My Favorite Reads of 2021
Another year of books is down for the books, and this year was a wild reading year for me. At the end of 2020, I realized I was stuffing my bookshelves with books that had been there for two or three years with no prospect of being read.So a major goal of mine in 2021 was to read through some of those books, and about half of the books I read this year were books I’ve had a while.
Going through my reading list to pick my favorites, I also realized that I read a lot of stand-alone books this year. I’m usually a series girl, which I guess is why I have so many stand-alones on my bookshelf.What a fun year of reading though, getting to see so many worlds and characters. Picking my favorites were hard, and I made up some fun categories to feature more books.
MY FAVORITE READS OF 2021
FAVORITE STAND ALONES
- No Exit
- The Guest List
- People We Meet on Vacation
FAVORITE BOOK WITH THE WORD “WIFE” IN THE TITLE
I read a lot of those
- Pretty Little Wife
Honorable Mention: The Hunting Wives
MOST ANXIETY-INDUCING READ OF THE YEAR
Lock Every Door
Honorable Mention: No Exit
FASTEST READ
No Exit (12 hours)
FAVORITE ROM-COM OF THE YEAR
The Ex-Talk
Honorable Mentions: People We Meet on Vacation and The Love Hypothesis
FAVORITE SHARI LAPENA READ
(I read three of her books this year)
The End of Her
Honorable Mentions: A Stranger in the House and Not a Happy Family
FAVORITE PANDEMIC BOOK
56 Days
While I usually feature a favorite series, the only books I read in series this year were continuations of previous series – the In Death series and the Stephanie Plum series. I didn’t really read any other series because my bookshelf is all stand-alones.
Going into 2022, I’m hoping to read through my bookshelf even more, and up my reading goal to 52 books. That’ll be roughly a book a week, and it’s been a few years since I’ve read that many. You can view my 2021 reading list here.
I’m ready to do it.
