Top Five Books of 2021

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Décembre 2021 (see all)
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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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Piranesi
de Susanna Clarke
6,009 membres
282 critiques
4.2
25 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, futtee, 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
4,568 membres
234 critiques
4.2
16 Members
holly_golightly, rarm, charl08, Micheller7, bugaderes39, njinthesun, sturlington, ChrisMG, RGilbraith, Andrew.Beck, Mairsiedoats, Boand, steller0707, nankan, futtee, Craftybilda
3
Klara and the Sun
de Kazuo Ishiguro
5,124 membres
242 critiques
3.9
13 Members
ecb06c, jeanned, Milda-TX, sturlington, ChrisMG, KatyBee, AmourFou, KWSVERNON, dianeham, WendyRobyn, nankan, futtee, Maryjane75
4
The Four Winds
de Kristin Hannah
4,254 membres
196 critiques
4.1
12 Members
yesyvonne, dara85, ecb06c, ChrisMG, RGilbraith, KimberlyCombs, RetiredProf, AAAO, Scraphorse, JTolson1970, nankan, Craftybilda
5
Shuggie Bain
de Douglas Stuart
2,557 membres
129 critiques
4.2
11 Members
sipthereader, shaunie, FAMeulstee, njinthesun, skyrad43, gypsysmom, KimberlyCombs, Rchlwtsn, nankan, futtee, Craftybilda
6
Circe
de Madeline Miller
13,025 membres
477 critiques
½ 4.3
9 Members
ecb06c, ChrisMG, katemcangus, Andrew.Beck, Mairsiedoats, steller0707, jackplotkin, futtee, Sarmarhar
7
The House in the Cerulean Sea
de TJ Klune
6,615 membres
335 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
3,961 membres
169 critiques
4.2
7 Members
mooingzelda, bookmess, RGilbraith, Andrew.Beck, Jjean7, debann6354, KimberlyCombs
10
No home
de Yaa Gyasi
5,727 membres
282 critiques
½ 4.3
6 Members
charl08, ahef1963, KimberlyCombs, shedgeco, steller0707, BEMR595
11
Kafka sur le rivage
de Haruki Murakami
18,302 membres
473 critiques
4.1
5 Members
knerd.knitter, ecb06c, bookmess, KWSVERNON, Maryjane75
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!
12
Ne dis rien. Meurtre et mémoire en Irlande du Nord
de Patrick Radden Keefe
2,477 membres
115 critiques
½ 4.4
6 Members
charl08, vwinsloe, AmourFou, Laurenthewise1, AAAO, JorgeousJotts
13
The Prophets
de Robert Jones Jr.
871 membres
26 critiques
4.2
5 Members
Andrew.Beck, Jjean7, ManWithAnAgenda, sqr3cls3, charlesloflin
14
The Once and Future Witches
de Alix E. Harrow
2,559 membres
87 critiques
4.1
5 Members
lkmiller, edgewood, lscan2, Cora-R, Sarmarhar
15
Matrix
de Lauren Groff
1,711 membres
92 critiques
3.9
5 Members
zhejw, N1na, KatyBee, RGilbraith, markhopp
16
Crossroads
de Jonathan Franzen
1,403 membres
62 critiques
3.9
4 Members
edparks, KatyBee, JuliaMaria, Maryjane75
17
Migrations
de Charlotte McConaghy
1,193 membres
79 critiques
4.1
4 Members
yesyvonne, njinthesun, Laurenthewise1, Newtonian7
18
A Town Called Solace
de Mary Lawson
507 membres
33 critiques
4.1
4 Members
charl08, terran, bookmess, dianeham
19
Miss Benson's Beetle
de Rachel Joyce
981 membres
77 critiques
4
4 Members
bearette24, mdexter, HelenGress, Tosta
20
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
de Becky Chambers
1,430 membres
65 critiques
½ 4.4
4 Members
tardis, charl08, jeanned, Brandy1411
21
The Lincoln Highway
de Amor Towles
3,531 membres
174 critiques
4.1
4 Members
kristenl, edparks, cmtl, Laurenthewise1
22
Défaillances systèmes
de Martha Wells
5,762 membres
352 critiques
4.1
3 Members
kyp, nx74defiant, Charon07
23
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse
de Charlie Mackesy
3,458 membres
129 critiques
½ 4.3
3 Members
perennialreader, Rchlwtsn, Scraphorse
24
The Only Good Indians
de Stephen Graham Jones
2,337 membres
100 critiques
3.9
4 Members
norabelle414, skyrad43, sturlington, sqr3cls3
25
Deacon King Kong
de James McBride
1,751 membres
97 critiques
½ 4.3
4 Members
bjappleg8, jeanned, skyrad43, Mairsiedoats
26
Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone
