Top 10 fiction novels read in 2021
Looking back on my reading diary for 2021 I had a better year of books than I first thought, and indeed I couldn't narrow it down to just 10 books so I am creating 3 lists this year - one for fiction, one for non-fiction and one for children's/YA books.
I did completed two of my own challenges, reading all of the 2021 World Book Night titles and then reading all of the books long listed for the 2021 Wainwright Prize. I also got better at abandoning books - actually abandoning them rather than kidding myself that I'd come back to them!
I was also pleased to see that 60% of the books read were by women and that I read more than 2 translated titles a month.
Anyhow, in alphabetical order, here are my top 10 fiction reads from this year:
- Civilisations by Laurent Binet (translated from the French by Sam Taylor)
- Which Way? by Theodora Benson
- The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
- The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante (translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein)
- The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield
- The Island of Trees by Elif Shafak
- Kololo Hill by Neema Shah
- O, The Brave Music by Dorothy Evelyn Smith
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
- Still Life by Sarah Winman
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