,542 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

859 leden

30 besprekingen

½ 3.7

2 Members: Aquila, ablachly

40

Velvet Was the Night

door Silvia Moreno-Garcia

858 leden

26 besprekingen

½ 3.6

2 Members: avanders, noveltea

41

The Secret to Superhuman Strength

door Alison Bechdel

585 leden

26 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: libraryhead, Dilara86

42

The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood, Youth, Dependency

door Tove Ditlevsen

481 leden

15 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: IsolaBlue, JuliaMaria

43

Station elf

door Emily St. John Mandel

12,232 leden

793 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: Edward, sipthereader

44

The Midnight Bargain

door C. L. Polk

632 leden

39 besprekingen

3.8

2 Members: tardis, lkmiller

45

Ten oosten van Eden

door John Steinbeck

23,948 leden

430 besprekingen

½ 4.4

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

46

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

361 leden

16 besprekingen

½ 4.3

2 Members: timspalding, AAAO

47

Wolf Hall

door Hilary Mantel

13,808 leden

657 besprekingen

4

2 Members: rhian_of_oz, markhopp

48

Het onzichtbare leven van Addie LaRue

door V. E. Schwab

9,668 leden

299 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: toups, Brandy1411

49

Meisje, vrouw, anders

door Bernardine Evaristo

3,274 leden

139 besprekingen

4.2

2 Members: Minthe, holly_golightly

50

Het Derde Rijk Deel 3 Oorlog

door Richard J. Evans

1,353 leden

26 besprekingen

½ 4.3

2 Members: timspalding, MichaelHodges

51

Fight Night

door Miriam Toews

527 leden

31 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: starfishian, JenMDB

52

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

door John Green

2,336 leden

78 besprekingen

½ 4.4

2 Members: Emma.June.Lyon, Charon07

53

Across the Green Grass Fields

door Seanan McGuire

662 leden

50 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: Storeetllr, ManWithAnAgenda

54

The Every

door Dave Eggers

518 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

44 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

25,348 leden

474 besprekingen

4.2

2 Members: mattries37315, AAAO

57

Kleurenblind

door Trevor Noah

6,432 leden

369 besprekingen

½ 4.4

2 Members: skyrad43, rretzler

58

The Ten Thousand Doors of January

door Alix E. Harrow

3,570 leden

179 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

43,384 leden

1,165 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: kristilabrie, steller0707

60

Fugitive Telemetry

door Martha Wells

2,073 leden

127 besprekingen

4.2

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

61

The Sun Down Motel

door Simone St. James

1,886 leden

117 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: avanders, Brandy1411

62

The Echo Wife

door Sarah Gailey

1,052 leden

87 besprekingen

½ 3.7

2 Members: bookwoman84, zhejw

63

De moordclub (op donderdag)

door Richard Osman

5,937 leden

283 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: raidergirl3, Julie_in_the_Library

64

Tot in de hemel

door Richard Powers

5,664 leden

253 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: kaixo, sipthereader

65

The Nature of Fragile Things

door Susan Meissner

518 leden

38 besprekingen

4.2

2 Members: Micheller7, bookofsecrets

66

Bryant & May: London Bridge Is Falling Down

door Christopher Fowler

124 leden

6 besprekingen

4.2

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

1,701 leden

52 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: zhejw, mdexter

68

In de ban van de ring

door J. R. R. Tolkien

51,175 leden

459 besprekingen

½ 4.5

Member: RobtCM

69

Voor wie de klok luidt

door Ernest Hemingway

19,346 leden

188 besprekingen

3.9

Member: RBeffa

70

Een wankel evenwicht

door Rohinton Mistry

9,279 leden

256 besprekingen

½ 4.4

Member: Milda-TX

71

Zomer van overvloed

door Barbara Kingsolver

9,097 leden

197 besprekingen

4

Member: JenMDB

72

Bleek vuur

door Vladimir Nabokov

8,077 leden

142 besprekingen

4.2

Member: bjappleg8

73

Het boek Henry

door Hilary Mantel

7,136 leden

348 besprekingen

½ 4.3

Member: rhian_of_oz

74

Lincoln in de bardo

door George Saunders

6,009 leden

344 besprekingen

3.9

Member: Minthe

75

The Duke and I

door Julia Quinn

5,962 leden

193 besprekingen

3.8

Member: craso

76

The Dutch House

door Ann Patchett

4,808 leden

278 besprekingen

4.1

Member: sturlington

77

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

door Isabel Wilkerson

4,528 leden

173 besprekingen

½ 4.4

Member: Euryale

78

Endymion

door Dan Simmons

4,511 leden

64 besprekingen

4

Member: rretzler

79

De derde politieman

door Flann O'Brien

4,285 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

The Dark Forest

door Cixin Liu

3,845 leden

134 besprekingen

4.1

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

81

De haas met de amberkleurige ogen

door Edmund De Waal

3,751 leden

160 besprekingen

4

Member: anglemark

82

A River Runs Through It and Other Stories

door Norman Maclean

3,222 leden

61 besprekingen

4.2

Member: toups

83

Firekeeper's Daughter

door Angeline Boulley

2,768 leden

118 besprekingen

½ 4.3

Member: Emma.June.Lyon

84

Grant

door Ron Chernow

2,418 leden

64 besprekingen

½ 4.5

Member: mattries37315

85

All Clear

door Connie Willis

2,319 leden

152 besprekingen

4.1

Member: cbl_tn

86

Wij tegen jullie

door Fredrik Backman

2,002 leden

117 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

Rock Paper Scissors

door Alice Feeney

1,772 leden

77 besprekingen

3.8

Member: tina1969

88

Zoals de wind waait

door Jodi Picoult

1,746 leden

133 besprekingen

3.9

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.

89