de Diana Gabaldon
1,639 membres
36 critiques
4.2
3 Members
bookmess, Tess_W, Laurenthewise1
27
West with Giraffes
de Lynda Rutledge
1,053 membres
65 critiques
4.2
3 Members
guido47, perennialreader, dianeham
28
Sur les Ossements des morts
de Olga Tokarczuk
2,890 membres
143 critiques
3.9
3 Members
holly_golightly, Capybara_99, nonil
29
Nous vivions dans un pays d'été
de Lydia Millet
905 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
1,569 membres
92 critiques
4.2
3 Members
Milda-TX, IsolaBlue, vwinsloe
31
Les Testaments
de Margaret Atwood
6,372 membres
224 critiques
4.1
3 Members
SimoneA, rretzler, Rchlwtsn
32
Une vie comme les autres
de Hanya Yanagihara
7,963 membres
333 critiques
4.1
3 Members
SimoneA, FAMeulstee, KWSVERNON
33
Gatsby le magnifique
de F. Scott Fitzgerald
73,223 membres
1,167 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
421 membres
9 critiques
3.8
2 Members
Storeetllr, kara.shamy
Explications
Storeetllr: More than *just* astrophysics.
35
One Last Stop
de Casey McQuiston
2,810 membres
86 critiques
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, aspirit
36
Interior Chinatown
de Charles Yu
1,447 membres
87 critiques
3.9
2 Members
greeneyed_ives, sqr3cls3
37
Project Hail Mary
de Andy Weir
6,385 membres
347 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
Storeetllr, Cora-R
38
Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-1941
de William L. Shirer
1,539 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
The Chosen and the Beautiful
de Nghi Vo
843 membres
30 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
Aquila, ablachly
40
Velvet Was the Night
de Silvia Moreno-Garcia
840 membres
25 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
avanders, noveltea
41
The Secret to Superhuman Strength
de Alison Bechdel
576 membres
26 critiques
4.1
2 Members
libraryhead, Dilara86
42
The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood, Youth, Dependency
de Tove Ditlevsen
459 membres
15 critiques
4.1
2 Members
IsolaBlue, JuliaMaria
43
Station eleven
de Emily St. John Mandel
12,044 membres
783 critiques
4.1
2 Members
Edward, sipthereader
44
The Midnight Bargain
de C. L. Polk
627 membres
39 critiques
3.8
2 Members
tardis, lkmiller
45
A l'est d'Eden
de John Steinbeck
23,752 membres
426 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
13,685 membres
652 critiques
4
2 Members
rhian_of_oz, markhopp
48
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
de V. E. Schwab
9,340 membres
294 critiques
4.1
2 Members
toups, Brandy1411
49
Girl, Woman, Other
de Bernardine Evaristo
3,220 membres
136 critiques
4.2
2 Members
Minthe, holly_golightly
50
Le troisième Reich. Tome 3/3 : 1939-1945
de Richard J. Evans
1,337 membres
26 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
timspalding, MichaelHodges
51
Fight Night
de Miriam Toews
519 membres
31 critiques
3.9
2 Members
starfishian, JenMDB
52
Bienvenue dans l'anthropocène
de John Green
2,264 membres
78 critiques
½ 4.4
2 Members
Emma.June.Lyon, Charon07
53
Across the Green Grass Fields
de Seanan McGuire
651 membres
49 critiques
4
2 Members
Storeetllr, ManWithAnAgenda
54
The Every
de Dave Eggers
504 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
43 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
25,145 membres
473 critiques
4.2
2 Members
mattries37315, AAAO
57
Trop noir, trop blanc
de Trevor Noah
6,328 membres
364 critiques
½ 4.4
2 Members
skyrad43, rretzler
58
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
de Alix E. Harrow
3,507 membres
176 critiques
4
2 Members
knerd.knitter, SimoneA
Explications
knerd.knitter: This book is a beautiful, fantastical journey…
59
La servante écarlate
de Margaret Atwood
42,988 membres
1,155 critiques
4.1
2 Members
kristilabrie, steller0707
60
Télémétrie fugitive
de Martha Wells
2,032 membres
126 critiques
4.2
2 Members
tardis, Storeetllr
Explications
Storeetllr: Murderbot. No need to say more.
