Top Five Books of 2021

List of the Month
Décembre 2021 (see all)
Description
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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Piranesi
de Susanna Clarke
5,738 membres
280 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
Explications
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.
2
Hamnet
de Maggie O'Farrell
4,398 membres
231 critiques
4.2
15 Members
holly_golightly, rarm, charl08, Micheller7, bugaderes39, njinthesun, sturlington, ChrisMG, RGilbraith, Andrew.Beck, Mairsiedoats, Boand, steller0707, nankan, Craftybilda
3
The Four Winds
de Kristin Hannah
4,000 membres
186 critiques
4.1
12 Members
yesyvonne, dara85, ecb06c, ChrisMG, RGilbraith, KimberlyCombs, RetiredProf, AAAO, Scraphorse, JTolson1970, nankan, Craftybilda
4
Klara and the Sun
de Kazuo Ishiguro
4,933 membres
237 critiques
3.9
11 Members
ecb06c, jeanned, Milda-TX, sturlington, ChrisMG, KatyBee, AmourFou, KWSVERNON, dianeham, WendyRobyn, nankan
5
Shuggie Bain
de Douglas Stuart
2,480 membres
126 critiques
4.2
10 Members
sipthereader, shaunie, FAMeulstee, njinthesun, skyrad43, gypsysmom, KimberlyCombs, Rchlwtsn, nankan, Craftybilda
6
Circe
de Madeline Miller
12,345 membres
480 critiques
½ 4.3
8 Members
ecb06c, ChrisMG, katemcangus, Andrew.Beck, Mairsiedoats, steller0707, jackplotkin, Sarmarhar
7
The House in the Cerulean Sea
de TJ Klune
6,217 membres
326 critiques
½ 4.3
8 Members
SimoneA, yoyogod, Milda-TX, OphelieDepoortere, KWSVERNON, KimberlyCombs, Brandy1411, Sarmarhar
9
La Cité des nuages et des oiseaux
de Anthony Doerr
3,751 membres
172 critiques
4.2
7 Members
mooingzelda, bookmess, RGilbraith, Andrew.Beck, Jjean7, debann6354, KimberlyCombs
10
No home
de Yaa Gyasi
5,593 membres
277 critiques
½ 4.3
6 Members
charl08, ahef1963, KimberlyCombs, shedgeco, steller0707, BEMR595
11
Ne dis rien. Meurtre et mémoire en Irlande du Nord
de Patrick Radden Keefe
2,377 membres
113 critiques
½ 4.4
6 Members
charl08, vwinsloe, AmourFou, Laurenthewise1, AAAO, JorgeousJotts
12
The Prophets
de Robert Jones Jr.
824 membres
26 critiques
4.2
5 Members
Andrew.Beck, Jjean7, ManWithAnAgenda, sqr3cls3, charlesloflin
13
The Once and Future Witches
de Alix E. Harrow
2,407 membres
84 critiques
4.1
5 Members
lkmiller, edgewood, lscan2, Cora-R, Sarmarhar
14
Matrix
de Lauren Groff
1,630 membres
91 critiques
3.9
5 Members
zhejw, N1na, KatyBee, RGilbraith, markhopp
15
Kafka sur le rivage
de Haruki Murakami
18,074 membres
466 critiques
4.1
4 Members
knerd.knitter, ecb06c, bookmess, KWSVERNON
Explications
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!
16
Migrations
de Charlotte McConaghy
1,137 membres
74 critiques
4.1
4 Members
yesyvonne, njinthesun, Laurenthewise1, Newtonian7
17
A Town Called Solace
de Mary Lawson
487 membres
31 critiques
4.1
4 Members
charl08, terran, bookmess, dianeham
18
Miss Benson's Beetle
de Rachel Joyce
953 membres
76 critiques
4
4 Members
bearette24, mdexter, HelenGress, Tosta
19
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
de Becky Chambers
1,375 membres
64 critiques
½ 4.4
4 Members
tardis, charl08, jeanned, Brandy1411
20
The Lincoln Highway
de Amor Towles
3,369 membres
171 critiques
4.1
4 Members
kristenl, edparks, cmtl, Laurenthewise1
21
Défaillances systèmes
de Martha Wells
5,514 membres
345 critiques
4.1
3 Members
kyp, nx74defiant, Charon07
22
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse
de Charlie Mackesy
3,258 membres
128 critiques
½ 4.3
3 Members
perennialreader, Rchlwtsn, Scraphorse
23
The Only Good Indians
de Stephen Graham Jones
2,218 membres
99 critiques
3.9
4 Members
norabelle414, skyrad43, sturlington, sqr3cls3
24
Deacon King Kong
de James McBride
1,677 membres
96 critiques
½ 4.3
4 Members
bjappleg8, jeanned, skyrad43, Mairsiedoats
25
Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone
de Diana Gabaldon
1,565 membres
35 critiques
4.2
3 Members
bookmess, Tess_W, Laurenthewise1
26
Crossroads
de Jonathan Franzen
1,342 membres
60 critiques
3.9
3 Members
edparks, KatyBee, JuliaMaria
27
West with Giraffes
de Lynda Rutledge
972 membres
57 critiques
½ 4.3
3 Members
guido47, perennialreader, dianeham
28
Sur les Ossements des morts
de Olga Tokarczuk
2,763 membres
141 critiques
3.9
3 Members
holly_golightly, Capybara_99, nonil
29
Nous vivions dans un pays d'été
de Lydia Millet
876 membres
45 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
zhejw, jeanned, Laurenthewise1
30
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
de Robert Kolker
1,511 membres
90 critiques
4.2
3 Members
Milda-TX, IsolaBlue, vwinsloe
31
Les Testaments
de Margaret Atwood
6,162 membres
225 critiques
4.1
3 Members
SimoneA, rretzler, Rchlwtsn
32
Une vie comme les autres
de Hanya Yanagihara
7,536 membres
328 critiques
4.1
3 Members
SimoneA, FAMeulstee, KWSVERNON
33
Gatsby le magnifique
de F. Scott Fitzgerald
72,259 membres
1,171 critiques
3.8
3 Members
hipdeep, Rchlwtsn, AAAO
Explications
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.
