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2021: A year in books

2021: A year in books

Six of the best things I read last year

Jan 04, 2022
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Hello and happy new year!

And so it’s 2022. Before we dive into another year of chaos, I thought we’d start January slowly and optimistically with a bookish issue. It’s frankly too early in the year for anything else.

I read 25 books in 2021, which isn’t exactly stellar but is better than the 10 or so a year I used to get through pre-pandemic (let’s not consider how many books I bought in 2021). Many of them were really, really good so in the spirit of new year lists, here’s the best six. In no particular order:

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