61
The Sun Down Motel
de Simone St. James
1,854 membres
116 critiques
3.9
2 Members
avanders, Brandy1411
62
The Echo Wife
de Sarah Gailey
1,029 membres
85 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
bookwoman84, zhejw
63
Le Murder Club du jeudi
de Richard Osman
5,713 membres
274 critiques
3.9
2 Members
raidergirl3, Julie_in_the_Library
64
L'arbre-monde
de Richard Powers
5,600 membres
252 critiques
4.1
2 Members
kaixo, sipthereader
65
The Nature of Fragile Things
de Susan Meissner
506 membres
36 critiques
4.2
2 Members
Micheller7, bookofsecrets
66
Bryant & May: London Bridge Is Falling Down
de Christopher Fowler
122 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
1,667 membres
49 critiques
4.1
2 Members
zhejw, mdexter
68
Le Seigneur des anneaux
de J. R. R. Tolkien
50,906 membres
453 critiques
½ 4.5
Member
RobtCM
69
Pour qui sonne le glas
de Ernest Hemingway
19,223 membres
185 critiques
3.9
Member
RBeffa
70
L'Equilibre du monde
de Rohinton Mistry
9,243 membres
255 critiques
½ 4.4
Member
Milda-TX
71
Un été prodigue
de Barbara Kingsolver
9,056 membres
197 critiques
4
Member
JenMDB
72
Feu pâle
de Vladimir Nabokov
8,015 membres
140 critiques
4.2
Member
bjappleg8
73
Le conseiller T2 : le pouvoir
de Hilary Mantel
7,071 membres
347 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
rhian_of_oz
74
Lincoln in the Bardo
de George Saunders
5,948 membres
340 critiques
3.9
Member
Minthe
75
Daphné et le duc : roman
de Julia Quinn
5,838 membres
191 critiques
3.8
Member
craso
76
La maison des Hollandais
de Ann Patchett
4,718 membres
275 critiques
4.1
Member
sturlington
77
Le Cycle d'Hypérion, tome 3 : Endymion
de Dan Simmons
4,478 membres
64 critiques
4
Member
rretzler
78
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
de Isabel Wilkerson
4,412 membres
169 critiques
½ 4.4
Member
Euryale
79
Le Troisième policier
de Flann O'Brien
4,266 membres
126 critiques
4
Member
paradoxosalpha
Explications
paradoxosalpha: A darkly funny novel of cosmic justice writ very small. I hate it when that happens.
80
La mémoire retrouvée
de Edmund De Waal
3,721 membres
160 critiques
4
Member
anglemark
81
La forêt sombre
de Cixin Liu
3,707 membres
131 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
3,191 membres
61 critiques
4.2
Member
toups
83
Firekeeper's Daughter
de Angeline Boulley
2,689 membres
117 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
Emma.June.Lyon
84
Grant
de Ron Chernow
2,375 membres
62 critiques
½ 4.5
Member
mattries37315
85
All clear
de Connie Willis
2,306 membres
151 critiques
4.1
Member
cbl_tn
86
Us Against You
de Fredrik Backman
1,976 membres
114 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
1,753 membres
133 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
1,699 membres
75 critiques
3.8
Member
tina1969
89
Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom
de bell hooks
1,597 membres
16 critiques
4.2
Member
hipdeep
90
For the Wolf
de Hannah Whitten
1,532 membres
31 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
Verkruissen
91
The Devil and the Dark Water
de Stuart Turton
1,413 membres
47 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
bookwoman84
92
Les vies de papier
de Rabih Alameddine
1,272 membres
85 critiques
4
Member
karenmarie
93
Une désolation nommée paix
de Arkady Martine
1,204 membres
50 critiques
4.2
Member
Aquila
94
Nomadland
de Jessica Bruder
1,186 membres
52 critiques
4.1
Member
elliepotten
95
La maison d'à côté
de Anne Rivers Siddons
1,177 membres
46 critiques
3.8
Member
bookofsecrets
96
Devolution
de Max Brooks
1,165 membres
57 critiques
3.9
Member
Tosta
97
Plain Bad Heroines
de Emily M. Danforth
1,164 membres
59 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
shedgeco
98
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death
de Caitlin Doughty
1,147 membres
50 critiques
4
Member
Nova_Mortem
99
La Promesse
de Damon Galgut
1,125 membres
60 critiques
4
Member
blackhornet
100
Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life
de Jordan B. Peterson
925 membres
9 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.