Top Five Books of 2021

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Dicembre 2021 (see all)
Descrizione
The year is coming to an end, and our December List of the Month is dedicated to your Top Five Books of 2021. Please note that books don't need to have been published in 2021, just read this year. You can see the LT Staffer picks at the LT Blog: https://blog.librarything.com/2021/12/top-five-books-of-2021/ And participate in the conversation on Talk: https://www.librarything.com/topic/337286
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Piranesi
di Susanna Clarke
5,827 utenti
284 recensioni
4.2
24 Members
bookwoman84, anglemark, raidergirl3, jonathankws, LDVoorberg, bookmess, kaida46, ChrisMG, souloftherose, RGilbraith, Andrew.Beck, OphelieDepoortere, KWSVERNON, nonil, Mairsiedoats, timetunnel, pbeagan, drbobingv, Boand, JulieStielstra, JTolson1970, nankan, AlexThurman, Craftybilda
Spiegazioni
kaida46: I've never read anything like this, great fantasy, creative, unusual,descriptive, and an enjoyable ride.
Boand: The most original book I’ve read this year! A truly spellbinding, intriguing and tricksy narrative that never fails to draw you in to the magic of the narrator’s journey. The finale is totally unexpected, shocking and completely blindsided me. This is a book that I will definitely be reading again and that is something I very rarely do. I look forward to being engrossed once again in this glorious fantasy.
2
Hamnet
di Maggie O'Farrell
4,457 utenti
234 recensioni
4.2
15 Members
holly_golightly, rarm, charl08, Micheller7, bugaderes39, njinthesun, sturlington, ChrisMG, RGilbraith, Andrew.Beck, Mairsiedoats, Boand, steller0707, nankan, Craftybilda
3
The Four Winds
di Kristin Hannah
4,100 utenti
191 recensioni
4.1
12 Members
yesyvonne, dara85, ecb06c, ChrisMG, RGilbraith, KimberlyCombs, RetiredProf, AAAO, Scraphorse, JTolson1970, nankan, Craftybilda
4
Klara and the Sun
di Kazuo Ishiguro
5,021 utenti
239 recensioni
3.9
11 Members
ecb06c, jeanned, Milda-TX, sturlington, ChrisMG, KatyBee, AmourFou, KWSVERNON, dianeham, WendyRobyn, nankan
5
Shuggie Bain
di Douglas Stuart
2,519 utenti
128 recensioni
4.2
10 Members
sipthereader, shaunie, FAMeulstee, njinthesun, skyrad43, gypsysmom, KimberlyCombs, Rchlwtsn, nankan, Craftybilda
6
Circe
di Madeline Miller
12,613 utenti
481 recensioni
½ 4.3
8 Members
ecb06c, ChrisMG, katemcangus, Andrew.Beck, Mairsiedoats, steller0707, jackplotkin, Sarmarhar
7
La casa sul mare celeste
di TJ Klune
6,364 utenti
331 recensioni
½ 4.3
8 Members
SimoneA, yoyogod, Milda-TX, OphelieDepoortere, KWSVERNON, KimberlyCombs, Brandy1411, Sarmarhar
9
Cloud Cuckoo Land
di Anthony Doerr
3,837 utenti
175 recensioni
4.2
7 Members
mooingzelda, bookmess, RGilbraith, Andrew.Beck, Jjean7, debann6354, KimberlyCombs
10
Non dimenticare chi sei
di Yaa Gyasi
5,667 utenti
280 recensioni
½ 4.3
6 Members
charl08, ahef1963, KimberlyCombs, shedgeco, steller0707, BEMR595
11
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
di Patrick Radden Keefe
2,401 utenti
113 recensioni
½ 4.4
6 Members
charl08, vwinsloe, AmourFou, Laurenthewise1, AAAO, JorgeousJotts
12
The Prophets
di Robert Jones Jr.
838 utenti
26 recensioni
4.2
5 Members
Andrew.Beck, Jjean7, ManWithAnAgenda, sqr3cls3, charlesloflin
13
The Once and Future Witches
di Alix E. Harrow
2,473 utenti
86 recensioni
4.1
5 Members
lkmiller, edgewood, lscan2, Cora-R, Sarmarhar
14
Matrix
di Lauren Groff
1,671 utenti
91 recensioni
3.9
5 Members
zhejw, N1na, KatyBee, RGilbraith, markhopp
15
Kafka sulla spiaggia
di Haruki Murakami
18,163 utenti
470 recensioni
4.1
4 Members
knerd.knitter, ecb06c, bookmess, KWSVERNON
Spiegazioni
knerd.knitter: This year I discovered a love for the books of Haruki Murakami; I have yet to read one of his books that I don’t like, but this has been my favorite so far!
16
Migrations
di Charlotte McConaghy
1,162 utenti
78 recensioni
4.1
4 Members
yesyvonne, njinthesun, Laurenthewise1, Newtonian7
17
A Town Called Solace
di Mary Lawson
493 utenti
31 recensioni
4.1
4 Members
charl08, terran, bookmess, dianeham
18
Lo scarabeo della signorina Benson
di Rachel Joyce
962 utenti
77 recensioni
4
4 Members
bearette24, mdexter, HelenGress, Tosta
19
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
di Becky Chambers
1,400 utenti
65 recensioni
½ 4.4
4 Members
tardis, charl08, jeanned, Brandy1411
20
The Lincoln Highway
di Amor Towles
3,435 utenti
172 recensioni
4.1
4 Members
kristenl, edparks, cmtl, Laurenthewise1
21
All Systems Red
di Martha Wells
5,620 utenti
354 recensioni
4.1
3 Members
kyp, nx74defiant, Charon07
22
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse
di Charlie Mackesy
3,333 utenti
131 recensioni
½ 4.3
3 Members
perennialreader, Rchlwtsn, Scraphorse
23
The Only Good Indians
di Stephen Graham Jones
2,273 utenti
101 recensioni
3.9
4 Members
norabelle414, skyrad43, sturlington, sqr3cls3
24
Deacon King Kong
di James McBride
1,721 utenti
96 recensioni
½ 4.3
4 Members
bjappleg8, jeanned, skyrad43, Mairsiedoats
25
Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone
di Diana Gabaldon
1,606 utenti
36 recensioni
4.2
3 Members
bookmess, Tess_W, Laurenthewise1
26
Crossroads
di Jonathan Franzen
1,370 utenti
62 recensioni
3.9
3 Members
edparks, KatyBee, JuliaMaria
27
West with Giraffes
di Lynda Rutledge
1,014 utenti
59 recensioni
½ 4.3
3 Members
guido47, perennialreader, dianeham
28
Guida il tuo carro sulle ossa dei morti
di Olga Tokarczuk
2,808 utenti
143 recensioni
3.9
3 Members
holly_golightly, Capybara_99, nonil
29
A Children's Bible
di Lydia Millet
879 utenti
45 recensioni
½ 3.7
3 Members
zhejw, jeanned, Laurenthewise1
30
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
di Robert Kolker
1,529 utenti
91 recensioni
4.2
3 Members
Milda-TX, IsolaBlue, vwinsloe
31
I testamenti
di Margaret Atwood
6,288 utenti
225 recensioni
4.1
3 Members
SimoneA, rretzler, Rchlwtsn
32
A Little Life
di Hanya Yanagihara
7,696 utenti
332 recensioni
4.1
3 Members
SimoneA, FAMeulstee, KWSVERNON
33
Il grande Gatsby
di F. Scott Fitzgerald
72,630 utenti
1,176 recensioni
3.8
3 Members
hipdeep, Rchlwtsn, AAAO
Spiegazioni
hipdeep: In the audio book version released by Planet Money - which is not as good as if professional actors had done it, but was a darn nice way to celebrate Public Domain Day nonetheless.
34
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred
di Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
413 utenti
9 recensioni
3.8
2 Members
Storeetllr, kara.shamy
Spiegazioni
Storeetllr: More than *just* astrophysics.
35
One Last Stop
di Casey McQuiston
2,715 utenti
86 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, aspirit
36
Interior Chinatown
di Charles Yu
1,424 utenti
87 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
greeneyed_ives, sqr3cls3
37
Project Hail Mary
di Andy Weir
6,132 utenti
348 recensioni
½ 4.3
2 Members
Storeetllr, Cora-R
38
Berlin Diary; End of a Berlin Diary
di William L. Shirer
1,530 utenti
18 recensioni
4.2
2 Members
CarltonC, MichaelHodges
Spiegazioni
CarltonC: History brilliantly recorded in the making, with the immediacy and urgency of journalism, which you don’t encounter in academic history books.
