The Best Books I Read in 2021

I had intended to have a much fuller report of my 2021 reading to post, but time has caught up with me. So here’s the short version.

I read 41 books this year, with a total of 13,139 pages. 

• Shortest book: The Woman in Black by Susan Hill (164 pages) 
• Longest book: Second Generation by Howard Fast (546 pages)
• Average book length: 320 pages

As always, my annual list of best books read is not limited to books published this year. 

Listed alphabetically by author

Best

Andrews, Alexandra. Who Is Maud Dixon?

Berne, Suzanne. A Crime in the Neighborhood

Feito, Virginia. Mrs. March

Harper, Jane. The Survivors

Johnson, Micaiah. The Space Between Worlds

Korelitz, Jean Hanff. The Plot

Krueger, William Kent. This Tender Land

O’Farrell, Maggie. Hamnet

Watson, Larry. Montana 1948

Whitaker, Chris. We Begin at the End

Honorable Mention

Hill, Susan. The Woman in Black

Lange, Tracey. We Are the Brennans

Sharpe, Tess. The Girls I’ve Been

How About You?

What were the best books you read in 2021? Are any of my titles also on your list?

© 2021 by Mary Daniels Brown