December 17, 2021

Wow! What a great year for reading. So many new books came out, and I revisited quite a few old ones as well. I had a great time exploring so many different stores with my friends, family, book clubs, and on my own. Some stories left lasting imprints on me that I will cherish forever, and some brought me a simple but perfect moment in time. Some I DNFed, and some I read in a single sitting. As always, every story I read changed me in some way for the better.

So, here it is—my 2021 Year in Books:

TitleAuthorGenre
Light From Uncommon StarsRyka AokiScience Fiction
The Grishaverse:
Shadow and Bone
Siege and Storm
Ruin and Rising
Six of Crows
Crooked Kingdom
King of Scars
Rule of Wolves		Leigh BardugoFantasy
The Language of Thorns Leigh Bardugo Fantasy
Lilith’s Brood: DawnOctavia E. ButlerScience Fiction
The Galaxy, and the Ground WithinBecky ChambersScience Fiction
A Psalm for the Wild-Built Becky Chambers Science Fiction
To Be Taught, If Fortunate Becky Chambers Science Fiction
Black Water SisterZen ChoFantasy
Ranger’s Apprentice series:
The Ruins of Gorlan
The Burning Bridge
The Icebound Lands
The Battle for Skandia
The Sorcerer in the North
The Siege of Macindaw
Erak’s Ransom
The King’s of Clonmel
Halt’s Peril
The Emperor of Nihon-Ja		John FlanaganFantasy
Beasts of PreyAyana GrayFantasy
Breach of PeaceDaniel B. GreeneFantasy
P.S. I Still Love YouJenny HanContemporary
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely FineGail HoneymanContemporary
I Love You So MochiSarah KuhnContemporary
From Little Tokyo, With LoveSarah KuhnContemporary
GoldilocksLaura LamScience Fiction
Skulduggery Pleasant series:
Skulduggery Pleasant
Playing With Fire
The Faceless Ones
Dark Days
Mortal Coil
Death Bringer
Kingdom of the Wicked
The Last Stand of Dead Men
The Dying of the Light		Derek LandyFantasy
The Greenbone Saga:
Jade City
Jade War		Fonda LeeFantasy
The Crystal KingdomTravis McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Clint McElroy, Justin McElroy, Carey PietschFantasy
FrayRowenna MillerFantasy
The Champion of the Titan GamesBrandon MullFantasy
The Time Traveler’s WifeAudrey NiffeneggerSpeculative Romance
The Last GraduateNaomi NovikFantasy
Binti series:
Binti
Home
The Night Masquerade		Nnedi OkoraforScience Fiction
The FlatshareBeth O’LearyContemporary Romance
The Thursday Murder ClubRichard OsmanMystery
Soul MusicTerry PratchettFantasy
Misery’s CompanyTim PrattScience Fiction
The GuncleSteven RowleyContemporary
ElantrisBrandon SandersonFantasy
The Witcher:
The Last Wish
Sword of Destiny		Andrzej SapkowskiFantasy
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie SocietyMary Ann Shaffer and Annie BarrowsHistorical Romance
The Jasmine ThroneTasha SuriFantasy
Concrete RoseAngie ThomasContemporary
The Wolf of Oren-YaroK.S. VillosoFantasy
Project Hail MaryAndy WeirScience Fiction
The Murderbot Diaries:
All Systems Red
Artificial Condition
Rogue Protocol
Exit Strategy
Network Effect
Fugitive Telemetry		Martha WellsScience Fiction
For the WolfHannah WhittenFantasy
The Keeper’s Codex: Ashen MemoriesA.D. WillsFantasy
Iron WidowXiran Jay ZhouScience Fantasy

I am happy to report that 2021 brought a slight resurgence of magazines in my life as well. I was able to subscribe to a few, while others I picked up as the fancy struck me. In these magazines, I read dozens and dozens of beautiful, award-winning stories by some of the best authors of our time. I highly encourage you to check them out yourself:

TitleFormatGenre
After Dinner ConversationDigitalPhilosophy
Apex MagazineDigital/OnlineSpeculative
Daily Science FictionOnlineSpeculative
Diabolical PlotsOnlineSpeculative
Escape Artists:
PodCastle
Escape Pod
Cast of Wonders		Audio/OnlineSpeculative
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science FictionPrintSpeculative
Fantasy MagazineDigital/OnlineSpeculative
FiresideOnlineSpeculative
Flash 405OnlineLiterary/Speculative
Flash Fiction OnlineDigital/OnlineLiterary/Speculative
F(r)iction Print/DigitalLiterary/Speculative
Strange HorizonsDigital/OnlineSpeculative
UncannyDigital/OnlineSpeculative

And of course on top of all that I read oodles of short stories, fanfics, poems, and works-in-progress that are too numerous to list here. 2021 was a fantastic year for reading, and 2022 is looking to be even better!

If you are interested in any of these stories, or have a few of your own to recommend, don’t hesitate to get in touch. Leave a comment below, follow me on Twitter @JennaCGlover, Instagram @jennacglover or check out my page on Goodreads.

Happy New Year!