39
The Chosen and the Beautiful
di Nghi Vo
828 utenti
29 recensioni
½ 3.7
2 Members
Aquila, ablachly
40
Velvet Was the Night
di Silvia Moreno-Garcia
826 utenti
26 recensioni
½ 3.5
2 Members
avanders, noveltea
41
The Secret to Superhuman Strength
di Alison Bechdel
569 utenti
25 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
libraryhead, Dilara86
42
The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood, Youth, Dependency
di Tove Ditlevsen
439 utenti
15 recensioni
4.2
2 Members
IsolaBlue, JuliaMaria
43
Stazione undici
di Emily St. John Mandel
11,857 utenti
786 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
Edward, sipthereader
44
The Midnight Bargain
di C. L. Polk
614 utenti
41 recensioni
3.8
2 Members
tardis, lkmiller
45
La valle dell'Eden
di John Steinbeck
23,558 utenti
425 recensioni
½ 4.4
2 Members
dhm, chwiggy
Spiegazioni
dhm: Once read, couldn’t not be on the list.
47
Wolf Hall
di Hilary Mantel
13,585 utenti
655 recensioni
4
2 Members
rhian_of_oz, markhopp
48
La vita invisibile
di V. E. Schwab
9,065 utenti
298 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
toups, Brandy1411
49
Girl, Woman, Other
di Bernardine Evaristo
3,254 utenti
135 recensioni
4.2
2 Members
Minthe, holly_golightly
50
The Third Reich at War
di Richard J. Evans
1,328 utenti
28 recensioni
½ 4.3
2 Members
timspalding, MichaelHodges
51
Fight Night
di Miriam Toews
507 utenti
31 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
starfishian, JenMDB
52
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
di John Green
2,193 utenti
76 recensioni
½ 4.4
2 Members
Emma.June.Lyon, Charon07
53
Across the Green Grass Fields
di Seanan McGuire
644 utenti
50 recensioni
4
2 Members
Storeetllr, ManWithAnAgenda
54
The Every
di Dave Eggers
492 utenti
26 recensioni
½ 3.7
2 Members
aethercowboy, AlexThurman
Spiegazioni
aethercowboy: A worth follow up to The Circle, showing the dangers and dystopia of letting the tech giants be our gods.
55
Charles Fourier: The Visionary and His World
di Jonathan Beecher
42 utenti
1 recensione
5
2 Members
paradoxosalpha, MichaelHodges
Spiegazioni
paradoxosalpha: A magisterial intellectual biography of a precocious and neglected social theorist.
56
La collina dei conigli
di Richard Adams
25,038 utenti
473 recensioni
4.2
2 Members
mattries37315, AAAO
57
Nato fuori legge. Storia di un'infanzia sudafricana
di Trevor Noah
6,220 utenti
362 recensioni
½ 4.4
2 Members
skyrad43, rretzler
58
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
di Alix E. Harrow
3,429 utenti
174 recensioni
4
2 Members
knerd.knitter, SimoneA
Spiegazioni
knerd.knitter: This book is a beautiful, fantastical journey…
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Il racconto dell'ancella
di Margaret Atwood
42,689 utenti
1,149 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
kristilabrie, steller0707
60
Fugitive Telemetry
di Martha Wells
1,979 utenti
124 recensioni
4.2
2 Members
tardis, Storeetllr
Spiegazioni
Storeetllr: Murderbot. No need to say more.
61
The Sun Down Motel
di Simone St. James
1,803 utenti
117 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
avanders, Brandy1411
62
The Echo Wife
di Sarah Gailey
1,009 utenti
85 recensioni
½ 3.7
2 Members
bookwoman84, zhejw
63
Il club dei delitti del giovedì
di Richard Osman
5,556 utenti
271 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
raidergirl3, Julie_in_the_Library
64
Il sussurro del mondo
di Richard Powers
5,466 utenti
248 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
kaixo, sipthereader
65
The Nature of Fragile Things
di Susan Meissner
498 utenti
36 recensioni
4.2
2 Members
Micheller7, bookofsecrets
66
Bryant and May: London Bridge Is Falling Down
di Christopher Fowler
119 utenti
5 recensioni
½ 4.3
2 Members
MichaelHodges, Boand
Spiegazioni
Boand: A brilliantly told thriller in the Bryant & May canon. Fowler has honed his narrative and characters to a truly sublime level in this addictive page turner. Possibly the last in the series, or perhaps not, the secrets revealed about London and the detective duo continue to enthral and surprise.
