JAUARY
- A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
- The Guest List by Lucy Foley
- The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
- People Like Her by Ellery Lloyd
- What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
FEBRUARY
- The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
- The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan
- The Girlfriend by Michelle Frances
- My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
MARCH
- Milk Fed by Melissa Broder
- The Push by Ashley Audrain
- Little Weirds by Jenny Slate
APRIL
- Pretty Little Wife by Darby Kane
- Unfaithful by Natalie Barelli
- The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
- No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July
MAY
- The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
- We Are All the Same in the Dark by Julia Heaberlin
- The Perfect Wife by JP Delaney
- Mrs. Fletcher by Tom Perrotta
JUNE
- The Wives by Tarryn Fisher
- Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica
- Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
- Regretting Motherhood: A Study by Orna Donath
JULY
- The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda
- Last Girl Gone by J. G. Hetherton
- Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot
- Writers & Lovers: A Novel by Lily King
SEPTEMBER
- The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
- Codename Villanelle by Luke Jennings
- Killing Eve: No Tomorrow by Luke Jennings
OCTOBER
- Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder
- The Getaway by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
- Blue Ticket: A Novel by Sophie Mackintosh
NOVEMBER
- Make Your Art No Matter What by Beth Pickens
- The Lightness: A Novel by Emily Temple
- Words + Music by St. Vincent
DECEMBER
- What Makes Love Last? by Nan Silver, John M. Gottman
- When You Find Me by P. J. Vernon
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TO FINISH IN EARLY 2022
- The State of Affairs by Esther Perel
- Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder
- Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
- Father of the Rain: A Novel by Lily King
- The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel A. van der Kolk
- Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino
- Still Lives: A Novel by Maria Hummel
I didn’t get nearly as much reading done in 2021 as I wish I had. Here’s to reading more in 2022, and having a cleaner home because I tend to clean while I listen to my audiobooks.
2 responses to “A Year In Books [2021]”
I tried to read the midnight library about the same time as you did. I got through one chapter, and I had to stop. All the discussion about regret hit home, and I felt like the book would sink me into depression. I’d like to give it another try some time. I’ve needed to put a book away before and when I return to it, I have no trouble.
I’d highly recommend it. I think I read it during dark times & it really helped me to be able to see more clearly. The stuff about regret is def not easy to hear though.