*note: this list contains only books I rated in 2021. I read 148 books so this represents roughly 80% of the books*
5 Stars:
- One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
- Lady Sunshine by Amy Mason Doan
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
- Consent by Annabel Lyon
- The Book of Magic (Practical Magic #2) by Alice Hoffman
- What Doesn’t Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness – Lessons from a Body in Revolt by Tessa Miller
- A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses #4) by Sarah J. Maas
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- The Power of Ritual: Turning Everyday Activities Into Soulful Practices by Casper ter Kuile
- The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker
4.75 Stars:
- Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
- Satisfaction Guaranteed by Karelia Stetz-Waters
4.5 Stars:
- Take a Hint, Dani Brown (The Brown Sisters #2) by Talia Hibbert
- A Tip for the Hangman by Allison Epstein
- Act Your Age, Eve Brown (The Brown Sisters #3) by Talia Hibbert
- Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
- The Intimacy Experiment by Rosie Danan
- Bombshell by Sarah MacLean
4.25 Stars:
- Devil in Disguise (The Ravenels #7) by Lisa Kleypas
- Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
- An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (The Carls #1) by Hank Green
- Obsessed: A Memoir of My Life with OCD by Allison Britz
- It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey
4 Stars:
- Girl, 11 by Amy Suiter Clarke
- The Other Miss Bridgerton (Rokesbys #3 ) by Julia Quinn
- The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying by Nina Riggs
- These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan
- Intermediate Thermodynamics: A Romantic Comedy (Chemistry Lessons #2) by Susannah Nix
- From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
- A Brush with Love by Mazey Eddings
- The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky (Montague Siblings #1.5) by Mackenzi Lee
- The Bones of Ruin by Sarah Raughley
- Matrix by Lauren Groff
- The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
- Outlawed by Anna North
- If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales & Cale Dietrich
- Pop Sonnets: Shakespearean Spins on Your Favorite Songs by Erik Didriksen
- The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
- Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
- Don’t Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of Nxivm by Sarah Berman
- A Master of Djinn (The Dead Djinn Universe #1) by P. Djèlí Clark
- Portrait of a Scotsman by Evie Dunmore
- House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City #1) by Sarah J. Maas
- Improvement in Action: Advancing Quality in America’s Schools Continuous Improvement in Education by Anthony S. Bryk
- Get a Life, Chloe Brown( The Brown Sisters #1) by Talia Hibbert
- A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness (reread)
- What Happens in London, by Julia Quinn
- When He Was Wicked, by Julia Quinn
- Window Shopping by Tessa Bailey
3.75 Stars:
- Remedial Rocket Science (Chemistry Lessons #1) by Susannah Nix
- Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead
- Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen
- The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu
- Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
- Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink
- Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell
- A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses #3.1) by Sarah J. Maas
- To Love Jason Thorn by Ella Maise
- Neon Gods, by Katee Robert
- Cultish by Amanda Montell
3.5 Stars:
- Physical Intelligence: How the Brain Guides the Body Through the Physical World by Scott Grafton
- The Project by Courtney Summers
- Just Like Heaven (Smythe-Smith Quartet #1) by Julia Quinn
- People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
- Going Bovine by Libba Bray
- Applied Electromagnetism (Chemistry Lessons #4) by Susannah Nix
- Experimental Marine Biology (Chemistry Lessons #5 ) by Susannah Nix
- We Can Only Save Ourselves by Alison Wisdom
3.25 Stars:
- Daughters of Sparta by Claire Heywood
- Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
- Advanced Physical Chemistry (Chemistry Lessons #3) by Susannah Nix
- Fierce Little Thing by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore
- The New Mind Readers: What Neuroimaging Can and Cannot Reveal about Our Thoughts by Russell A. Poldrack
- Girl A by Abigail Dean
- In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead
- Lady Isabella’s Scandalous Marriage (Mackenzies & McBrides #2) by Jennifer Ashley
- Elementary Romantic Calculus (Chemistry Lessons #6) by Susannah Nix
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, by Suzanne Collins
- Tools of Engagement by Tessa Bailey
3 Stars:
- Miss Lattimore’s Letter by Suzanne Allain
- Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
- To Hate Adam Connor (Love & Hate #2) by Ella Maise
- Below the Edge of Darkness: A Memoir of Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea by Edith Widder Ph. D.
- Siege and Storm (Shadow and Bone #2) by Leigh Bardugo
- Ruin and Rising (Shadow and Bone #3) by Leigh Bardugo
- To Sir Phillip, With Love (Bridgerton #5) by Julia Quinn
- Madam by Phoebe Wynne
- The Devil and the Heiress -Gilded Age Heiresses by Harper St George
- A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire (Blood And Ash #2) by Jennifer L. Armentrout
- The Sum of All Kisses (Smythe-Smith Quartet #3) by Julia Quinn
- To Love and to Loathe by Martha Waters
- The Hardest Fall by Ella Maise
- Change Your Schedule, Change Your Life: How to Harness the Power of Clock Genes to Lose Weight, Optimize Your Workout, and Finally Get a Good Night’s Sleep by Suhas Kshirsagar
- A Scot to the Heart (Desperately Seeking Duke #2) by Caroline Linden
- The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy, by Julia Quinn
- Six of Crows, by Leigh Bardugo
- Romancing Mister Bridgerton, by Julia Quinn
- Chase Me by Tessa Bailey
2.75 Stars:
- The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas
- Radical Belonging: How to Survive + Thrive in an Unjust World (While Transforming It for the Better) by Lindo Bacon
- Blame It on Bath (The Truth About the Duke #2) by Caroline Linden
- The Rake Gets Ravished, by Sophie Jordan
2.5 Stars
- Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi
- The Secret to Southern Charm (Peachtree Bluff #2) by Kristy Woodson Harvey
- The Divines by Ellie Eaton
- Sweet Disorder (Lively St. Lemeston #1) by Rose Lerner
- A Night Like This (Smythe-Smith Quartet #2) by Julia Quinn
- The Dating Plan (Marriage Game #2) by Sara Desai
- The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
2.25 Stars:
- Meet Cute Club by Jack Harbon
- Dearest Rogue (Maiden Lane #8) by Elizabeth Hoyt
- The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
- The Removed by Brandon Hobson
2 Stars:
- It’s in His Kiss (Bridgerton #7) by Julia Quinn
- The Perfect Guests by Emma Rous
- Across the Green Grass Fields (Wayward Children #6) by Seanan McGuire
- Learning Curves by Molly O’Hare
- Legend, by Marie Lu
1.5 Stars
- And the Miss Ran Away with the Rake, by Elizabeth Boyle
1.25 Stars:
- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens