*note: this list contains only books I rated in 2021. I read 148 books so this represents roughly 80% of the books*

5 Stars:

1. One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
2. Lady Sunshine by Amy Mason Doan
3. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
4. Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
5. Consent by Annabel Lyon
6. The Book of Magic (Practical Magic #2) by Alice Hoffman
7. What Doesn’t Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness – Lessons from a Body in Revolt by Tessa Miller
8. A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses #4) by Sarah J. Maas
9. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
10. The Power of Ritual: Turning Everyday Activities Into Soulful Practices by Casper ter Kuile
11. The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker

4.75 Stars:

12. Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
13. Satisfaction Guaranteed by Karelia Stetz-Waters

4.5 Stars:

14. Take a Hint, Dani Brown (The Brown Sisters #2) by Talia Hibbert
15. A Tip for the Hangman by Allison Epstein
16. Act Your Age, Eve Brown (The Brown Sisters #3) by Talia Hibbert
17. Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
18. The Intimacy Experiment by Rosie Danan
19. Bombshell by Sarah MacLean

4.25 Stars:

20. Devil in Disguise (The Ravenels #7) by Lisa Kleypas
21. Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
22. An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (The Carls #1) by Hank Green
23. Obsessed: A Memoir of My Life with OCD by Allison Britz
24. It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey

4 Stars:

25. Girl, 11 by Amy Suiter Clarke
26. The Other Miss Bridgerton (Rokesbys #3 ) by Julia Quinn
27. The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying by Nina Riggs
28. These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan
29. Intermediate Thermodynamics: A Romantic Comedy (Chemistry Lessons #2) by Susannah Nix
30. From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
31. A Brush with Love by Mazey Eddings
32. The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky (Montague Siblings #1.5) by Mackenzi Lee
33. The Bones of Ruin by Sarah Raughley
34. Matrix by Lauren Groff
35. The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
36. Outlawed by Anna North
37. If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales & Cale Dietrich
38. Pop Sonnets: Shakespearean Spins on Your Favorite Songs by Erik Didriksen
39. The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
40. Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
41. Don’t Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of Nxivm by Sarah Berman
42. A Master of Djinn (The Dead Djinn Universe #1) by P. Djèlí Clark
43. Portrait of a Scotsman by Evie Dunmore
44. House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City #1) by Sarah J. Maas
45. Improvement in Action: Advancing Quality in America’s Schools Continuous Improvement in Education by Anthony S. Bryk
46. Get a Life, Chloe Brown( The Brown Sisters #1) by Talia Hibbert
47. A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness (reread)
48. What Happens in London, by Julia Quinn
49. When He Was Wicked, by Julia Quinn
50. Window Shopping by Tessa Bailey

3.75 Stars:

51. Remedial Rocket Science (Chemistry Lessons #1) by Susannah Nix
52. Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead
53. Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen
54. The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu
55. Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
56. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink
57. Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell
58. A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses #3.1) by Sarah J. Maas
59. To Love Jason Thorn by Ella Maise
60. Neon Gods, by Katee Robert
61. Cultish by Amanda Montell

3.5 Stars:

62. Physical Intelligence: How the Brain Guides the Body Through the Physical World by Scott Grafton
63. The Project by Courtney Summers
64. Just Like Heaven (Smythe-Smith Quartet #1) by Julia Quinn
65. People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
66. Going Bovine by Libba Bray
67. Applied Electromagnetism (Chemistry Lessons #4) by Susannah Nix
68. Experimental Marine Biology (Chemistry Lessons #5 ) by Susannah Nix
69. We Can Only Save Ourselves by Alison Wisdom

3.25 Stars:

70. Daughters of Sparta by Claire Heywood
71. Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
72. Advanced Physical Chemistry (Chemistry Lessons #3) by Susannah Nix
73. Fierce Little Thing by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore
74. The New Mind Readers: What Neuroimaging Can and Cannot Reveal about Our Thoughts by Russell A. Poldrack
75. Girl A by Abigail Dean
76. In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead
77. Lady Isabella’s Scandalous Marriage (Mackenzies & McBrides #2) by Jennifer Ashley
78. Elementary Romantic Calculus (Chemistry Lessons #6) by Susannah Nix
79. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, by Suzanne Collins
80. Tools of Engagement by Tessa Bailey

3 Stars:

81. Miss Lattimore’s Letter by Suzanne Allain
82. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
83. To Hate Adam Connor (Love & Hate #2) by Ella Maise
84. Below the Edge of Darkness: A Memoir of Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea by Edith Widder Ph. D.
85. Siege and Storm (Shadow and Bone #2) by Leigh Bardugo
86. Ruin and Rising (Shadow and Bone #3) by Leigh Bardugo
87. To Sir Phillip, With Love (Bridgerton #5) by Julia Quinn
88. Madam by Phoebe Wynne
89. The Devil and the Heiress -Gilded Age Heiresses by Harper St George
90. A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire (Blood And Ash #2) by Jennifer L. Armentrout
91. The Sum of All Kisses (Smythe-Smith Quartet #3) by Julia Quinn
92. To Love and to Loathe by Martha Waters
93. The Hardest Fall by Ella Maise
94. 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
95. A Scot to the Heart (Desperately Seeking Duke #2) by Caroline Linden
96. The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy, by Julia Quinn
97. Six of Crows, by Leigh Bardugo
98. Romancing Mister Bridgerton, by Julia Quinn
99. Chase Me by Tessa Bailey

2.75 Stars:

100. The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas
101. Radical Belonging: How to Survive + Thrive in an Unjust World (While Transforming It for the Better) by Lindo Bacon
102. Blame It on Bath (The Truth About the Duke #2) by Caroline Linden
103. The Rake Gets Ravished, by Sophie Jordan

2.5 Stars

104. Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi
105. The Secret to Southern Charm (Peachtree Bluff #2) by Kristy Woodson Harvey
106. The Divines by Ellie Eaton
107. Sweet Disorder (Lively St. Lemeston #1) by Rose Lerner
108. A Night Like This (Smythe-Smith Quartet #2) by Julia Quinn
109. The Dating Plan (Marriage Game #2) by Sara Desai
110. The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata
111. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

2.25 Stars:

112. Meet Cute Club by Jack Harbon
113. Dearest Rogue (Maiden Lane #8) by Elizabeth Hoyt
114. The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
115. The Removed by Brandon Hobson

2 Stars:

116. It’s in His Kiss (Bridgerton #7) by Julia Quinn
117. The Perfect Guests by Emma Rous
118. Across the Green Grass Fields (Wayward Children #6) by Seanan McGuire
119. Learning Curves by Molly O’Hare
120. Legend, by Marie Lu

1.5 Stars

121. And the Miss Ran Away with the Rake, by Elizabeth Boyle

1.25 Stars:

122. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens