the 12 best books I read in 2021 **fiction**

It's an emotional decathlon laced with pain and suffering and profoundly sad. And just so vividly written that you forget that there's even a page with writing on between you and the characters 'cause they feel so real.

And I feel like Beautiful World, Where Are You is a really mature departure from her previous works, but also still just glimmering with her characteristic style. … So I thought this was profound and dazzling in its ordinariness? And just so perceptive.

I don't wanna spoil too much, but it's simple and minimal and very kind of whimsical, but also very moving.

These are some absolute bangers that I read this year that didn't quite make my top list. … I love these books, my compliments to the chef.

These are some absolute bangers that I read this year that didn't quite make my top list. … I love these books, my compliments to the chef.

These are some absolute bangers that I read this year that didn't quite make my top list. … I love these books, my compliments to the chef.

These are some absolute bangers that I read this year that didn't quite make my top list. … I love these books, my compliments to the chef.

This won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2020 and won my heart in 2021. And it turned out to be my whole damn kettle 'cause I loved it.

It's completely spellbinding. … And so I highly recommend allowing yourself to slip into the warmth of this book for a little bit and letting it just embrace you.

These are some absolute bangers that I read this year that didn't quite make my top list. … I love these books, my compliments to the chef.

These are some absolute bangers that I read this year that didn't quite make my top list. … I love these books, my compliments to the chef.

This is such a special book, which invites you in to learn about asexuality and being aromantic. … So I'm really pleased to have read this book for that reason.

These are some absolute bangers that I read this year that didn't quite make my top list. … I love these books, my compliments to the chef.

I didn't necessarily love reading this. I didn't think it was my favorite reading experience. … But as a piece of art, I think it is phenomenal and something that keeps pulling me back.

The writing just flows so smoothly. I was drinking it up. Every word in this short little novel is perfectly chosen and the sentences just dance across the page.

What a strange peculiar and singular book this is. It's not like anything else I've ever read, like at all. … And this is a masterpiece.

These are some absolute bangers that I read this year that didn't quite make my top list. … I love these books, my compliments to the chef.

The book is very heartwarming, fast paced, completely vibrant, and there's a huge twist that made my jaw drop so much, that I swear I could taste the carpet. Truly this wrecked me.

It's a Greek mythology retelling which just shattered my heart into tiny pieces. … So definitely read it. it's worth the hype.

It's a very nuanced analysis and allegory about colorism. … So Vanishing Half, I'd highly recommend.