If you’re looking for good books to read I’ve got a 2021 book list for you. These new book releases and award winning books are worth checking out. Some are best selling must read books on my recommended reading list and others are highly rated books that are on sale. This post is updated regularly.
How Do I Choose Which Books To Feature?
I look for a few things in a book before I feature it.
- Have I read it and loved it? I’ll add it to the list.
- Does it get good reviews across different review platforms (and do they seem genuine)
- Does it fit with a genre I’m looking for. I try to keep things even. While I may read heavily in one genre I want to share books from many different genres.
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If you enjoy reading books on your phone, tablet or Kindle device then you might want to try Kindle Unlimited. I’ve been a member for years now. There are thousands of books on Amazon that you can download and read for free. Many of them also have free audible ebooks you can listen to. I have a Kindle but usually read on the Kindle App on my phone because it’s always with me.
I’ve included links to Amazon, which most people seem to prefer, as well as Bookshop and Indiebound. Or check them out at your local library or venture out to your local brick and mortar store. Some links are affiliate links.
Now go find a new book to love. And keep it in mind that bookmarks are for quitters.
New Book Releases
These new book releases are getting great reviews right out of the gate! These newly released books are worth checking out. Add them to your book list.
West With Giraffes
Author: Lynda Rutledge
Genre: coming of age fiction
“An emotional, rousing novel inspired by the incredible true story of two giraffes who made headlines and won the hearts of Depression-era America.”
Amazon: e-book or paper
Audible: audiobook
Bookshop: independent bookseller
Indiebound: find a local bookstore
Honey Girl
Author: Morgan Rogers
Genre: romance
“With her newly completed PhD in astronomy in hand, 28-year-old Grace Porter goes on a girls’ trip to Vegas to celebrate. She’s a straight-A, work-through-the-summer certified high achiever. She is not the kind of person who goes to Vegas and gets drunkenly married to a woman whose name she doesn’t know…until she does exactly that. “
Amazon: e-book or paper
Audible: audiobook
Bookshop: independent bookseller
Indiebound: find a local bookstore
The Burning Girls
Author: C.J. Tudor
Genre: psychological thriller
“An unconventional vicar must exorcise the dark past of a remote village haunted by death and disappearances in this explosive and unsettling thriller from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man.”
Amazon: e-book or paper
Audible: audiobook
Bookshop: independent bookseller
Indiebound: find a local bookstore
Love At First
Author: Kate Clayborn
Genre: women’s fiction
Two people find their way past love and loss and find each other.
Amazon: e-book or paper
Audible: audiobook
Bookshop: independent bookseller
Indiebound: find a local bookstore
Quiet In Her Bones
Author: Nalini Singh
Genre: mystery and crime
“When socialite Nina Rai disappeared without a trace, everyone wrote it off as another trophy wife tired of her wealthy husband. But now her bones have turned up in the shadowed green of the forest that surrounds her elite neighborhood, a haven of privilege and secrets that’s housed the same influential families for decades.”
Amazon: e-book or paper
Audible: audiobook
Bookshop: independent bookseller
Indiebound: find a local bookstore
The Unwilling
Author: John Hart
Genre: crime fiction
“Set in the South at the height of the Vietnam War, The Unwilling combines crime, suspense, and searing glimpses into the human mind and soul in New York Times best-selling author John Hart’s singular style.”
Amazon: e-book or paper
Audible: audiobook
Bookshop: independent bookseller
Indiebound: find a local bookstore
The Nature of Fragile Things
Author: Susan Meissner
Genre: crime fiction
“Sophie Whalen is a young Irish immigrant so desperate to get out of a New York tenement that she answers a mail-order bride ad and agrees to marry a man she knows nothing about. San Francisco widower Martin Hocking proves to be as aloof as he is mesmerizingly handsome. Sophie quickly develops deep affection for Kat, Martin’s silent five-year-old daughter, but Martin’s odd behavior leaves her with the uneasy feeling that something about her newfound situation isn’t right. “
Amazon: e-book or paper
Audible: audiobook
Bookshop: independent bookseller
Indiebound: find a local bookstore
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Author: Lauren Landish
Genre: humorous romance
A meet cute romance about a coroner and a man she almost runs over with her car.
Amazon: e-book or paper
Indiebound: find a local bookstore
Previous New Releases
Concrete Rose
Author: Angie Thomas
Genre: young adult
The prequel to The Hate You Give. This is the story of Maverick, Starr’s father. It’s a powerful tale of a boy becoming a father and learning to grow up quickly. There’s a reason this one is getting rave reviews. I just finished it and highly recommend.
Amazon: e-book or paper
Audible: audiobook
Bookshop: independent bookseller
Indiebound: find a local bookstore
The Longest Echo
Author: Eoin Dempsey
Genre: historical romance | thriller
After bonding trying to escape the Germans during WWII, Liliana and James are reunited 12 years later to try to solve the mystery of who killed Liliana’s family.
Amazon: e-book or paper
Audible: audiobook
Bookshop: independent bookseller
Indiebound: find a local bookstore
The Paris Library
Author: Janet Skeslien Charles
Genre: historical fiction
Perfect for fans of The Lilac Girls and The Paris Wife. This is the heroic story of young librarians at the American Library in Paris during WWII.
Amazon: e-book or paper
Audible: audiobook
Bookshop: independent bookseller
Indiebound: find a local bookstore
The Four Winds
Author: Kristin Hannah
Genre: historical fiction
This epic story is set during the Great Depression when millions of people were out of work and a drought devastated the Great Plains.
Amazon: e-book or paper
Audible: audiobook
Bookshop: independent bookseller
Indiebound: find a local bookstore
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House
Author: Cherie Jones
Genre: historical fiction
This epic story is set during the Great Depression when millions of people were out of work and a drought devastated the Great Plains.
Amazon: e-book or paper
Audible: audiobook
Bookshop: independent bookseller
Indiebound: find a local bookstore
Kindle Books For Sale This Week
Click the book image to read more about it. These are well rated and on sale right now! Some are always free on Kindle Unlimited.
Best Selling Books To Read
These books are on the tops of lots of book charts right now. From best seller charts to most read charts. I haven’t read all of them but they all get great reviews! Add them to your 2021 book list.
The Midnight Library
Matt Haig
“Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life.”
Amazon (Kindle e-book and paper copies)
Bookshop (independent bookseller)
Barnes & Noble (Nook e-book and paper copies)
The Vanishing Half
Best seller by Brit Bennet
This is an epic story of a multi-generational family that tackles issues of racial identity and bigotry and conveys the damaging effects of secrets.
Amazon (Kindle e-book or paperback)
Bookshop (independent bookseller)
Barnes & Noble (Nook e-book or paperback)
The Duke and I (Bridgerton Book 1)
Julia Quinn’s first book in her 8 book Bridgerton series.
I just finished this one last night! If you enjoy regency romances or the most watched Netflix show of all time you’ll love this one!
Amazon (Kindle e-book or paperback)
Bookshop (independent bookseller)
Barnes & Noble (Nook e-book or paperback)
Anxious People
Best selling novel by Fredrik Backman (A Man Called Ove)
A bank robber bursts into an apartment open house and takes a group of 8 people hostage. This funny and endearing story has twists and turns along the way.
Amazon
Bookshop
Barnes & Noble
This 2021 book list will be updated on Sundays.