BOOKS READ IN 2021

• My favorite read of the year was: Sorrow and Bliss
• My favorite SciFi (sortof) read of the year was: Project Hail Mary and Sea of Tranquility
• My favorite Fantasy read of the year was: Under the Whispering Door
• My favorite nonfiction read of the year was: Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
• My favorite Historical Fiction read of the year was: The Magician
• My favorite Mystery read of the year was: A Line to Kill
• My favorite poetry read of the year was: What Kind of Woman
• My favorite horror read of the year was: The Last House on Needless Street

• Here are all my five-star reads for the year:
• Sea of Tranquility
• Three O’Clock in the Morning
• The Color Purple
• The Lowering Days
• Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting
• This Close to Okay
• Sorrow and Bliss
• Klara and the Sun
• What Kind of Woman
• Revival Season
• The Power of Vulnerability
• Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
• Project Hail Mary
• The People We Keep
• The Last House on Needless Street
• Once There Were Wolves
• The Choice: Embrace the Possible
• Under the Whispering Door
• Fresh Paint
• The Magician
• Trusting the Gold: Uncovering Your Natural Goodness
• Oh William!
• A Million Things
• Mixed Media Color Studio
• A Little Hope
• The Heart Principle
• Unconditional Confidence
• The Lightmaker’s Manifesto
• Unbound
• French Braid
• A Line to Kill
• Yerba Buena
• Inward
• Burnout
• Lessons in Chemistry

And here are all 229 of my reads from 2021 in reverse order. You can find all the reviews here and some of my drawings with reviews on instagram here.