67
A Thousand Ships
di Natalie Haynes
1,616 utenti
50 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
zhejw, mdexter
68
Il signore degli anelli
di J. R. R. Tolkien
50,653 utenti
452 recensioni
½ 4.5
Member
RobtCM
69
Per chi suona la campana
di Ernest Hemingway
19,067 utenti
186 recensioni
3.9
Member
RBeffa
70
Un perfetto equilibrio
di Rohinton Mistry
9,197 utenti
255 recensioni
½ 4.4
Member
Milda-TX
71
Una magnifica estate
di Barbara Kingsolver
9,027 utenti
197 recensioni
4
Member
JenMDB
72
Fuoco pallido
di Vladimir Nabokov
7,972 utenti
140 recensioni
4.2
Member
bjappleg8
73
Anna Bolena, una questione di famiglia
di Hilary Mantel
6,990 utenti
347 recensioni
½ 4.3
Member
rhian_of_oz
74
Lincoln in the Bardo
di George Saunders
5,879 utenti
338 recensioni
3.9
Member
Minthe
75
Il duca e io
di Julia Quinn
5,687 utenti
188 recensioni
3.8
Member
craso
76
The Dutch House
di Ann Patchett
4,621 utenti
276 recensioni
4.1
Member
sturlington
77
Endymion
di Dan Simmons
4,455 utenti
64 recensioni
4
Member
rretzler
78
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
di Isabel Wilkerson
4,302 utenti
166 recensioni
½ 4.4
Member
Euryale
79
Il terzo poliziotto
di Flann O'Brien
4,251 utenti
124 recensioni
4
Member
paradoxosalpha
Spiegazioni
paradoxosalpha: A darkly funny novel of cosmic justice writ very small. I hate it when that happens.
80
Un'eredità di avorio e ambra
di Edmund De Waal
3,693 utenti
159 recensioni
4
Member
anglemark
81
La materia del cosmo
di Cixin Liu
3,596 utenti
132 recensioni
4.1
Member
dhm
Spiegazioni
dhm: All three parts of the trilogy are amazing — this middle book I enjoyed especially.
82
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
di Norman Maclean
3,163 utenti
61 recensioni
4.2
Member
toups
83
Firekeeper's Daughter
di Angeline Boulley
2,608 utenti
114 recensioni
½ 4.3
Member
Emma.June.Lyon
84
Grant
di Ron Chernow
2,361 utenti
61 recensioni
½ 4.5
Member
mattries37315
85
All Clear
di Connie Willis
2,296 utenti
151 recensioni
4.1
Member
cbl_tn
86
Us Against You
di Fredrik Backman
1,942 utenti
113 recensioni
4.2
Member
LDVoorberg
Spiegazioni
LDVoorberg: hats off to Neil Smith (translator) for helping capture the hope and humanity amidst darkness and despair in this novel that so beautifully balances the reality of a community
87
Leaving Time
di Jodi Picoult
1,712 utenti
131 recensioni
3.9
Member
LyndaInOregon
Spiegazioni
LyndaInOregon: Picoult's readers know by now to expect a twist at the end. But this one was so unexpected it literally left me with my mouth hanging open. On re-reading, however, the clues were there.
88
Rock Paper Scissors
di Alice Feeney
1,625 utenti
73 recensioni
3.8
Member
tina1969
89
Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom
di bell hooks
1,580 utenti
16 recensioni
4.2
Member
hipdeep
90
For the Wolf
di Hannah Whitten
1,473 utenti
31 recensioni
½ 3.6
Member
Verkruissen
91
Il diavolo e l'acqua scura
di Stuart Turton
1,382 utenti
50 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
bookwoman84
92
La traduttrice
di Rabih Alameddine
1,258 utenti
85 recensioni
4
Member
karenmarie
93
A Desolation Called Peace
di Arkady Martine
1,179 utenti
51 recensioni
4.2
Member
Aquila
94
Nomadland
di Jessica Bruder
1,175 utenti
53 recensioni
4.1
Member
elliepotten
95
The House Next Door
di Anne Rivers Siddons
1,168 utenti
45 recensioni
3.8
Member
bookofsecrets
96
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre
di Max Brooks
1,142 utenti
58 recensioni
3.9
Member
Tosta
97
Plain Bad Heroines
di Emily M. Danforth
1,125 utenti
56 recensioni
½ 3.5
Member
shedgeco
98
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death
di Caitlin Doughty
1,117 utenti
50 recensioni
4
Member
Nova_Mortem
99
The Promise
di Damon Galgut
1,102 utenti
59 recensioni
4
Member
blackhornet
100
Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life
di Jordan B. Peterson
897 utenti
8 recensioni
4
Member
aethercowboy
Spiegazioni
aethercowboy: As a follow up to 12 Rules For Life, I found this one a worthy successor to the first.