Top Five Books of 2021

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The year is coming to an end, and our December List of the Month is dedicated to your Top Five Books of 2021. Please note that books don't need to have been published in 2021, just read this year. You can see the LT Staffer picks at the LT Blog: https://blog.librarything.com/2021/12/top-five-books-of-2021/ And participate in the conversation on Talk: https://www.librarything.com/topic/337286
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5,560 membres
273 critiques
4.2
24 Members
bookwoman84, anglemark, raidergirl3, jonathankws, LDVoorberg, bookmess, kaida46, ChrisMG, souloftherose, RGilbraith, Andrew.Beck, OphelieDepoortere, KWSVERNON, nonil, Mairsiedoats, timetunnel, pbeagan, drbobingv, Boand, JulieStielstra, JTolson1970, nankan, AlexThurman, Craftybilda
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kaida46: I've never read anything like this, great fantasy, creative, unusual,descriptive, and an enjoyable ride.
Boand: The most original book I’ve read this year! A truly spellbinding, intriguing and tricksy narrative that never fails to draw you in to the magic of the narrator’s journey. The finale is totally unexpected, shocking and completely blindsided me. This is a book that I will definitely be reading again and that is something I very rarely do. I look forward to being engrossed once again in this glorious fantasy.
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4,282 membres
225 critiques
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3,884 membres
180 critiques
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4,817 membres
233 critiques
3.9
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2,449 membres
124 critiques
4.2
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12,173 membres
470 critiques
½ 4.3
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6,128 membres
319 critiques
½ 4.3
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3,651 membres
167 critiques
4.2
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5,540 membres
274 critiques
½ 4.3
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2,337 membres
112 critiques
½ 4.4
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815 membres
27 critiques
4.2
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2,343 membres
83 critiques
4.1
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1,606 membres
86 critiques
3.9
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18,000 membres
465 critiques
4.1
4 Members
knerd.knitter, ecb06c, bookmess, KWSVERNON
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knerd.knitter: This year I discovered a love for the books of Haruki Murakami; I have yet to read one of his books that I don’t like, but this has been my favorite so far!
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1,111 membres
72 critiques
4.1
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473 membres
31 critiques
4.1
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945 membres
73 critiques
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1,346 membres
64 critiques
½ 4.4
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3,106 membres
157 critiques
4.1
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5,407 membres
341 critiques
4.1
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3,193 membres
124 critiques
½ 4.3
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2,161 membres
99 critiques
3.9
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1,648 membres
92 critiques
½ 4.3
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1,523 membres
33 critiques
4.2
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1,323 membres
59 critiques
3.9
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944 membres
55 critiques
½ 4.3
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2,708 membres
138 critiques
3.9
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865 membres
45 critiques
½ 3.7
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1,492 membres
88 critiques
4.2
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6,074 membres
224 critiques
4.1
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7,361 membres
326 critiques
4.1
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71,784 membres
1,160 critiques
3.8
3 Members
hipdeep, Rchlwtsn, AAAO
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hipdeep: In the audio book version released by Planet Money - which is not as good as if professional actors had done it, but was a darn nice way to celebrate Public Domain Day nonetheless.
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2 Members
Storeetllr, kara.shamy
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Storeetllr: More than *just* astrophysics.
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2,566 membres
81 critiques
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, aspirit
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1,387 membres
84 critiques
3.9
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5,829 membres
328 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
Storeetllr, Cora-R
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1,504 membres
18 critiques
4.2
2 Members
CarltonC, MichaelHodges
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CarltonC: History brilliantly recorded in the making, with the immediacy and urgency of journalism, which you don’t encounter in academic history books.
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799 membres
25 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
avanders, noveltea
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797 membres
28 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
Aquila, ablachly
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548 membres
26 critiques
4.1
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422 membres
13 critiques
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11,567 membres
775 critiques
4.1
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593 membres
40 critiques
3.8
2 Members
tardis, lkmiller
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23,305 membres
422 critiques
½ 4.4
2 Members
dhm, chwiggy
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dhm: Once read, couldn’t not be on the list.
