91. Bookish superlatives from an unprecedented reading year

After a few months off, we're back in your feeds today to discuss some of our favorite (and least favorite) books of 2021. We've organized this episode into bookish superlatives that let us share books you may not hear us talk about otherwise. We also offer a reflection on our reading year as a whole, including what it's been like to read with newborns around. It's great to be back at the mic talking all things books! For more bonus episodes, nerdy classes, and extra book talk,  join our Classics Club: patreon.com/novelpairings.com. Connect with us  on Instagram or Twitter. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get updates and behind-the-scenes info. Get two audiobooks for the price of one from Libro.fm. Use our Libro.fm affiliate code NOVELPAIRINGS and support independent bookstores. Links: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers Beautiful World Where Are You by Sally Rooney The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson Wintering by Katherine May Insurrecto by Gina Apostol Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark We’re All in This Together by Amy Jones Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts by Karen Kleiman Kid Gloves by Lucy Knisley Detransition, Baby by Torrie Peters The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro Seven Days in June by Tia Williams A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman