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

Black Sun

Rebecca Roanhorse

sci fi/fantasy fiction favorites
Cover of Outlawed

Outlawed

Anna North

fiction favorites
Cover of A Psalm for the Wild Built

A Psalm for the Wild Built

Becky Chambers

fiction sci fi/fantasy favorites
Cover of Detransition, Baby

Detransition, Baby

Torrey Peters

fiction parenting queer favorites
Cover of The Galaxy, and the Ground Within

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within

Becky Chambers

fiction sci fi/fantasy
Cover of Parable of the Sower

Parable of the Sower

Octavia Butler

fiction favorites
Cover of Expecting Better

Expecting Better

Emily Oster

nonfiction parenting favorites
Cover of White Kids: Growing up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America

White Kids: Growing up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America

Margaret Hagerman

nonfiction parenting favorites
Cover of Raising Them: Our adventure in gender creative parenting

Raising Them: Our adventure in gender creative parenting

Kyl Meyers

nonfiction parenting queer
Cover of What No One Tells You

What No One Tells You

Alexandra Sacks and Catherine Birndorf

nonfiction parenting mental health
Cover of Fugitive Telemetry

Fugitive Telemetry

Martha Wells

fiction sci fi/fantasy favorites
Cover of Home

Home

Martha Wells

fiction sci fi/fantasy
Cover of The Once and Future Witches

The Once and Future Witches

Alix Harrow

fiction sci fi/fantasy favorites
Cover of The Ten Thousand Doors of January

The Ten Thousand Doors of January

Alix Harrow

fiction sci fi/fantasy
Cover of One Last Stop

One Last Stop

Casey McQuiston

fiction queer
Cover of Heading Home with Your Newborn

Heading Home with Your Newborn

Laura Jana

nonfiction parenting
Cover of Nurture the Wow

Nurture the Wow

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

nonfiction parenting favorites
Cover of Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

Amanda Montell

nonfiction
Cover of The Collected Schizophrenias

The Collected Schizophrenias

Esmé Weijun Wang

nonfiction mental health
Cover of Precious Little Sleep

Precious Little Sleep

Alexis Dubief

nonfiction parenting favorites
Cover of Crooked Hallelujah

Crooked Hallelujah

Kelli Jo Ford

fiction
Cover of Honey Girl

Honey Girl

Morgan Rogers

fiction queer
Cover of Like a Mother

Like a Mother

Angela Garbes

parenting nonfiction
Cover of The Argonauts

The Argonauts

Maggie Nelson

nonfiction parenting queer
Cover of Rivers of London

Rivers of London

Ben Aaronovitch

fiction book club
Cover of The Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy

The Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy

Mayo Clinic

nonfiction parenting
Cover of We Do This 'Til We Free Us

We Do This 'Til We Free Us

Mariame Kaba

nonfiction
Cover of The Eating Instinct

The Eating Instinct

Virginia Sole-Smith

nonfiction
Cover of The Bottom Line for Baby

The Bottom Line for Baby

Tina Payne Bryson

nonfiction parenting
Cover of Cribheet

Cribheet

Emily Oster

nonfiction parenting
Cover of Piranesi

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

fiction sci fi/fantasy
Cover of The Whole Brain Child

The Whole Brain Child

Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson

nonfiction parenting
Cover of The Dud Avocado

The Dud Avocado

Elaine Dundy

fiction book club
Cover of It Came From Something Awful

It Came From Something Awful

Dale Beran

nonfiction book club


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