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13,434 membres
646 critiques
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8,593 membres
281 critiques
4.1
2 Members
toups, Brandy1411
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3,116 membres
132 critiques
4.2
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1,309 membres
28 critiques
½ 4.3
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482 membres
29 critiques
3.9
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2,068 membres
73 critiques
½ 4.4
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630 membres
50 critiques
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472 membres
25 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
aethercowboy, AlexThurman
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aethercowboy: A worth follow up to The Circle, showing the dangers and dystopia of letting the tech giants be our gods.
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42 membres
1 critique
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2 Members
paradoxosalpha, MichaelHodges
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paradoxosalpha: A magisterial intellectual biography of a precocious and neglected social theorist.
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24,768 membres
472 critiques
4.2
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6,116 membres
359 critiques
½ 4.4
2 Members
skyrad43, rretzler
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3,321 membres
169 critiques
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2 Members
knerd.knitter, SimoneA
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knerd.knitter: This book is a beautiful, fantastical journey…
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42,073 membres
1,134 critiques
4.1
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1,896 membres
121 critiques
4.2
2 Members
tardis, Storeetllr
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Storeetllr: Murderbot. No need to say more.
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1,730 membres
114 critiques
3.9
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963 membres
83 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
bookwoman84, zhejw
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5,291 membres
244 critiques
4.1
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5,168 membres
255 critiques
3.9
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488 membres
36 critiques
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119 membres
5 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
MichaelHodges, Boand
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Boand: A brilliantly told thriller in the Bryant & May canon. Fowler has honed his narrative and characters to a truly sublime level in this addictive page turner. Possibly the last in the series, or perhaps not, the secrets revealed about London and the detective duo continue to enthral and surprise.
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1,553 membres
45 critiques
4.1
2 Members
zhejw, mdexter
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50,212 membres
450 critiques
½ 4.5
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RobtCM
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18,894 membres
185 critiques
3.9
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RBeffa
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9,138 membres
255 critiques
½ 4.4
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Milda-TX
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8,977 membres
196 critiques
4
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JenMDB
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7,899 membres
139 critiques
4.2
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bjappleg8
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6,904 membres
344 critiques
½ 4.3
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5,833 membres
332 critiques
3.9
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Minthe
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5,425 membres
185 critiques
3.8
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craso
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4,545 membres
267 critiques
4.1
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4,431 membres
63 critiques
4
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rretzler
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4,226 membres
122 critiques
4
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paradoxosalpha
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paradoxosalpha: A darkly funny novel of cosmic justice writ very small. I hate it when that happens.
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4,120 membres
162 critiques
½ 4.4
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Euryale
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3,636 membres
157 critiques
4
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anglemark
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3,435 membres
122 critiques
4.1
Member
dhm
Explications
dhm: All three parts of the trilogy are amazing — this middle book I enjoyed especially.
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3,135 membres
61 critiques
4.2
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toups
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2,474 membres
107 critiques
½ 4.3
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2,287 membres
61 critiques
½ 4.5
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2,270 membres
151 critiques
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cbl_tn
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1,892 membres
112 critiques
4.2
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LDVoorberg
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LDVoorberg: hats off to Neil Smith (translator) for helping capture the hope and humanity amidst darkness and despair in this novel that so beautifully balances the reality of a community
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1,672 membres
130 critiques
3.8
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LyndaInOregon
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LyndaInOregon: Picoult's readers know by now to expect a twist at the end. But this one was so unexpected it literally left me with my mouth hanging open. On re-reading, however, the clues were there.
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1,563 membres
16 critiques
4.2
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hipdeep
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1,540 membres
70 critiques
3.8
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tina1969
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1,447 membres
29 critiques
½ 3.6
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1,309 membres
48 critiques
½ 3.7
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1,234 membres
84 critiques
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1,154 membres
45 critiques
3.8
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1,146 membres
53 critiques
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1,139 membres
47 critiques
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Aquila
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1,114 membres
56 critiques
½ 3.5
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shedgeco
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1,094 membres
56 critiques
3.9
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Tosta
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1,079 membres
48 critiques
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842 membres
8 critiques
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aethercowboy
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aethercowboy: As a follow up to 12 Rules For Life, I found this one a worthy successor to the first.
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799 membres
32 critiques
3.8