Top Five Books of 2021

1

Piranesi

door Susanna Clarke

5,867 leden

278 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

4,490 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

4,131 leden

191 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

5,051 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

2,532 leden

128 besprekingen

4.2

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

6

Circe

door Madeline Miller

12,692 leden

474 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

6,417 leden

326 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

4,238 leden

121 besprekingen

½ 4.5

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

9

Wolkenstad

door Anthony Doerr

3,856 leden

166 besprekingen

4.2

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

10

Weg naar huis

door Yaa Gyasi

5,680 leden

279 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

2,413 leden

114 besprekingen

½ 4.4

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

12

The Prophets

door Robert Jones Jr.

843 leden

26 besprekingen

4.2

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

13

The Once and Future Witches

door Alix E. Harrow

2,498 leden

85 besprekingen

4.1

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

14

Matrix

door Lauren Groff

1,687 leden

92 besprekingen

3.9

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

15

Kafka op het strand

door Haruki Murakami

18,176 leden

469 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

1,168 leden

79 besprekingen

4.1

4 Members: yesyvonne, njinthesun, Laurenthewise1, Newtonian7

17

A Town Called Solace

door Mary Lawson

497 leden

31 besprekingen

4.1

4 Members: charl08, terran, bookmess, dianeham

18

Miss Benson's Beetle

door Rachel Joyce

966 leden

77 besprekingen

4

4 Members: bearette24, mdexter, HelenGress, Tosta

19

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within

door Becky Chambers

1,406 leden

63 besprekingen

½ 4.4

4 Members: tardis, charl08, jeanned, Brandy1411

20

De Lincoln Highway

door Amor Towles

3,460 leden

172 besprekingen

4.1

4 Members: kristenl, edparks, cmtl, Laurenthewise1

21

All Systems Red

door Martha Wells

5,661 leden

349 besprekingen

4.1

3 Members: kyp, nx74defiant, Charon07

22

De jongen, de mol, de vos en het paard

door Charlie Mackesy

3,348 leden

129 besprekingen

½ 4.3

3 Members: perennialreader, Rchlwtsn, Scraphorse

23

The Only Good Indians

door Stephen Graham Jones

2,285 leden

99 besprekingen

3.9

4 Members: norabelle414, skyrad43, sturlington, sqr3cls3

24

Deacon King Kong

door James McBride

1,714 leden

96 besprekingen

½ 4.3

4 Members: bjappleg8, jeanned, skyrad43, Mairsiedoats

25

Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone

door Diana Gabaldon

1,618 leden

36 besprekingen

4.2

3 Members: bookmess, Tess_W, Laurenthewise1

26

Kruispunt

door Jonathan Franzen

1,375 leden

62 besprekingen

3.9

3 Members: edparks, KatyBee, JuliaMaria

27

West with Giraffes

door Lynda Rutledge

1,015 leden

59 besprekingen

½ 4.3

3 Members: guido47, perennialreader, dianeham

28

Jaag je ploeg over de botten van de doden

door Olga Tokarczuk

2,835 leden

143 besprekingen

3.9

3 Members: holly_golightly, Capybara_99, nonil

29

A Children's Bible

door Lydia Millet

884 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

1,540 leden

92 besprekingen

4.2

3 Members: Milda-TX, IsolaBlue, vwinsloe

31

De testamenten

door Margaret Atwood

6,319 leden

223 besprekingen

4.1

3 Members: SimoneA, rretzler, Rchlwtsn

32

Een klein leven

door Hanya Yanagihara

7,746 leden

327 besprekingen

4.1

3 Members: SimoneA, FAMeulstee, KWSVERNON

33

De grote Gatsby

door F. Scott Fitzgerald

72,757 leden

1,162 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

418 leden

9 besprekingen

3.8

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

35

One Last Stop

door Casey McQuiston

2,737 leden

84 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, aspirit

36

Interior Chinatown

door Charles Yu

1,432 leden

86 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: greeneyed_ives, sqr3cls3

