My Favorite Reads 2021

By Sarah Gailey

At the end of each month, I reflect on the books I read and that moved me. Here is a list of my favorite reads of the year so far. Subscribe to my newsletter Stone Soup for more information.

How High We Go in the Dark

Sequoia Nagamatsu

$27.99 $26.03

stunning and beautiful

The Farm

Joanne Ramos

$17.00 $15.81

devastating

Like Other Girls

Britta Lundin

$17.99 $16.73

bold, sweet, earnest

House of Hollow

Krystal Sutherland

$18.99 $17.66

haunting, compelling, pitch-dark

The Violence

Delilah S. Dawson

$28.00 $26.04

sharp, propulsive, satisfying

The Ones We're Meant to Find

Joan He

$18.99 $17.66

incisive, thoughtful, heartbreaking

A Dark and Starless Forest

Sarah Hollowell

$17.99 $16.73

livid, magical, gorgeous

The Hunting Party

Lucy Foley

$16.99 $15.80

delicious, fun, satisfying

Light from Uncommon Stars

Ryka Aoki

$26.99 $25.10

weird, stunning, transformative

Take Me with You When You Go

Jennifer Niven and David Levithan

$18.99 $17.66

tender, powerful, confrontational

Revelator

Daryl Gregory

$27.00 $25.11

brassy, exhilarating, intricate

The Husbands

Chandler Baker

$26.99 $25.10

bold, relevant, thrilling

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Becky Chambers

$20.99 $19.52

tender and earnestly human

Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus

Monica Murphy and Bill Wasik

$18.00 $16.74

terrifyingly nonfiction

The Book of Accidents

Chuck Wendig

$28.99 $26.96

viscerally honest and devastating

The Other Black Girl

Zakiya Dalila Harris

$27.00 $25.11

taut, cutting, ingenious

Jade Legacy

Fonda Lee

$30.00 $27.90

bold, revelatory, stunning

Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol

Mallory O'Meara

$27.99 $26.03

sharp, funny, dazzling

Seven Demons

Aidan Truhen

$16.95

captivating, dizzying, magnificent

A Lot Like Adiós

Alexis Daria

$15.99 $14.87

funny, dynamic, steamy

People We Meet on Vacation

Emily Henry

$16.00 $14.88

charming, deep, lovely

Dare Me

Megan Abbott

$16.99

tight, tense, gripping

Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake

Alexis Hall

$15.99 $14.87

sweet, charming, welcoming

You Have a Match

Emma Lord

$18.99 $17.66

complex, thoughtful, dynamic

Thirsty Mermaids

Kat Leyh

$32.00 $29.76

sweet, hilarious, healing