Every month I share a Ranked Reading Recap with my Patreon subscribers. It’s a solo podcast where I chat casually and candidly about the books I read that month and rank them from the worst to the best. Since we’re now halfway through 2021, I wanted to share my favorite reads of the year so far, ranking them in style of my Patreon podcast episodes.
2021 Releases
5. Infinite Country by Patricia Engel
4. Craft in the Real World by Matthew Salesses
3. Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann
2. Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
1. Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Backlist Books
5. The Murmur of Bees by Sofía Segovia
4. Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski
3. This Must be the Place by Maggie O’Farrell
2. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
1. On Such a Full Sea by Chang-rae Lee
Novel Pairings Podcast Reads
5. Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
4. There is Confusion by Jessie Redmon Fauset
3. In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
2. The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
1. The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
Share your favorite books of the year so far in the comments below, and, if you want more ranked book lists, be sure to check out the FictionMatters Patreon community for monthly reading recap podcast episodes.
So fun you liked The Summer Book, it’s a favourite of mine. Tove Jansson is so much more than the Moomins, and have such a authentic and honest take on human relations, a no nonsense approach. I just love how the grandmother and the child are equals.