37

Project Hail Mary

door Andy Weir

6,189 leden

338 besprekingen

½ 4.3

2 Members: Storeetllr, Cora-R

38

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

door William L. Shirer

1,531 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

830 leden

29 besprekingen

½ 3.7

2 Members: Aquila, ablachly

40

Velvet Was the Night

door Silvia Moreno-Garcia

830 leden

25 besprekingen

½ 3.5

2 Members: avanders, noveltea

41

The Secret to Superhuman Strength

door Alison Bechdel

570 leden

26 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: libraryhead, Dilara86

42

The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood, Youth, Dependency

door Tove Ditlevsen

443 leden

15 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: IsolaBlue, JuliaMaria

43

Station elf

door Emily St. John Mandel

11,881 leden

780 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: Edward, sipthereader

44

The Midnight Bargain

door C. L. Polk

616 leden

39 besprekingen

3.8

2 Members: tardis, lkmiller

45

Ten oosten van Eden

door John Steinbeck

23,588 leden

424 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

331 leden

15 besprekingen

½ 4.3

2 Members: timspalding, AAAO

47

Wolf Hall

door Hilary Mantel

13,612 leden

650 besprekingen

4

2 Members: rhian_of_oz, markhopp

48

Het onzichtbare leven van Addie LaRue

door V. E. Schwab

9,117 leden

291 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: toups, Brandy1411

49

Meisje, vrouw, anders

door Bernardine Evaristo

3,153 leden

132 besprekingen

4.2

2 Members: Minthe, holly_golightly

50

Het Derde Rijk Deel 3 Oorlog

door Richard J. Evans

1,330 leden

26 besprekingen

½ 4.3

2 Members: timspalding, MichaelHodges

51

Fight Night

door Miriam Toews

510 leden

31 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: starfishian, JenMDB

52

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

door John Green

2,212 leden

74 besprekingen

½ 4.4

2 Members: Emma.June.Lyon, Charon07

53

Across the Green Grass Fields

door Seanan McGuire

645 leden

49 besprekingen

4

2 Members: Storeetllr, ManWithAnAgenda

54

The Every

door Dave Eggers

494 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

25,091 leden

472 besprekingen

4.2

2 Members: mattries37315, AAAO

57

Kleurenblind

door Trevor Noah

6,256 leden

359 besprekingen

½ 4.4

2 Members: skyrad43, rretzler

58

The Ten Thousand Doors of January

door Alix E. Harrow

3,450 leden

175 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

42,766 leden

1,145 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: kristilabrie, steller0707

60

Fugitive Telemetry

door Martha Wells

1,994 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

1,816 leden

116 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: avanders, Brandy1411

62

The Echo Wife

door Sarah Gailey

1,011 leden

85 besprekingen

½ 3.7

2 Members: bookwoman84, zhejw

63

De moordclub (op donderdag)

door Richard Osman

5,600 leden

267 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: raidergirl3, Julie_in_the_Library

64

Tot in de hemel

door Richard Powers

5,489 leden

249 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

119 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

1,620 leden

48 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: zhejw, mdexter

68

In de ban van de ring

door J. R. R. Tolkien

50,694 leden

451 besprekingen

½ 4.5

Member: RobtCM

69

Voor wie de klok luidt

door Ernest Hemingway

19,101 leden

184 besprekingen

3.9

Member: RBeffa

70

Een wankel evenwicht

door Rohinton Mistry

9,205 leden

255 besprekingen

½ 4.4

Member: Milda-TX

71

Zomer van overvloed

door Barbara Kingsolver

9,029 leden

197 besprekingen

4

Member: JenMDB

72

Bleek vuur

door Vladimir Nabokov

7,994 leden

138 besprekingen

4.2

Member: bjappleg8

73

Het boek Henry

door Hilary Mantel

7,005 leden

347 besprekingen

½ 4.3

Member: rhian_of_oz

74

Lincoln in de bardo

door George Saunders

5,894 leden

339 besprekingen

3.9

Member: Minthe

75

The Duke and I

door Julia Quinn

5,723 leden

189 besprekingen

3.8

Member: craso

76

The Dutch House

door Ann Patchett

4,646 leden

273 besprekingen

4.1

Member: sturlington

77

Endymion

door Dan Simmons

4,460 leden

64 besprekingen

4

Member: rretzler

78

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

door Isabel Wilkerson

4,331 leden

167 besprekingen

½ 4.4

Member: Euryale

79

De derde politieman

door Flann O'Brien

4,255 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

3,698 leden

159 besprekingen

4

Member: anglemark

81

The Dark Forest

door Cixin Liu

3,625 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

3,171 leden

61 besprekingen

4.2

Member: toups

83

Firekeeper's Daughter

door Angeline Boulley

2,621 leden

113 besprekingen

½ 4.3

Member: Emma.June.Lyon

84

Grant

door Ron Chernow

2,368 leden

62 besprekingen

½ 4.5

Member: mattries37315

85

All Clear

door Connie Willis

2,298 leden

151 besprekingen

4.1

Member: cbl_tn

86

Wij tegen jullie

door Fredrik Backman

1,954 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

1,715 leden

131 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.

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