2021 in Books
December 27, 2021
I read a lot of books in 2021! 34 in total, not counting a few that I read partially but didn't finish. (Books I didn't finish don't appear on this page.) Pregnancy and parenting was a big theme, as I am preparing for my first baby to enter the world in the early 2022. To my surprise even the fiction I read frequently drew on parenthood as a theme; Outlawed, The Once and Future Witches, and Detransition, Baby being a few examples.
Getting a dedicated e-reader sometime in the early-mid pandemic of 2020 helped me read a lot more. This year I also found myself reading books on my phone sometimes using the Kindle app. Quite a few of the books I read came from the library - mostly e-books through the Overdrive system. I did purchase hard copies of some of the parenting books I read, especially if I thought my spouse might want to read them, too.
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![Cover of Black Sun](/img/2qADI-HEPo-180.jpeg)
Black Sun
Rebecca Roanhorse
![Cover of Outlawed](/img/XXkBUHId37-180.jpeg)
Outlawed
Anna North
![Cover of A Psalm for the Wild Built](/img/--vVclKWBi-180.jpeg)
A Psalm for the Wild Built
Becky Chambers
![Cover of Detransition, Baby](/img/nI-sqWsehl-180.jpeg)
Detransition, Baby
Torrey Peters
![Cover of The Galaxy, and the Ground Within](/img/xSzL_e-lJF-180.jpeg)
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
Becky Chambers
![Cover of Parable of the Sower](/img/aaw_qzrYK3-180.jpeg)
Parable of the Sower
Octavia Butler
![Cover of Expecting Better](/img/1YUrmtlm1q-180.jpeg)
Expecting Better
Emily Oster
![Cover of White Kids: Growing up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America](/img/KkNJGEKBwM-180.jpeg)
White Kids: Growing up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America
Margaret Hagerman
![Cover of Raising Them: Our adventure in gender creative parenting](/img/M5no54FL7M-180.jpeg)
Raising Them: Our adventure in gender creative parenting
Kyl Meyers
![Cover of What No One Tells You](/img/CTQIAuDl4K-180.jpeg)
What No One Tells You
Alexandra Sacks and Catherine Birndorf
![Cover of Fugitive Telemetry](/img/gEIpW0f9RD-180.jpeg)
Fugitive Telemetry
Martha Wells
![Cover of Home](/img/iwEQnozd_E-180.jpeg)
Home
Martha Wells
![Cover of The Once and Future Witches](/img/YiLozvrWCy-180.jpeg)
The Once and Future Witches
Alix Harrow
![Cover of The Ten Thousand Doors of January](/img/E-lIVLp0kD-180.jpeg)
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Alix Harrow
![Cover of One Last Stop](/img/89tkcbpBH3-180.jpeg)
One Last Stop
Casey McQuiston
![Cover of Heading Home with Your Newborn](/img/BpikdvcCNz-180.jpeg)
Heading Home with Your Newborn
Laura Jana
![Cover of Nurture the Wow](/img/11EZ_lIs9K-180.jpeg)
Nurture the Wow
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
![Cover of Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism](/img/ZlmXkXaOk3-180.jpeg)
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
Amanda Montell
![Cover of The Collected Schizophrenias](/img/yvF2Z8EV3g-180.jpeg)
The Collected Schizophrenias
Esmé Weijun Wang
![Cover of Precious Little Sleep](/img/SWMpCJXdd--180.jpeg)
Precious Little Sleep
Alexis Dubief
![Cover of Crooked Hallelujah](/img/GKmkN3Za3H-180.jpeg)
Crooked Hallelujah
Kelli Jo Ford
![Cover of Honey Girl](/img/Cw2gVgklAJ-180.jpeg)
Honey Girl
Morgan Rogers
![Cover of Like a Mother](/img/S9ZRo8VSZE-180.jpeg)
Like a Mother
Angela Garbes
![Cover of The Argonauts](/img/ddxWJk-WSa-180.jpeg)
The Argonauts
Maggie Nelson
![Cover of Rivers of London](/img/dCM0P9-Qtp-180.jpeg)
Rivers of London
Ben Aaronovitch
![Cover of The Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy](/img/W2JDVfR_Kr-180.jpeg)
The Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy
Mayo Clinic
![Cover of We Do This 'Til We Free Us](/img/JH0W5CUV9U-180.jpeg)
We Do This 'Til We Free Us
Mariame Kaba
![Cover of The Eating Instinct](/img/eP_opgyzmT-180.jpeg)
The Eating Instinct
Virginia Sole-Smith
![Cover of The Bottom Line for Baby](/img/eU0_pZfcie-180.jpeg)
The Bottom Line for Baby
Tina Payne Bryson
![Cover of Cribheet](/img/QhjNxj_9dx-180.jpeg)
Cribheet
Emily Oster
![Cover of Piranesi](/img/paiz43pmwL-180.jpeg)
Piranesi
Susanna Clarke
![Cover of The Whole Brain Child](/img/8t8rD_GbvO-180.jpeg)
The Whole Brain Child
Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
![Cover of The Dud Avocado](/img/Rt2BLUc8gG-180.jpeg)
The Dud Avocado
Elaine Dundy
![Cover of It Came From Something Awful](/img/ub_xfDA1yp-180.jpeg)
It Came From Something Awful
Dale Beran
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