Steve joins me in this episode to discuss the results of our library's Best of 2021 ballots in many categories, including books and media. 

Fic:

Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell

Razorblade Tears - SA Cosby

The Four Winds - Kristin Hannah

The Other Emily - Dean Koontz

The Man Who Lived Underground - Richard Wright

She Who Became the Sun - Shelley Parker-Chan

The Lincoln Highway - Amor Towles

Mys/Thrill:

Razorblade Tears - SA Cosby

The Man Who Died Twice - Richard Osman

Firekeeper's Daughter - Angeline Boulley

You Love Me - Caroline Kepnes

The Other Emily - Dean Koontz

Rom:

Talk Bookish To Me - Kate Bromlet

Under the Whispering Door - TJ Klune

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows - Balli Kaur Jaswal

The Ex Hex - Erin sterling

The Becoming - Nora Roberts

Jay's Gay Agenda - Jason June

Sci-Fi/Fan:

The House in the Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune

Cloud Cuckoo Land - Anthony Doerr

Kingdom of Souls - Rena Barron

The Becoming - Nora Roberts

Iron Widow - Xiran Jay Jhao

She Who Became the Sun - Shelley Parker-Chan

Nonfic:

Notes on Grief - Chimamanda Ngozi Adeichie

Unforgotten: The Wild Life of Dian Fossey and Her Relentless Quest to Save Mountain Gorillas - Anita Silvey

The Comfort Book - Matt Haig

From Whisper to Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement - Paula Yoo

On Juneteenth -  Annette Gordon-Reed

How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America - Clint Smith

Cookbooks:

SkinnyTaste Air Fryer DInners - Gina Homolka

Tik Tok Recipes

Everyday Dinners: Real-Life Recipes to Set Your Family Up for a Week of Success - Jessica Merchant

I Hate to Cook Cookbook - Peg Bracken

Fast Easy Cheap Vegan - Sam Turnbull

Bio/Mem:

Greenlights - Matthew McConaughey

Crying in H Mart: A Memoir - Michelle Zauner

The Soul of a Woman - Isabel Allende

Be a Work in Progress: And Other Things I'd Like To Tell My Younger Self - John Cena

YA:

Firekeeper's Daughter - Angeline Boulley

Take Me Home Tonight - Morgan Matson

Girlhood: Teens Around the World in Their Own Voices - Masuma Ahuja

The Corpse Queen - Heather Herrman

GN/Manga/Comic

Prince Freya - Keiko Ishihara

In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years after the 9/11 Attacks - Don Brown

In Love & Pajamas: A Collection of Comics About Being Yourself Together - Catana Chetwynd

Cat Massage Therapy - Haru Hisakawa

Youth Fic:

Finding Junie Kim - Ellen Oh

Milo Imagines the World - Matt de la Pena

Pic. Book:

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story - Kevin Noble Maillard

Milo Imagines the World - Matt de la Pena

Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued - Peter Sis

Album:

Red (Taylor's Version) -- Taylor Swift

If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power -- Halsey

Haughty Melodic -- Mike Doughty

Song:

"Lil Bit" by Nelly & Florida Georgia Line

"Yonaguni" by Bad Bunny

"I Am Not a Woman, I'm a God" by Halsey

"You're Not Alone" by Semisonic

Podcasts:

Quick Picks

Casefile

Spittin Chiclets

Daily Shine

Pretty Messed Up

Stolen: The Search for Jermain

Over My Dead Body: Fox Lake