What I read in 2021

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As we say goodbye or good riddance to 2021, I thought I'd list the books I've read this year. I'm listing title and author only, in the order in which I read them. So it's not in alphabetical order, nor is it in any kind of prescribed bibliographic style format, nor is it categorized according to subject matter or even divided into fiction vs. nonfiction. But then, they say that truth is stranger than fiction. I apologize to any authors whose names I may have misspelled - I'm transcribing from a handwritten list (yes, I still write stuff longhand) and my handwriting is atrocious. If you want to revoke my librarian licence, then go ahead. I'm retired anyhow. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!


1. Self Made Man - Norah Vincent
2. Pigeon Tunnel - John LeCarré
3. For This I am Grateful - Christine Thalker
4. Sartre - Iris Murdoch
5. The Forgers - Bradford Morrow
6. Two Tears on the Window - Kevin and Julia Garratt
7. The Push - Ashley Audrain
8. The Corpse with the Silver Tongue - Cathy Ace
9. The Measure of Darkness - Liam Durcan
10. The Walkable City - Mary Soderstrom
11. Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore - Matthew Sullivan
12. Big Girl, Small Town - Michelle Gallen
13. Gender: What Everyone Needs to Know - Laura Erickson-Schroth & Benjamin Davis
14. The Paris Library - Janet Skeslien Charles
15. Plague - Julie Anderson
16. The Invisible Library - Genevieve Cogman
17. A Tourist's Guide to Murder - V.M. (Valerie) Burns
18. Hidden Agenda - Anna Porter
19. Secret of the Blue Trunk - Lise Dion
20. This Time Next Year We'll Be Laughing - Jacqueline Winspear
21. The Broken Spine - Dorothy St. James
22. Rockin' on the Rideau - Jim Hurcomb
23. Swimming in the Shadows - Diane Janes
24. Cynical Theories - Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay
25. Celtic Knot - Ann Shortell
26. Ramona The Pest - Beverly Cleary
27. Lady Jail - John Farrow
28. Burning the Books - Richard Ovenden
29. The Creak on the Stairs - Eva Bjørg Aegisdottir
30. Extraordinary People - Peter May
31. A Deadly Chapter - Essie Lang (Linda Wiken)
32. Resilience is Futile - Julie S. Lalonde
33. Waking Up in the Men's Room - Catherine MacLeod
34. Fear, Love & Liberation in Contemporary Quebec: A Feminist Reflection - Alexa Conradi
35. Girl A - Abigail Dean
36. Mystery on Hidden Lane - Clare Chase
37. The Librarians and the Pot of Gold - Greg Cox
38. Neglected No More - André Picard
39. The Last Bookshop in London - Madeline Martin
40. Shadows - Melanie Raabe
41. Like a Boy but Not a Boy - Andrea Bennett
42. Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Militant Midwives - Michael Bond
43. Electrical Storms - David Homel
44. Trans Love: An Anthology of Transgender & Nonbinary Voices - edited by Freiya Benson
45. Health of Strangers - Lesley Kelly
46. How We Read Now - Naomi S. Baron
47. I'll Keep You Safe - Peter May
48. The Rapunzel Act - Abi Silver
49. From Paupers to Prime Ministers: A Life in Death - Brian McGarry & Paul Maher
50. The Favorite Game - Leonard Cohen
51. A Trans Feminist Past - Forrest Handford
52. The Lamplighters - Emma Stonex
53. Leonard, Marianne and Me - Judy Scott
54. The Girl on the Platform - Bryony Pearce
55. The Black Prince - Iris Murdoch
56. False Witness - Karin Slaughter
57. Blue Ticket - Sophie Mackintosh
58. Threat of Autumn - Robin Timmerman
59. In the Skin of a Jihadist - Anna Erelle
60. Widowland - C.J. Carey (Jane Thynne)
61. Speaking Out Loud - Jack Layton
62. A Life of Bliss - Don Butler
63. The Madness of Crowds - Louise Penny
64. The Gothic Tunnel - Brian Meech
65. Doors Open - Ian Rankin
66. Transitions: Our Stories of Being Trans
67. Death at High Tide - Hannah Dennison
68. Wildflower - Mark Seal (Joan Root in Kenya)
69. The Hangman and other tales - Brian Meech
70. We Shall Be Monsters - edited by Derek Newman-Stille
71. The Secret Life of Writers - Guillaume Musso
72. Freaks Like Us - Susan Vaught
73. The Bookseller's Tale - Martin Latham
74. The Devil to Pay - Barbara Fradkin
75. Deadly Summer Nights - Vicki Delany
76. State of Terror - Louise Penny & Hillary Rodham Clinton
77. DIY Family - Lorraine McQueen
78. Radical Cataloguing - K.R. Roberto (ed.)
79. Danger at the Cove - Hannah Dennison
80. Seven Lies - Elizabeth Kay
81. Fight Night - Mirian Toews
82. A String in the Harp - Nancy Bond
83. Transcription - Kate Atkinson
84. Missing - Jane Casey
85. That Night - Chevy Stevens
86. Eight Perfect Murders - Peter Swanson
87. Death at Greenway - Lori Rader-Day
88. Falling Together: A Family's Story of Mental Illness & Grief
89. The Tenant - Katrine Engberg
90. Life in the City of Dirty Water - Clayton Thomas-Müller