My reading numbers in 2021 are down a bit compared to the previous year. Not to worry, they bounce back. And I still had a good year of reading with very few weak books read and only one true dud. As per usual I’ve posted short reviews of each of the books I read on LibraryThing.
Writers who impressed me this year included Patrick Süskind, China Miéville, George Saunders, Jon McGregor, John Berger, and Muriel Spark. And a special mention goes to Martha Wells, whose Murderbot Diaries novellas were a wonderful distraction.
Stats from my 2021 reading list:
- 40 were borrowed from our public library
- 6 have Canadian authors
- 6 were chosen due to personal recommendations from friends
- 2 were being reread
- 5 are ebooks
Books read in 2021 (55):
- Ewen, Paul. Francis Plug: Writer in Residence
- Kingwell, Mark. On Risk
- Setiya, Kieran. Midlife: a philosophical guide
- Dillon, Brian. Suppose A Sentence
- O’Farrell, Maggie. Hamnet & Judith
- Bennett, Claire-Louise. Pond
- Wells, Martha. The Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red
- Smith, Zadie. Intimations: Six Essays
- Berger, John. Here is where we meet
- Kinsky, Esther. River
- Leilani, Raven. Luster: a novel
- Murata, Sayaka. Earthlings
- McEwan, Ian. Machines Like Me
- Miéville, China. The City & The City
- Wells, Martha. The Murderbot Diaries: Artificial Condition
- Wells, Martha. The Murderbot Diaries: Rogue Protocol
- Pratchett, Terry. The Colour of Magic
- Wells, Martha. The Murderbot Diaries: Exit Strategy
- Ishiguro, Kazuo. Klara and The Sun
- Robinson, Eden. Return of the Trickster
- Wilson, Kevin. Nothing To See Here
- Bernhard, Thomas. The Loser
- Saunders, George. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
- Walschots, Natalie Zina. Hench
- Williams, Eley. The Liar’s Dictionary
- Wells, Martha. The Murderbot Diaries: Network Effect
- St. Aubyn, Edward. Double Blind
- Kawakami, Mieko. Heaven: a novel
- Wells, Martha. The Murderbot Diaries: Fugitive Telemetry
- North, Claire. Notes From The Burning Age
- Cusk, Rachel. Second Place
- Weir, Andy. Project Hail Mary
- Toews, Miriam. Fight Night
- Süskind, Patrick. The Pigeon
- Bechdel, Alison. The Secret to Superhuman Strength
- Rovelli, Carlo. Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
- Segal, Lore. Shakespeare’s Kitchen
- Nunez, Sigrid. The Friend
- Porter, Max. The Death of Francis Bacon
- Calvino, Italo. Last Comes the Raven and Other Stories
- Alexis, André. Ring
- Mills, Carolyn Huizinga. The Good Son: a novel
- McGregor, Jon. Lean Fall Stand
- Austen, Jane. Persuasion: An Annotated Edition edited by Robert Morrison
- Sáenz, Benjamin Alire. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
- Erpenbeck, Jenny. Not a Novel: A Memoir in Pieces
- Smiley, Jane. Perestroika in Paris
- Kawaguchi, Toshikazu. Before the Coffee Gets Cold: a novel
- Strout, Elizabeth. Oh William!: a novel
- Bordas, Camille. How to Behave in a Crowd: a novel
- Spark, Muriel. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
- Moshfegh, Ottessa. Eileen: a novel
- Modiano, Patrick. Young Once
- Spark, Muriel. The Girls of Slender Means
- King, Lily. Five Tuesdays in Winter: stories