1. The Other Black Girl
2. End of the World House
3. Love, Lists, and Fancy Ships
4. The Girl I Was
5. Greetings From Asbury Park
6. Confess
7. Sea of Tranquility
8. Imaginable
9. Small Things Like These
10. A Ballad of Love and Glory
11. The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward
12. Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
13. Firekeeper’s Daughter
14. Wish You Were Here
15. Drawn on the Way: A Guide to Capturing the Moment Through Live Sketching
16. The Island of Missing Trees
17. Just Haven’t Met You Yet
18. Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home
19. Lessons in Chemistry
20. Beneath the Stairs
21. Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life
22. Joy on Demand: The Art of Discovering the Happiness Within
23. Like a House on Fire
24. The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
25. Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
26. Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
27. Clarity & Connection
28. I Hope This Finds You Well
29. The Sentence
30. The Younger Wife
31. Inward
32. Always Only You (Bergman Brothers, #2)
33. Ever After Always (Bergman Brothers, #3)
34. The Night She Disappeared
35. Off Season
36. Yerba Buena
37. The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1)
38. The Lincoln Highway
39. Cackle
40. A Line To Kill (Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery, #3)
41. No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear
42. Already Enough: A Path to Self-Acceptance
43. French Braid
44. Out of Love
45. The Suite Spot (Beck Sisters, #2)
46. The Golden Couple
47. The Selfless Act of Breathing
48. Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement
49. The Love Hypothesis (The Love Hypothesis, #1)
50. The Last House on the Street
51. Apples Never Fall
52. The Arrangement
53. Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself
54. Take Me with You When You Go
55. Rock Paper Scissors
56. The Maid
57. Heart Smart (Work For It #2)
58. Gone By Morning
59. The Story of You: An Enneagram Journey to Becoming Your True Self
60. A History of Wild Places
61. O Beautiful
62. The Wonder Test
63. Matrix
64. The Lightmaker’s Manifesto: How to Work for Change Without Losing Your Joy
65. Beautiful World, Where Are You
66. Dark Roads
67. Unconditional Confidence: Instructions for Meeting Any Experience with Trust and Courage
68. The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self
69. The Heart Principle (The Kiss Quotient, #3)
70. Tin Camp Road
71. A Little Hope
72. Zen Wisdom for the Anxious: Simple Advice from a Zen Buddhist Monk
73. To Sir, with Love
74. Get Messy Art: The No-Rules, No-Judgment, No-Pressure Approach to Making Art – Create with Watercolor, Acrylics, Markers, Inks, and More
75. Drawing Is for Everyone: Simple Lessons to Make Your Creative Practice a Daily Habit – Explore Infinite Creative Possibilities in Graphite, Colored Pencil, and Ink
76. Mixed Media Color Studio: Explore Modern Color Theory to Create Unique Palettes and Find Your Creative Voice–Play with Acrylics, Pastels, Inks, Graphite, and More
77. Where the Truth Lies
78. Cloud Cuckoo Land
79. A Million Things
80. Dear Me
81. How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
82. Oh William!
83. No Hiding in Boise
84. Jacket Weather
85. The Break-Up Book Club
86. Trusting the Gold: Uncovering Your Natural Goodness
87. Nothing More Dangerous
88. The Shimmering State
89. Not a Happy Family
90. All Together Now
91. The Stepsisters
92. For Your Own Good
93. Listening Still
94. The Magician
95. Rock the Boat
96. Eight Perfect Hours
97. Create Beautiful: A Glam Creativity Workbook for a Vibrant Life and Home
98. Fresh Paint: Discover Your Unique Creative Style Through 100 Small Mixed-Media Paintings
99. Maybe This Will Help: How to Feel Better When Things Stay the Same
100. The Five Wounds
101. The Maidens
102. Under the Whispering Door
103. What a Happy Family
104. Notes from the Burning Age
105. The Choice: Embrace the Possible
106. The Layover
107. One Last Stop
108. Hostage
109. Who Is Maud Dixon?
110. We Are the Brennans
111. The Guncle
112. Malibu Rising
113. The Husbands
114. Rabbits
115. What If You & Me (Say Everything, #2)
116. Once There Were Wolves
117. Yoga Pant Nation (Class Mom, #3)
118. You’re Going to Survive
119. Razorblade Tears
120. A Good Day for Chardonnay (Sunshine Vicram, #2)
121. The Last House on Needless Street
122. Several People Are Typing
123. Heartbreak for Hire
124. Exit
125. The Guide
126. Instructions for Dancing
127. The People We Keep
128. Colorful
129. If Only
130. The 22 Murders of Madison May
131. Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead
132. The Road Trip
133. Easy Crafts for the Insane: A Mostly Funny Memoir of Mental Illness and Making Things
134. How Lucky
135. How to Save a Life
136. Competitive Grieving
137. Together We Will Go
138. Morningside Heights
139. That Summer
140. What You Can See from Here
141. What Comes After
142. Girls with Bright Futures
143. Life’s Too Short (The Friend Zone, #3)
144. The Last Thing He Told Me
145. Mary Jane
146. The Perfect Daughter
147. People We Meet on Vacation
148. Project Hail Mary
149. Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
150. Early Morning Riser
151. The Finish Line (The Ravenhood, #3)
152. The Last Goodbye
153. The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
154. Exodus (The Ravenhood Duet #2)
155. Flock (The Ravenhood, #1)
156. One Two Three
157. Second First Impressions
158. When the Stars Go Dark
159. When I Ran Away
160. The Missing Treasures of Amy Ashton
161. Every Vow You Break
162. Perfect on Paper
163. The Good Sister
164. Gold Diggers
165. The Power of Vulnerability: Teachings of Authenticity, Connections and Courage
166. Revival Season
167. A Town Called Solace
168. A Million Reasons Why
169. The Intimacy Experiment (The Roommate, #2)
170. Her Here
171. On Hampstead Heath
172. What Kind of Woman
173. Everything After
174. Only When It’s Us (Bergman Brothers, #1)
175. Brood
176. The Plot
177. The Power Couple
178. Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage
179. Meet Me in Another Life
180. The Kitchen Front
181. The Soulmate Equation
182. Infinite Country
183. It’s Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake
184. Klara and the Sun
185. Every Last Fear
186. No One Is Talking About This
187. Sorrow and Bliss
188. We Run the Tides
189. The Echo Wife
190. The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket
191. Faye, Faraway
192. Finlay Donovan Is Killing It (Finlay Donovan, #1)
193. Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know
194. The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives
195. The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
196. The Kindest Lie
197. Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing
198. Keeping a Nature Journal: Deepen Your Connection with the Natural World All Around You
199. Switch
200. This Close to Okay
201. The Ex Talk
202. The Push
203. The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)
204. Winterkeep (Graceling Realm, #4)
205. Across the Green Grass Fields (Wayward Children, #6)
206. Black Buck
207. Love Poems for the Office
208. Happy Habits: 50 Science-Backed Rituals to Adopt (or Stop) to Boost Health and Happiness
209. How to Figure Out What to Do with Your Life
210. The Anxiety and Depression Workbook: Simple, Effective CBT Techniques to Manage Moods and Feel Better Now
211. Make Your Art No Matter What: Moving Beyond Creative Hurdles
212. Dear Child
213. Blacktop Wasteland
214. The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
215. Mother May I
216. Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting
217. The Lowering Days
218. Good Company
219. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
220. The Color Purple
221. The Lost Apothecary
222. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
223. Three O’Clock in the Morning
224. Take It Back (Zara Kaleel, #1)
225. The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett
226. How to Fail at Flirting
227. Just Work: Get Sh*t Done, Fast & Fair
228. Float Plan (Beck Sisters, #1)
229. Enneagram Empowerment: Discover Your Personality Type and Unlock Your Potential