Top Five Books of 2021

List of the Month
desembre 2021 (see all)
Descripció
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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Piranesi
de Susanna Clarke
5,724 membres
280 ressenyes
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
Explicacions
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
de Maggie O'Farrell
4,387 membres
231 ressenyes
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
de Kristin Hannah
3,986 membres
186 ressenyes
4.1
12 Members
yesyvonne, dara85, ecb06c, ChrisMG, RGilbraith, KimberlyCombs, RetiredProf, AAAO, Scraphorse, JTolson1970, nankan, Craftybilda
4
Klara and the Sun
de Kazuo Ishiguro
4,917 membres
237 ressenyes
3.9
11 Members
ecb06c, jeanned, Milda-TX, sturlington, ChrisMG, KatyBee, AmourFou, KWSVERNON, dianeham, WendyRobyn, nankan
5
Shuggie Bain
de Douglas Stuart
2,478 membres
126 ressenyes
4.2
10 Members
sipthereader, shaunie, FAMeulstee, njinthesun, skyrad43, gypsysmom, KimberlyCombs, Rchlwtsn, nankan, Craftybilda
6
Circe
de Madeline Miller
12,313 membres
480 ressenyes
½ 4.3
8 Members
ecb06c, ChrisMG, katemcangus, Andrew.Beck, Mairsiedoats, steller0707, jackplotkin, Sarmarhar
7
The House in the Cerulean Sea
de TJ Klune
6,197 membres
323 ressenyes
½ 4.3
8 Members
SimoneA, yoyogod, Milda-TX, OphelieDepoortere, KWSVERNON, KimberlyCombs, Brandy1411, Sarmarhar
9
Cloud Cuckoo Land
de Anthony Doerr
3,738 membres
171 ressenyes
4.2
7 Members
mooingzelda, bookmess, RGilbraith, Andrew.Beck, Jjean7, debann6354, KimberlyCombs
10
Homegoing
de Yaa Gyasi
5,590 membres
277 ressenyes
½ 4.3
6 Members
charl08, ahef1963, KimberlyCombs, shedgeco, steller0707, BEMR595
11
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
de Patrick Radden Keefe
2,376 membres
113 ressenyes
½ 4.4
6 Members
charl08, vwinsloe, AmourFou, Laurenthewise1, AAAO, JorgeousJotts
12
The Prophets
de Robert Jones Jr.
824 membres
26 ressenyes
4.2
5 Members
Andrew.Beck, Jjean7, ManWithAnAgenda, sqr3cls3, charlesloflin
13
The Once and Future Witches
de Alix E. Harrow
2,396 membres
84 ressenyes
4.1
5 Members
lkmiller, edgewood, lscan2, Cora-R, Sarmarhar
14
Matrix
de Lauren Groff
1,627 membres
91 ressenyes
3.9
5 Members
zhejw, N1na, KatyBee, RGilbraith, markhopp
15
Kafka a la platja
de Haruki Murakami
18,062 membres
466 ressenyes
4.1
4 Members
knerd.knitter, ecb06c, bookmess, KWSVERNON
Explicacions
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
Migrations
de Charlotte McConaghy
1,134 membres
74 ressenyes
4.1
4 Members
yesyvonne, njinthesun, Laurenthewise1, Newtonian7
17
A Town Called Solace
de Mary Lawson
490 membres
31 ressenyes
4.1
4 Members
charl08, terran, bookmess, dianeham
18
Miss Benson's Beetle
de Rachel Joyce
953 membres
76 ressenyes
4
4 Members
bearette24, mdexter, HelenGress, Tosta
19
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
de Becky Chambers
1,368 membres
64 ressenyes
½ 4.4
4 Members
tardis, charl08, jeanned, Brandy1411
20
The Lincoln Highway
de Amor Towles
3,356 membres
170 ressenyes
4.1
4 Members
kristenl, edparks, cmtl, Laurenthewise1
21
All Systems Red
de Martha Wells
5,501 membres
344 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
kyp, nx74defiant, Charon07
22
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse
de Charlie Mackesy
3,242 membres
128 ressenyes
½ 4.3
3 Members
perennialreader, Rchlwtsn, Scraphorse
23
The Only Good Indians
de Stephen Graham Jones
2,214 membres
99 ressenyes
3.9
4 Members
norabelle414, skyrad43, sturlington, sqr3cls3
24
Deacon King Kong
de James McBride
1,677 membres
96 ressenyes
½ 4.3
4 Members
bjappleg8, jeanned, skyrad43, Mairsiedoats
25
Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone
de Diana Gabaldon
1,554 membres
35 ressenyes
4.2
3 Members
bookmess, Tess_W, Laurenthewise1
26
Crossroads
de Jonathan Franzen
1,342 membres
60 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
edparks, KatyBee, JuliaMaria
27
West with Giraffes
de Lynda Rutledge
966 membres
57 ressenyes
½ 4.3
3 Members
guido47, perennialreader, dianeham
28
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
de Olga Tokarczuk
2,760 membres
141 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
holly_golightly, Capybara_99, nonil
29
A Children's Bible
de Lydia Millet
875 membres
45 ressenyes
½ 3.7
3 Members
zhejw, jeanned, Laurenthewise1
30
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
de Robert Kolker
1,508 membres
89 ressenyes
4.2
3 Members
Milda-TX, IsolaBlue, vwinsloe
31
The Testaments
de Margaret Atwood
6,145 membres
225 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
SimoneA, rretzler, Rchlwtsn
32
A Little Life
de Hanya Yanagihara
7,521 membres
328 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
SimoneA, FAMeulstee, KWSVERNON
33
El gran Gatsby
de F. Scott Fitzgerald
72,199 membres
1,170 ressenyes
3.8
3 Members
hipdeep, Rchlwtsn, AAAO
Explicacions
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
de Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
405 membres
9 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
Storeetllr, kara.shamy
Explicacions
Storeetllr: More than *just* astrophysics.
