Happy New Year’s Eve!
I thought long and hard about whether to do my annual favorite reads post this year, and when it came down to it, I just couldn’t choose a top 10. I read way too many fantastic books this year, and the majority of them were by my fellow debut authors.
BUT, I don’t want to leave you without a year-end wrap-up, so here are all of the books I read in 2021, with some extra info and links.
Of the 88 books I read this year, they broke down as:
- 15 middle grade
- 63 young adult
- 10 adult
And 57 of the 88 were books by fellow #the21ders, so approximately two-thirds. If you’re interested in books by #the21ders, check out our Bookshop page, where you can order them directly and support an independent bookstore.
On to the books I read in 2021! If I reviewed the book in one of my roundups this year, it’s linked, and if it’s a debut book, I noted that as well. Also note that there are a few books toward the end of the year that I still plan to cover in a roundup soon!
- Glitter Gets Everywhere by Yvette Clark (MG debut)
- Maybe This Time by Kasie West
- The Scottish Bride by Catherine Coulter
- Dragonfly Girl by Marti Leimbach (YA debut)
- The Quantum Weirdness of the Almost-Kiss by Amy Noelle Parks (YA debut)
- Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant (YA debut)
- The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- Sea of Kings by Melissa Hope (MG debut)
- First Comes Scandal by Julia Quinn
- Glimpsed by G.F. Miller (YA debut)
- The Obsession by Jesse Q. Sutanto (YA debut)
- The Other Side of Perfect by Mariko Turk (YA debut)
- A Vow So Bold and Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer
- Take Back the Block by Chrystal D. Giles (MG debut)
- Hot British Boyfriend by Kristy Boyce (YA debut)
- Alone by Megan E. Freeman (MG debut)
- You Have a Match by Emma Lord
- A Pho Love Story by Loan Le (YA debut)
- A Taste for Love by Jennifer Yen (YA debut)
- Where the Rhythm Takes You by Sarah Dass (YA debut)
- Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas
- The Wide Starlight by Nicole Lesperance (YA debut)
- The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon
- The Last Shadow Warrior by Sam Subity (MG debut)
- Prepped by Bethany Mangle (debut)
- The Bright & The Pale by Jessica Rubinkowski (YA debut)
- An Occasionally Happy Family by Cliff Burke (MG debut)
- Beach Read by Emily Henry
- American Betiya by Anuradha D. Rajurkar (YA debut)
- Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley (YA debut)
- Kisses and Croissants by Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau (YA debut)
- Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price (YA debut)
- Sisters of the Snake by Sarena and Sasha Nanua (YA debut)
- No Offense by Meg Cabot
- The Last Windwitch by Jennifer Adam (MG debut)
- The Gilded Girl by Alyssa Colman (MG debut)
- Summer of Lost Letters by Hannah Reynolds (YA debut)
- Dial A For Aunties by Jesse Q Sutanto
- Many Points of Me by Caroline Gertler (MG debut)
- Kind of Sort of Fine by Spencer Hall (YA debut)
- The Last Fallen Star by Graci Kim (MG debut)
- Baby & Solo by Lisabeth Posthuma (YA debut)
- Shipped by Meredith Tate
- Not Our Summer by Casie Bazay (YA debut)
- Where It All Lands by Jennie Wexler (YA debut)
- Words Composed of Sea and Sky by Erica George (YA debut)
- Simone Breaks All the Rules by Debbie Rigaud
- Made in Korea by Sarah Suk (YA debut)
- You & Me At the End of the World by Brianna Bourne (YA debut)
- Curse of the Specter Queen by Jenny Elder Moke
- The Half-Orphan’s Handbook by Joan F. Smith (YA debut)
- In the Same Boat by Holly Green (YA debut)
- Everywhere Blue by Joanne Rossmassler Fritz (YA debut)
- Manatee’s Best Friend by Sylvia Liu (MG debut)
- Breath of Magic by Teresa Medeiros
- Rea and the Blood of the Nectar by Payal Doshi (MG debut)
- My Contrary Mary by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand & Jodi Meadows
- Blue Hawaiian by Carla Luna
- Time Villains by Victor Pineiro (MG debut)
- Lies Like Wildfire by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez (YA debut)
- Josephine Against the Sea by Shakirah Bourne (MG debut)
- 14 Ways to Die by Vincent Ralph (YA debut)
- Vampires, Hearts, and Other Dead Things by Margie Fuston (YA debut)
- How We Fall Apart by Katie Zhao
- Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee
- How Not to Fall in Love by Jacqueline Firkins
- Dark and Shallow Lies by Ginny Myers Sain (YA debut)
- Loathe At First Sight by Suzanne Park
- Like A Love Song by Gabriela Martins (YA debut)
- Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean
- For All Time by Shanna Miles (YA debut)
- Once Upon A Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
- Not Here to Be Liked by Michelle Quach (YA debut)
- The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- 10 Truths and a Dare by Ashley Elston
- Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer
- The Witch Haven by Sasha Peyton Smith (YA debut)
- The Jasmine Project by Meredith Ireland (YA debut)
- Aurora’s End by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
- The Bookshop of Dust and Dreams by Mindy Thompson (MG debut)
- Every Other Weekend by Abigail Johnson
- Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon
- Jade Fire Gold by June CL Tan (YA debut)
- Eat Your Heart Out by Kelly DeVos
- Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood (YA debut)
- Starling by Isabel Strychacz (YA debut)
- Don’t Hate the Player by Alexis Nedd
- So Many Beginnings by Bethany C. Morrow
I’m not yet sure how my reading will look in 2021. I had a particular goal of reading as many books by fellow debut authors as possible this year, and I still have more of those on my list. I’ll still look out for 2022 debut authors next year to support, but I will also probably return to re-reading some of my favorites and working less off a list.
How did your reading go in 2021? Did you read any of the same books? And what do you have on your TBR for 2022?
Wow! Looks like you got a lot of reading in during 2021. 🙂 Awesome!
Wishing you a Happy New Year!
It was a great reading year. Happy New Year to you as well!