2021 Reading List
These are the books I’ve finished in 2021 so far:
- Memorial by Bryan Washington
- Plain Bad Heroines by Emily Danforth
- Barbarian’s Prize by Ruby Dixon
- The Best American Essays 2017 Edited by Leslie Jamison
- Housewife Chronicles by Jennifer Snow
- Dating-ish by Penny Reid
- Beautiful Facade by Kathryn S. Rose
- Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
- The Project by Courtney Summers
- Butter Side Up by Jane Enright
- The Love Square by Laura Jane Williams
- The Gunners by Rebecca Kauffman
- Marriage of Inconvenience by Penny Reis
- Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
- The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
- The Ex talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon
- What Doesn’t Kill You by Tessa Miller
- The Roommate by Rosie Danan
- The Night Swim by Megan Goldin
- Life’s Too Short by Abby Jimenez
- Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen
- Broken (in the best possible way) by Jenny Lawson
- Neanderthal Seeks Extra Yarns by Penny Reid
- The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
- You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
- The Little Book of Big Knowing by Michelle Sammons
- The Best American Essays 2020 edited by Andre Aciman
- Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
- If I Disappear by Eliza Jane Brazier
- The Hooker and the Hermit by Penny Reid & L.H. Cosway
- Heart Bones by Colleen Hoover
- Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour
- Ways to Ruin a Royal Reputation by Dani Collins
- Serena Singh Flips the Script by Sonya Lalli
- Birds of America by Lorrie Moore
- Barbarian’s Mate by Ruby Dixon
- The Intimacy Experiment by Rosie Danan
- Marriage and Murder by Penny Reid
- Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
- Never Put a Cactus in the Bathroom by Emily L. Hay Hinsdale
- The Guest Room by Chris Bohjalian
- Good Company by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
- Ice Ice Babies by Ruby Dixon
- Aegean Sun: The Kafenion by Stephanie Wood
- The Player and the Pixie by Penny Reid & L.H. Cosway
- The Guest List by Lucy Foley
- Writing into the Wound by Roxane Gay
- Simmer Down by Sarah Smith
- Just Like You by Nick Hornby
- Having the Barbarian’s Baby by Ruby Dixon
- The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth
- Only When It’s Us by Chloe Liese
- Happy Endings by Thien-Kim Lam
- Hollywood Park by Mikel Jollett
- The Cad and the Co-ed by L.H. Cosway & Penny Reid
- Signs: The Secret Language of The Universe by Laura Lynne Jackson
- Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade
- The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
- Group by Christie Tate
- People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
- Girls Weekend by CM Nascosta
- Always Only You by Chloe Liese
- The Varlet & the Voyer by L.H. Cosway & Penny Reid
- It Had to be You by Georgia Clark
- Other People’s Children by RJ Hoffman
- Watch Me Disappear by Janelle Brown
- Ever After Always by Chloe Liese
- The Point After by Sean Conley
- The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis
- The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren
- Just Last Night by Mhairi McFarlane
- Runaway Train by Lee Matthew Goldberg
- Weight Expectations by M. E. Carter
- The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
- American Royals by Katharine McGee
- Majesty by Katharine McGee
- Sticking to the Script by Stella Weaver
- The Duke Who Didn’t by Courtney Milan
- That Summer by Jennifer Weiner
- Playing the Palace by Paul Rudnick
- Year Book by Seth Rogan
- Talk Bookish to Me by Kate Bromley
- Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole
- Baking Me Crazy by Karla Sorensen
- Breath by James Nestor
- Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny
- Finally Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosmiano
- One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
- The Guild of the Infant Savior by Megan Galbraith
- Who is Maud Dixon? Alexandra Andrews
- The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary
- Stud Muffin by Jiffy Kate
- Plot Twist by Bethany Turner
- Blow Your House Down by Gina Frangello
- How Sweet It Is by Dylan Newton
- Witches Get Stitches by Juliette Cross
- Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
- The Therapist by BA Paris
- Second First Impressions by Sally Thorne
- No Whisk No Reward by Ellie Kay
- Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing by Lauren Hough
- The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
- The Butterfly Lampshade by Aimee Bender
- It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey
- The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
- Beef Cake by Jiffy Kate
- With You Forever by Chloe Liese
- Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge
- Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
- Barbarian’s Touch by Ruby Dixon
- The Guilt Trip by Sandie Jones
- All Systems Red by Martha Wells
- One Night Only by Catherine Walsh
- Just Folking Around by Penny Reid
- Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
- Totally Folked by Penny Reid
- The Guncle by Steven Rowley
- The Husbands by Chandler Baker
- Aloha With Love by Lindy Miller & Terence Brody
- Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey
- Isn’t it Romantic? by Lyssa Kay Adams
- How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee
- The Disappearing Act by Catherine Steadman
- Batter of Wits by Karla Sorensen
- Luster by Raven Leilani
- Written in the Stars by Alexandra Bellefleur
- Hang the Moon by Alexandria Bellefleur
- Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
- Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
- The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang
- Calm by Ruby Dixon
- Eye Candy by Jiffy Kate
- The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
- Just Kids by Patti Smith
- Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Know My Name by Chanel Miller
- Steal My Magnolia by Karla Sorensen
- Feral Creatures by Kira Jane Buxton
- Flower Crowns & Fearsome Things by Amanda Lovelace
- Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
- The Utterly Uninteresting…Fred the Vampire Accountant by Drew Haynes
- The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazlewood
- Attraction by Penny Reid
- This Jade World by Ira Sukrungruang
- Beautiful World, Where Are You? by Sally Rooney
- Heart by Penny Reid
- If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy
- Capture by Penny Reid
- Xeni by Rebekah Weatherspoon
- Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder
- Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
- The Highland Fling by Meghan Quinn
- The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
- One Two Three by Laurie Frankel
- 40-Love by Olivia Dade
- Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon
- Writing Hard Stories by Melanie Brooks
- Motion by Penny Reid
- Space by Penny Reid
- Time by Penny Reid
- The Audacity of Sara Grayson by Joani Elliott
- Neon Gods by Katee Robert
- The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun
- Desperate Measures by Katee Robert
- The Missing Treasures of Amy Ashton by Eleanor Ray
- The Broken Girls by Simone St. James
- The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
- Love in Due Time by L.B. Dunbar
- Eliza Starts a Rumor by Jane L. Rosen
- Learn My Lesson by Katee Robert
- A Worthy Opponent by Katee Robert
- The Storyteller by Dave Grohl
- The Beast by Katee Robert
- Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
- Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover
- How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 days by KM Jackson
- Crime and Periodicals by Nora Everly
- Beautiful Things by Hunter Biden
- The Sea Witch by Katie Robert
- The Coincidence of Coconut Cake by Amy E. Reichert
- Queen Takes Rose by Katee Robert
- 99% Mine by Sally Thorne
- Emotional Inheritance by Galit Atlas
- The Kindred Spirits Supper Club by Amy E. Reichert
- Prose Before Bros by Cathy Yardley
- The Ugly Cry by Danielle Henderson
- A Very Grumpy Christmas by Jerica MacMillan
- Regretting You by Colleen Hoover
- The Naughty List by Ellie Mae MacGregor
- Window Shopping by Tessa Bailey
- Santa Claus is Going to Town on Me by ML Eliza
- Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
- The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson
- Verity by Colleen Hoover
- So We Meet Again by Suzanne Park
- Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert
- Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison
- The Other Man by Farhad J. Dadyburjor
- Shelf Awareness by Katie Ashley
- The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice & Virtue by Mackenzie Lee