35
One Last Stop
de Casey McQuiston
2,634 membres
83 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, aspirit
36
Interior Chinatown
de Charles Yu
1,401 membres
87 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
greeneyed_ives, sqr3cls3
37
Project Hail Mary
de Andy Weir
5,960 membres
339 ressenyes
½ 4.3
2 Members
Storeetllr, Cora-R
38
Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-1941
de William L. Shirer
1,515 membres
18 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
CarltonC, MichaelHodges
Explicacions
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
de Silvia Moreno-Garcia
813 membres
26 ressenyes
½ 3.5
2 Members
avanders, noveltea
40
The Chosen and the Beautiful
de Nghi Vo
807 membres
29 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
Aquila, ablachly
41
The Secret to Superhuman Strength
de Alison Bechdel
558 membres
25 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
libraryhead, Dilara86
42
Trilogia de Copenhagen
de Tove Ditlevsen
431 membres
13 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
IsolaBlue, JuliaMaria
43
Station Eleven
de Emily St. John Mandel
11,709 membres
779 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
Edward, sipthereader
44
The Midnight Bargain
de C. L. Polk
605 membres
40 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
tardis, lkmiller
45
East of Eden
de John Steinbeck
23,414 membres
423 ressenyes
½ 4.4
2 Members
dhm, chwiggy
Explicacions
dhm: Once read, couldn’t not be on the list.
47
Wolf Hall
de Hilary Mantel
13,500 membres
652 ressenyes
4
2 Members
rhian_of_oz, markhopp
48
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
de V. E. Schwab
8,813 membres
293 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
toups, Brandy1411
49
Girl, Woman, Other
de Bernardine Evaristo
3,188 membres
133 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
Minthe, holly_golightly
50
The Third Reich at War
de Richard J. Evans
1,315 membres
28 ressenyes
½ 4.3
2 Members
timspalding, MichaelHodges
51
Fight Night
de Miriam Toews
496 membres
30 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
starfishian, JenMDB
52
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
de John Green
2,122 membres
74 ressenyes
½ 4.4
2 Members
Emma.June.Lyon, Charon07
53
Across the Green Grass Fields
de Seanan McGuire
636 membres
49 ressenyes
4
2 Members
Storeetllr, ManWithAnAgenda
54
The Every
de Dave Eggers
483 membres
25 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
aethercowboy, AlexThurman
Explicacions
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
de Jonathan Beecher
42 membres
1 ressenya
5
2 Members
paradoxosalpha, MichaelHodges
Explicacions
paradoxosalpha: A magisterial intellectual biography of a precocious and neglected social theorist.
56
Watership Down
de Richard Adams
24,899 membres
472 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
mattries37315, AAAO
57
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
de Trevor Noah
6,132 membres
361 ressenyes
½ 4.4
2 Members
skyrad43, rretzler
58
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
de Alix E. Harrow
3,360 membres
172 ressenyes
4
2 Members
knerd.knitter, SimoneA
Explicacions
knerd.knitter: This book is a beautiful, fantastical journey…
59
The Handmaid's Tale
de Margaret Atwood
42,311 membres
1,140 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
kristilabrie, steller0707
60
Fugitive Telemetry
de Martha Wells
1,932 membres
122 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
tardis, Storeetllr
Explicacions
Storeetllr: Murderbot. No need to say more.
