Here are my 12 favorite reads of 2021! These are only in the order of when I read them this past year, but no indication on what my ranking order is as all of these were 5 star reads! The way I considered this what I read this year regardless of when the pub date is – whether it was before 2021 or an anticipated 2022 release.

🎉 Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

🎉 Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey

🎉 Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian

🎉 What We Carry by Maya Shanbhag

🎉 Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon

🎉 Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center

🎉 The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang

🎉 Knot My Type by Evie Mitchell

🎉 How Stella Learned To Talk by Christina Hunger

🎉 The Guncle by Steven Rowley

🎉 Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez (releases April 2022)

🎉 The Fastest Way to Falling by Denise Williams

Also here are a few of observations of my favorite reads this year:

✨Many thanks to the tagged publishers for giving me the opportunity to read some of these books which I may not have discovered on my own! 😍

✨ There are NO thrillers! 😱 I’m a bit disappointed there isn’t, but lately I haven’t found any thrillers that I’ve truly loved. Hoping I have better luck with thrillers next year!

✨Half my favorite reads this year are romance. Romance has been such a comfort read lately. I’ve also liked how the writing style in romance has shifted to discuss heavy subjects in a delicate but relatable way as romance gets bad rep for being fluffy and predictable.

Have you read any of these? What is one of your favorite reads this year?