Books Read in 2021

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A Closed and Common Orbit
de Becky Chambers
2,788 membres
168 critiques
½ 4.3
Rang global 74
2 Members
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The Serial Killer's Daughter
de Lesley Welsh
53 membres
4 critiques
½ 3.4
Rang global 402
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Le Cri de l'oiseau rouge
de Edwidge Danticat
2,899 membres
66 critiques
3.8
Rang global 505
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Explications
ahef1963: Absolutely beautiful book.
4
Marie Barton
de Elizabeth Gaskell
2,668 membres
67 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 163
2 Members
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Explications
ahef1963: Found very dull. Surprised as I usually love Gaskell's books.
5
A Keeper
de Graham Norton
374 membres
24 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 757
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Explications
ahef1963: Graham Norton is becoming such a talented writer. This book is sweet and mysterious and darkly funny.
6
Chase Darkness with Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders
de Billy Jensen
406 membres
15 critiques
3.9
Rang global 822
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Une déchirure dans le ciel
de Jeanine Cummins
363 membres
18 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 883
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Explications
ahef1963: Heartbreaking story.
8
Ella Minnow Pea
de Mark Dunn
3,935 membres
259 critiques
3.9
Rang global 348
2 Members
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Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape
de Jenna Miscavige Hill
901 membres
46 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 1,001
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Les innocents
de Michael Crummey
355 membres
24 critiques
3.9
Rang global 1,066
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Châtiments
de Val McDermid
668 membres
40 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 1,108
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Insidious Intent
de Val McDermid
354 membres
20 critiques
3.9
Rang global 1,167
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The Vanishing Half
de Brit Bennett
5,591 membres
237 critiques
4.1
Rang global 3
13 Members
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Jane Austen's England
de Roy Adkins
458 membres
8 critiques
3.9
Rang global 1,263
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The Midnight Library
de Matt Haig
10,283 membres
444 critiques
3.8
Rang global 2
13 Members
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Explications
ahef1963: Life-changing. It really helped me deal with the grief in my life, which I was not expecting!
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Son of a Trickster
de Eden Robinson
509 membres
33 critiques
3.8
Rang global 1,384
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The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery
de Barbara K. Lipska Ph. D
238 membres
15 critiques
½ 3.5
Rang global 1,441
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Explications
ahef1963: Fascinating.
18
Go Tell It on the Mountain
de James Baldwin
5,742 membres
112 critiques
3.9
Rang global 1,462
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Explications
ahef1963: It may be a classic but I did not enjoy this book.
19
Sans laisser de traces
de Val McDermid
1,096 membres
57 critiques
½ 3.6
Rang global 1,517
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Dimanche, le rabbin est resté à la maison
de Harry Kemelman
956 membres
27 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 1,570
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Lucy
de Jamaica Kincaid
1,109 membres
8 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 1,605
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Explications
ahef1963: Remarkably insightful book about institutionalized racism. Good story, too!
22
La conjuration des imbéciles
de John Kennedy Toole
21,327 membres
472 critiques
3.9
Rang global 133
3 Members
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Explications
ahef1963: Weird and wonderful book. Strangest protagonist (if he is the protagonist) that I've met in fiction.
23
La porte de cristal
de N. K. Jemisin
4,213 membres
188 critiques
4.2
Rang global 60
3 Members
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La cinquième saison
de N. K. Jemisin
7,964 membres
362 critiques
4.2
Rang global 43
4 Members
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Explications
ahef1963: Best fantasy book I've read in years.
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Le voleur de plumes. Où l'on traite de la beauté, d'une obsession, et du vol du siècle en matière d'histoire naturelle
de Kirk Wallace Johnson
1,047 membres
51 critiques
4
Rang global 1,782
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Explications
ahef1963: Unusual, true, captivating book about a man who stole feathers for his obsession with fishing fly-tying.
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The Gown
de Jennifer Robson
974 membres
76 critiques
4
Rang global 1,832
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Monster
de Steve Jackson
116 membres
1 critique
4
Rang global 1,894
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La haine qu'on donne
de Angie Thomas
9,225 membres
475 critiques
½ 4.5
Rang global 1,910
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Explications
ahef1963: Wow. Top-notch book about black people vs. the police. Saddening, eye-opening.
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The Other Mrs
de Mary Kubica
824 membres
51 critiques
½ 3.5
Rang global 1,966
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Woman Last Seen in Her Thirties
de Camille Pagán
142 membres
15 critiques
½ 3.3
Rang global 2,021
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No home
de Yaa Gyasi
5,573 membres
276 critiques
½ 4.3
Rang global 2,045
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Explications
ahef1963: One of the best books I've ever read.
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The Royal We
de Heather Cocks
957 membres
77 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 2,136
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The Heir Affair
de Heather Cocks
323 membres
16 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 2,186
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Red, White & Royal Blue: A Novel
de Casey McQuiston
5,975 membres
237 critiques
4.2
Rang global 91
3 Members
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Explications
ahef1963: I really liked this book: gay romance with an royal and international theme.
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Uninvited: Confessions of a Hollywood Party Crasher
de Adrian Maher
3 membres
Rang global 2,277
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The House By the Sea
de Louise Douglas
73 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.6
Rang global 2,309
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The Jigsaw Man
de Nadine Matheson
299 membres
14 critiques
½ 3.6
Rang global 2,336
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La femme au carnet rouge
de Antoine Laurain
682 membres
36 critiques
3.9
Rang global 2,370
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Explications
ahef1963: Such a lovely book about a man who finds a notebook in a cast-off handbag in Paris.
