Novel Pairings 91. Bookish superlatives from an unprecedented reading year
After a few months off, we're back in your feeds today to discuss some of our favorite (and least favorite) books of 2021. We've organized this episode into bookish superlatives that let us share books you may not hear us talk about otherwise. We also offer a reflection on our reading year as a whole, including what it's been like to read with newborns around. It's great to be back at the mic talking all things books!
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Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers
Beautiful World Where Are You by Sally Rooney
The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith
My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
We’re All in This Together by Amy Jones
Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts by Karen Kleiman
Detransition, Baby by Torrie Peters
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman