Top 10 Books of 2021

In no particular order:

• Let Your Mind Run by Deena Kastor (non-fiction)
• Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour (contemporary fiction)
• Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J Ryan Stradal (contemporary fiction)
• Know My Name by Chanel Miller (non-fiction)
• Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (non-fiction)
• The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne (historical fiction)
• Recursion by Blake Crouch (sci-fi)
• The Guncle by Steven Rowley (contemporary fiction)
• Green Lights by Matthew McConaughey (non-fiction)
• Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid (historical fiction)

Honorable Mentions:

Non-Fiction:

What We Don’t Talk About When we Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon

Promised Land by Barack Obama

Maid by Stephanie Land

The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner

Series:

Winter Street Series by Elin Hildebrandt

Inspector Gamache Series by Louise Penny

Contemporary Fiction:

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

Historical Fiction:

City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

SciFi (I don’t even like sci-fi and this made my list!):

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Mystery:

Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

Need to Know by Karen Cleveland