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Queenie
de Candice Carty-Williams
1,531 membres
60 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 2,405
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Royal Holiday
de Jasmine Guillory
570 membres
27 critiques
½ 3.6
Rang global 2,463
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Mort à La Fenice
de Donna Leon
3,536 membres
130 critiques
½ 3.6
Rang global 2,492
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Voici venir les rêveurs
de Imbolo Mbue
1,962 membres
101 critiques
3.9
Rang global 2,535
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One Last Stop
de Casey McQuiston
2,610 membres
82 critiques
3.9
Rang global 17
6 Members
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Explications
ahef1963: Excellent LGBTQ romance/time travel story that transcended genres and was a true pleasure to read.
aspirit: October/November. Published in June.
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Une si longue lettre
de Mariama Bâ
1,319 membres
44 critiques
3.8
Rang global 2,607
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Explications
ahef1963: Struggled to finish it even though it's only 100 or so pages long.
45
Dream Girl
de Laura Lippman
421 membres
28 critiques
½ 3.5
Rang global 2,650
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Someone We Know
de Shari Lapeña
952 membres
50 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 2,681
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Where the Truth Lies
de M. J. Lee
43 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.4
Rang global 2,735
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Eight Detectives
de Alex Pavesi
608 membres
37 critiques
½ 3.3
Rang global 2,759
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Explications
ahef1963: A crime novel within a crime novel; engaging, eccentric, and completely new. I recommend it.
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Meurtres à Lafferton
de Susan Hill
1,349 membres
85 critiques
½ 3.6
Rang global 2,784
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Explications
ahef1963: First of the Simon Serallier crime novels, well-written, unusual, satisfying.
50
Autopsie d'une femme plate
de Marie-Renée Lavoie
83 membres
6 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 2,840
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Explications
ahef1963: Story with real depth. The author showed real emotional insight.
51
Annie John
de Jamaica Kincaid
1,535 membres
29 critiques
½ 3.6
Rang global 2,853
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Explications
ahef1963: Loved this. Jamaica Kincaid continues to impress me.
52
A Tangled Web
de Leslie Rule
16 membres
1 critique
½ 4.3
Rang global 2,915
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The Wedding Party
de Jasmine Guillory
631 membres
31 critiques
½ 3.6
Rang global 2,933
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The Light Years (Cazalet Chronicle: Book 1)
de Elizabeth Jane Howard
1,245 membres
54 critiques
4
Rang global 2,962
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Explications
ahef1963: Lovely family saga; will be reading the next of the series.
55
Life on the Ground Floor
de James Maskalyk
38 membres
4 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 3,005
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Binti
de Nnedi Okorafor
2,861 membres
242 critiques
3.9
Rang global 3,018
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Orphan Train
de Christina Baker Kline
6,100 membres
455 critiques
4
Rang global 3,051
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In Every Mirror She's Black
de Lola Akinmade Akerstrom
159 membres
7 critiques
3.9
Rang global 3,101
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Transcendent Kingdom
de Yaa Gyasi
2,099 membres
101 critiques
4
Rang global 789
2 Members
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The Paris Library
de Janet Skeslien Charles
1,909 membres
99 critiques
3.9
Rang global 579
2 Members
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Such a Fun Age
de Kiley Reid
3,181 membres
171 critiques
3.8
Rang global 147
3 Members
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Convenience Store Woman
de Sayaka Murata
3,005 membres
193 critiques
3.8
Rang global 435
2 Members
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Explications
ahef1963: Odd novella about a woman who works in a convenience store in Japan. Unusual and insightful.
63
Calypso
de David Sedaris
2,268 membres
114 critiques
4.1
Rang global 472
2 Members
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Ayoade On Top
de Richard Ayoade
247 membres
9 critiques
3.8
Rang global 3,265
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Insomnies
de John Cheever
3,367 membres
34 critiques
4.2
Rang global 3,279
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Frying Plantain
de Zalika Reid-Benta
128 membres
6 critiques
3.9
Rang global 3,323
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No Stone Unturned: The Story of Necrosearch International Investigators
de Steve Jackson
242 membres
7 critiques
3.8
Rang global 3,351
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Explications
ahef1963: Truly excellent. There is so much to learn about forensics, and this book taught me a lot.
68
By the Sea
de Abdulrazak Gurnah
330 membres
11 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 3,373
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Shuggie Bain
de Douglas Stuart
2,481 membres
126 critiques
4.2
Rang global 1
15 Members
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A Clockwork Murder: The Night a Twisted Fantasy Became a Demented Reality
de Steve Jackson
13 membres
1 critique
4
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Découvrir un sens à sa vie Avec la logothérapie
de Viktor Frankl
15,673 membres
312 critiques
4.2
Rang global 860
2 Members
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L'Art de la guerre
de Sun Tzu
23,057 membres
252 critiques
3.8
Rang global 3,467
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The Man I Married
de Elena Wilkes
10 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.3
Rang global 3,516
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Washington Square
de Henry James
4,391 membres
88 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 450
2 Members
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Daisy Miller
de Henry James
3,605 membres
84 critiques
½ 3.4
Rang global 3,543
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Passing
de Nella Larsen
2,693 membres
102 critiques
3.8
Rang global 313
2 Members
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Oracle
de Andrew Pyper
38 membres
4 critiques
½ 3.6
Rang global 798
2 Members
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