34
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred
de Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
406 membres
9 critiques
3.8
2 Members
Storeetllr, kara.shamy
Explications
Storeetllr: More than *just* astrophysics.
35
One Last Stop
de Casey McQuiston
2,639 membres
84 critiques
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, aspirit
36
Interior Chinatown
de Charles Yu
1,403 membres
87 critiques
3.9
2 Members
greeneyed_ives, sqr3cls3
37
Project Hail Mary
de Andy Weir
5,975 membres
340 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
Storeetllr, Cora-R
38
Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-1941
de William L. Shirer
1,516 membres
18 critiques
4.2
2 Members
CarltonC, MichaelHodges
Explications
CarltonC: History brilliantly recorded in the making, with the immediacy and urgency of journalism, which you don’t encounter in academic history books.
39
Velvet Was the Night
de Silvia Moreno-Garcia
813 membres
26 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
avanders, noveltea
40
The Chosen and the Beautiful
de Nghi Vo
809 membres
29 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
Aquila, ablachly
41
The Secret to Superhuman Strength
de Alison Bechdel
559 membres
25 critiques
4.1
2 Members
libraryhead, Dilara86
42
The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood, Youth, Dependency
de Tove Ditlevsen
433 membres
13 critiques
4.2
2 Members
IsolaBlue, JuliaMaria
43
Station eleven
de Emily St. John Mandel
11,725 membres
780 critiques
4.1
2 Members
Edward, sipthereader
44
The Midnight Bargain
de C. L. Polk
607 membres
40 critiques
3.8
2 Members
tardis, lkmiller
45
A l'est d'Eden
de John Steinbeck
23,434 membres
424 critiques
½ 4.4
2 Members
dhm, chwiggy
Explications
dhm: Once read, couldn’t not be on the list.
47
Le Conseiller, Tome 1 : Dans l'ombre des Tudors
de Hilary Mantel
13,510 membres
652 critiques
4
2 Members
rhian_of_oz, markhopp
48
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
de V. E. Schwab
8,840 membres
293 critiques
4.1
2 Members
toups, Brandy1411
49
Girl, Woman, Other
de Bernardine Evaristo
3,193 membres
133 critiques
4.2
2 Members
Minthe, holly_golightly
50
Le troisième Reich. Tome 3/3 : 1939-1945
de Richard J. Evans
1,318 membres
28 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
timspalding, MichaelHodges
51
Fight Night
de Miriam Toews
497 membres
30 critiques
3.9
2 Members
starfishian, JenMDB
52
Bienvenue dans l'anthropocène
de John Green
2,131 membres
74 critiques
½ 4.4
2 Members
Emma.June.Lyon, Charon07
53
Across the Green Grass Fields
de Seanan McGuire
637 membres
49 critiques
4
2 Members
Storeetllr, ManWithAnAgenda
54
The Every
de Dave Eggers
485 membres
26 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
aethercowboy, AlexThurman
Explications
aethercowboy: A worth follow up to The Circle, showing the dangers and dystopia of letting the tech giants be our gods.
55
Fourier. Le visionnaire et son monde
de Jonathan Beecher
42 membres
1 critique
5
2 Members
paradoxosalpha, MichaelHodges
Explications
paradoxosalpha: A magisterial intellectual biography of a precocious and neglected social theorist.
56
Watership Down
de Richard Adams
24,911 membres
472 critiques
4.2
2 Members
mattries37315, AAAO
57
Trop noir, trop blanc
de Trevor Noah
6,135 membres
361 critiques
½ 4.4
2 Members
skyrad43, rretzler
58
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
de Alix E. Harrow
3,366 membres
172 critiques
4
2 Members
knerd.knitter, SimoneA
Explications
knerd.knitter: This book is a beautiful, fantastical journey…
59
La servante écarlate
de Margaret Atwood
42,353 membres
1,141 critiques
4.1
2 Members
kristilabrie, steller0707
60
Télémétrie fugitive
de Martha Wells
1,937 membres
122 critiques
4.2
2 Members
tardis, Storeetllr
Explications
Storeetllr: Murderbot. No need to say more.
