My Complete 2021 Reading List: Every Book I Read in 2021
Rachel from Booklistqueen asked this question last year - How many books does a book blogger read in a year?
In terms of reading, I would say this year was fabulous for me. I thought I’d put up a tough challenge for myself by setting my goal of 100 books in the year. Because I’ve never before read that many books in a year. My highest number every year being around the 50s. But credit to my planning and execution (not boasting) I surpassed that and completed 124 books. Great right? And 50 of these books became my 5 star reads of the year.
So now are you wondering what I read?
Here today I’ve got my complete 2021 Reading List for you. I loved making this post as I got to go over all my reading through the year along with all the hits and misses.
I’m just going to list the titles here, if you’re interested in my review and rating, please click on the title and read the info.
Inspiration for this layout and format was all from Booklistqueen! Thank you for inspiring so many of us.
Let’s begin, So I read – 124 books
- Pages - 32586
- Genres covered – Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery/Thriller, Non-fiction, Romance, Humor-and-comedy, psychological thriller.
- Formats covered – Paperbacks, Hardbacks, Ebooks, Audiobooks
- Average rating – 4.3
- Average Book length – 258 pages
- Shortest Book – 9 daily habits of warren buffett
- Longest Book – Crooked Kingdom
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Unique Book Recommendations to help you find your next read
Fiction
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Twin black sisters on different paths and their very unique stories.
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The novel that raises a morbidly shattering world where women are imprisoned for pregnancy.
The Boy called Ambi by Srividhya Venkatesan Gayathri Venkatesan
Sweet life story of boy in small town India.
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Life after death POV, where you get to choose a way of life you did not opt for in your real life.
Anxious People by Fredrick Backman
Kindness, it’s an important quality in this unique crime gone wrong story.
These Hills Called Homes by Temsula Ao
Living in North East India before they became independent and peaceful states governed by the central government.
Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbag
The perils faced by a middle class family of becoming wealthy overnight.
That Long Silence by Shashi Deshpande
What does a woman who gave up everything for her husband do after she realizes her husband is a fraud?
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
It’s okay to be different.
Manto’s selected short stories by Sadat Hasan Manto
Bold, raw and very well written and characterized stories from pre-independence era.
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
A woman’s descent into madness.
Articleship Diaries by Akhil Manuel
A student’s journey from being a student to being a professional.
Kim Ji Young, Born 1982 by Cho Nam Joo
A woman in Korean narrates very vividly what it is to be a woman in Korea.
Em and the Big Hoom by Jerry Pinto
The narrator’s quest to find what led to his mother’s madness and deteriorating mental health.
Roads to Mussoorie Ruskin Bond
Ruskin Bond reminisces about his favorite city and its famed streets.
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Stories of people living away from their motherland, their difficulties and adjustments.
Bayan by Pramudith Rupasinghe
An old man reminiscing his life in Soviet Russia and discussing his bond with his favorite instrument with a stranger.
The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
A dystopian world where things disappear and people lose all memory of it.
Intimacies by Lucy Caldwell
Fascinating and brilliant Stories about women, relating to pregnancy and motherhood.
Romance
Our Love Story by Rohit Sharma
Typical Bollywood Rom-Com, stuff of the movies.
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Enemies turned lovers, sons of the first family in the US and the royal prince of the UK. Steamy is an understatement.
The Audacity of Sara Grayson by Joani Elliott
A buddy writer finds herself in a fix when her deceased mother writes in her will for her daughter to write the final book of her bestselling series.
Lifeline by Chetan Maheshwari
The seeds of a business in India growing amidst a love story waiting to happen.
The Meeting Point by Olivia Lara
A betrayed woman falls for the taxi driver her ex was travelling in, only over text messages they exchange. Sounds impossible but feels very real.
Kari by Amruta Patil
India’s exemplary graphic novel of two girls in a lesbian relationship.
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
A quadriplegic and his helper’s last ditch efforts to save him from taking his own life, leading to a wonderful light lovable story.
Beach Read by Emily Henry
Two writers, stuck with their next book and broke, decide to switch genres and write each other’s books and bet on who sells their book first.
The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas
Enemies to Lovers trope with a Spanish family backdrop, and an American boy.
Mystery/Thriller
AN EYE FOR AN EYE by Carol Wyer
Classic story of revenge and murder solved by DI Kate Young.
Graveyard Fields by Steven Tingle
A victim in hiding trying to run away from his attackers.
Into The Water by Paula Hawkins
When an elder sister does not answer her little sister’s call, little does she know that it could be her last one.
Silence in the Library by Katharine Schellman
Accidentally caught up in a murder mystery, the characters in this book portray the perfect combination of old world British charm and whodunit vibe.
The Stalker by Sarah Alderson
So a couple is celebrating their honeymoon on a remote island with no way contact or travel accept by boat. And then they realize they aren’t alone on the island.
The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
Rich people problems. A retelling of Jane Eyre.
A Cut for a Cut by Carol Wyer
Another compelling DI Kate young mystery.
Sadie by Courtney Summers
A teenage girl in search of her missing sister lands up in all the wrong places.
We Were Liars by E.Lockhart
A wealthy family hiding a secret so dark that it will destroy everyone.
The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse
Gothic atmosphere with a sanatorium turned resort with a horrific past.
Faith and Beloved by Shibu
Mafia style thriller with plenty of blood, sex and gore.
The Perfect Murder by Ruskin Bond
Classic case of murder gone awry.
When Things Get Dark: Stories inspired by Shirley Jackson
Collection of horror stories by authors inspired by Shirley Jackson.
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
A young wife haunted by her wealthy husband’s first wife.
The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
A chance reading of a letter, that was never meant to be read, turns catastrophic.
Evil Eye by Madhuri Shekhar
Spooky creepy paranormal story based on rebirth.
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
A gang of senior citizens playing detective and doing a great job at it along with having some fun.