61
The Sun Down Motel
de Simone St. James
1,763 membres
116 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
avanders, Brandy1411
62
The Echo Wife
de Sarah Gailey
982 membres
83 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
bookwoman84, zhejw
63
The Overstory
de Richard Powers
5,361 membres
244 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
kaixo, sipthereader
64
The Thursday Murder Club
de Richard Osman
5,319 membres
264 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
raidergirl3, Julie_in_the_Library
65
The Nature of Fragile Things
de Susan Meissner
494 membres
36 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
Micheller7, bookofsecrets
66
Bryant and May: London Bridge Is Falling Down
de Christopher Fowler
118 membres
5 ressenyes
½ 4.3
2 Members
MichaelHodges, Boand
Explicacions
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
de Natalie Haynes
1,574 membres
48 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
zhejw, mdexter
68
El Senyor dels anells
de J. R. R. Tolkien
50,405 membres
450 ressenyes
½ 4.5
Member
RobtCM
69
Per qui toquen les campanes
de Ernest Hemingway
18,966 membres
185 ressenyes
3.9
Member
RBeffa
70
Un equilibri perfecte
de Rohinton Mistry
9,166 membres
255 ressenyes
½ 4.4
Member
Milda-TX
71
Estiu pròdig
de Barbara Kingsolver
8,996 membres
196 ressenyes
4
Member
JenMDB
72
Foc pàl·lid
de Vladimir Nabokov
7,945 membres
139 ressenyes
4.2
Member
bjappleg8
73
Bring Up the Bodies
de Hilary Mantel
6,937 membres
346 ressenyes
½ 4.3
Member
rhian_of_oz
74
Lincoln in the Bardo
de George Saunders
5,796 membres
336 ressenyes
3.9
Member
Minthe
75
The Duke and I
de Julia Quinn
5,547 membres
185 ressenyes
3.8
Member
craso
76
The Dutch House
de Ann Patchett
4,556 membres
273 ressenyes
4.1
Member
sturlington
77
Endymion
de Dan Simmons
4,447 membres
64 ressenyes
4
Member
rretzler
78
The Third Policeman
de Flann O'Brien
4,236 membres
123 ressenyes
4
Member
paradoxosalpha
Explicacions
paradoxosalpha: A darkly funny novel of cosmic justice writ very small. I hate it when that happens.
79
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
de Isabel Wilkerson
4,191 membres
163 ressenyes
½ 4.4
Member
Euryale
80
La llebre amb ulls d'ambre
de Edmund De Waal
3,660 membres
157 ressenyes
4
Member
anglemark
81
The Dark Forest
de Cixin Liu
3,508 membres
127 ressenyes
4.1
Member
dhm
Explicacions
dhm: All three parts of the trilogy are amazing — this middle book I enjoyed especially.
82
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
de Norman Maclean
3,143 membres
61 ressenyes
4.2
Member
toups
83
Firekeeper's Daughter
de Angeline Boulley
2,540 membres
113 ressenyes
½ 4.3
Member
Emma.June.Lyon
84
Grant
de Ron Chernow
2,309 membres
61 ressenyes
½ 4.5
Member
mattries37315
85
All Clear
de Connie Willis
2,283 membres
151 ressenyes
4.1
Member
cbl_tn
86
Us Against You
de Fredrik Backman
1,909 membres
113 ressenyes
4.2
Member
LDVoorberg
Explicacions
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
Leaving Time
de Jodi Picoult
1,686 membres
130 ressenyes
3.8
Member
LyndaInOregon
Explicacions
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.
88
Rock Paper Scissors
de Alice Feeney
1,591 membres
72 ressenyes
3.8
Member
tina1969
89
Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom
de bell hooks
1,573 membres
16 ressenyes
4.2
Member
hipdeep
90
For the Wolf
de Hannah Whitten
1,434 membres
30 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
Verkruissen
91
The Devil and the Dark Water
de Stuart Turton
1,334 membres
49 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
bookwoman84
92
La mujer de papel
de Rabih Alameddine
1,251 membres
85 ressenyes
4
Member
karenmarie
93
The House Next Door
de Anne Rivers Siddons
1,159 membres
45 ressenyes
3.8
Member
bookofsecrets
94
A Desolation Called Peace
de Arkady Martine
1,157 membres
50 ressenyes
4.2
Member
Aquila
95
Nomadland
de Jessica Bruder
1,157 membres
53 ressenyes
4.1
Member
elliepotten
96
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre
de Max Brooks
1,115 membres
56 ressenyes
3.9
Member
Tosta
97
Plain Bad Heroines
de Emily M. Danforth
1,103 membres
55 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
shedgeco
98
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death
de Caitlin Doughty
1,093 membres
48 ressenyes
4
Member
Nova_Mortem
99
Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life
de Jordan B. Peterson
864 membres
8 ressenyes
4
Member
aethercowboy
Explicacions
aethercowboy: As a follow up to 12 Rules For Life, I found this one a worthy successor to the first.
100
Golden Girl
de Elin Hilderbrand
821 membres
32 ressenyes
3.8
Member
bearette24