61
The Sun Down Motel
de Simone St. James
1,768 membres
116 critiques
3.9
2 Members
avanders, Brandy1411
62
The Echo Wife
de Sarah Gailey
988 membres
83 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
bookwoman84, zhejw
63
L'arbre-monde
de Richard Powers
5,373 membres
244 critiques
4.1
2 Members
kaixo, sipthereader
64
Le Murder Club du jeudi
de Richard Osman
5,350 membres
264 critiques
3.9
2 Members
raidergirl3, Julie_in_the_Library
65
The Nature of Fragile Things
de Susan Meissner
496 membres
36 critiques
4.2
2 Members
Micheller7, bookofsecrets
66
Bryant and May: London Bridge Is Falling Down
de Christopher Fowler
118 membres
5 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
MichaelHodges, Boand
Explications
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.
67
A Thousand Ships
de Natalie Haynes
1,577 membres
48 critiques
4.1
2 Members
zhejw, mdexter
68
Le Seigneur des anneaux
de J. R. R. Tolkien
50,424 membres
451 critiques
½ 4.5
Member
RobtCM
69
Pour qui sonne le glas
de Ernest Hemingway
18,984 membres
185 critiques
3.9
Member
RBeffa
70
L'Equilibre du monde
de Rohinton Mistry
9,171 membres
255 critiques
½ 4.4
Member
Milda-TX
71
Un été prodigue
de Barbara Kingsolver
8,997 membres
196 critiques
4
Member
JenMDB
72
Feu pâle
de Vladimir Nabokov
7,951 membres
139 critiques
4.2
Member
bjappleg8
73
Le conseiller T2 : le pouvoir
de Hilary Mantel
6,932 membres
346 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
rhian_of_oz
74
Lincoln in the Bardo
de George Saunders
5,795 membres
336 critiques
3.9
Member
Minthe
75
Daphné et le duc : roman
de Julia Quinn
5,570 membres
186 critiques
3.8
Member
craso
76
La maison des Hollandais
de Ann Patchett
4,569 membres
274 critiques
4.1
Member
sturlington
77
Le Cycle d'Hypérion, tome 3 : Endymion
de Dan Simmons
4,448 membres
64 critiques
4
Member
rretzler
78
Le Troisième policier
de Flann O'Brien
4,237 membres
123 critiques
4
Member
paradoxosalpha
Explications
paradoxosalpha: A darkly funny novel of cosmic justice writ very small. I hate it when that happens.
79
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
de Isabel Wilkerson
4,199 membres
163 critiques
½ 4.4
Member
Euryale
80
La mémoire retrouvée
de Edmund De Waal
3,667 membres
157 critiques
4
Member
anglemark
81
La forêt sombre
de Cixin Liu
3,528 membres
127 critiques
4.1
Member
dhm
Explications
dhm: All three parts of the trilogy are amazing — this middle book I enjoyed especially.
82
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
de Norman Maclean
3,145 membres
61 critiques
4.2
Member
toups
83
Firekeeper's Daughter
de Angeline Boulley
2,547 membres
113 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
Emma.June.Lyon
84
Grant
de Ron Chernow
2,315 membres
61 critiques
½ 4.5
Member
mattries37315
85
All clear
de Connie Willis
2,286 membres
151 critiques
4.1
Member
cbl_tn
86
Us Against You
de Fredrik Backman
1,914 membres
113 critiques
4.2
Member
LDVoorberg
Explications
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
87
La tristesse des éléphants
de Jodi Picoult
1,690 membres
131 critiques
3.8
Member
LyndaInOregon
Explications
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.
88
Rock Paper Scissors
de Alice Feeney
1,598 membres
72 critiques
3.8
Member
tina1969
89
Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom
de bell hooks
1,572 membres
16 critiques
4.2
Member
hipdeep
90
For the Wolf
de Hannah Whitten
1,439 membres
30 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
Verkruissen
91
The Devil and the Dark Water
de Stuart Turton
1,336 membres
49 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
bookwoman84
92
Les vies de papier
de Rabih Alameddine
1,250 membres
85 critiques
4
Member
karenmarie
93
Une désolation nommée paix
de Arkady Martine
1,161 membres
51 critiques
4.2
Member
Aquila
94
La maison d'à côté
de Anne Rivers Siddons
1,161 membres
45 critiques
3.8
Member
bookofsecrets
95
Nomadland
de Jessica Bruder
1,157 membres
53 critiques
4.1
Member
elliepotten
96
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre
de Max Brooks
1,119 membres
57 critiques
3.9
Member
Tosta
97
Plain Bad Heroines
de Emily M. Danforth
1,104 membres
55 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
shedgeco
98
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death
de Caitlin Doughty
1,098 membres
48 critiques
4
Member
Nova_Mortem
99
Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life
de Jordan B. Peterson
869 membres
8 critiques
4
Member
aethercowboy
Explications
aethercowboy: As a follow up to 12 Rules For Life, I found this one a worthy successor to the first.
100
Golden Girl
de Elin Hilderbrand
825 membres
32 critiques
3.8
Member
bearette24