penwalla ([personal profile] penwalla) wrote2022-01-02 08:12 pm
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2021 Reading Wrap-up

Here is the list of books I read this year, broken down by month. Best and Worst lists to follow.

italics = rereads of previously read books
green = books I would rec
red = books you should not read

JANUARY

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyou
Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

FEBRUARY

The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Married in Haste: A Pride and Prejudice Reimagining by A. K. Madison
The Kidnapping of Elizabeth Bennet: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Jennifer Kay
Lovers' Meeting: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Catherine Lodge
Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase

MARCH

Fallen by Jessie Lewis
Star Wars, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith by Matthew Woodring Stover
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
Shatterpoint by Matthew Woodring Stover
The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
Lords of the Sith by Paul Kemp

APRIL

Darth Plagueis by James Luceno
Rebelwing by Andrea Tang
The Last Man in the World by Abigail Reynolds
Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader by James Luceno
Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal
Queen's Peril by E.K. Johnston
Queen's Shadow by E.K. Johnston
Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell
Ahsoka by E.K. Johnston
Dukes Prefer Blondes by Loretta Chase
Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite
The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart


MAY

Honey Girl by Morgan Rodgers
The Burning God by R.F. Kuang
Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko
The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark

Descendant of the Crane by Joan He

JUNE

Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor by Matthew Woodring Stover
Witchmark by C.L. Polk
The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
The Midnight Libary by Matt Haig
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
Heaven Official's Blessing Book 1 (fan translation)
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
Heaven Official's Blessing Book 2 (fan translation)
This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
Heaven Official's Blessing Book 3 (fan translation)
Heaven Official's Blessing Book 4 (fan translation)
Heaven Official's Blessing Book 5 (fan translation)
The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

JULY

The Duke Who Didn't by Courtney Milan
Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q Sutanto
Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite

Aetherbound by E.K. Johnston
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

AUGUST

Dearly: New Poems by Margaret Atwood
The Unbroken by C.L. Clark
Cemetery Boys by Aidan Thomas
Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko
Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
Nor Iron Bars A Cage by Kaje Harper

SEPTEMBER

Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin
Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

OCTOBER

The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
Dark Rise by C.S. Pacat

Her Wolf in the Wild by Rien Gray
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske


NOVEMBER

Jade Fire Gold by June CL Tan
Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
Arabella by Georgette Heyer

DECEMBER

We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction of 2020 edited by C.L. Clark
The Bone Shard Emperor by Andrea Stewart

Persuasion by Jane Austen
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu Vol. 1 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong Vol. 1 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu