A Year in Books

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Here's everything I read this year (not that much about 76 books) broken down by genre plus in depth reviews for November (which I forgot to post) and like the one solitary book I finished in Dec. (Okay that's for reading holiday exchange fanfic, let's be honest) I love talking books so if you see something that interests you...



BOOKS 2021

MYSTERY
Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb
Who Speaks for the Damned by C.S. Harris
Murder at Hotel 1911 by Audrey Keown
Absence of Mercy by S.M. Goodwin
Frozen Heat by Richard Castle
The Butterfly House by Katrine Engberg
The Hanover Square Affair by Ashley Gardner
The Xactilias Project by R J Lawrence
Cliffhanger by Amy Saunders
Killing at the Carnival by L. A. Nisula
The Memorist by M.J. Rose
What the Devil Knows by C.S. Harris
Dark Sky Island by Lara Dearman
The Snowdonia Killings by Simon McCleave
The Monster in the Box by Ruth Rendell
Flying too High by Kerry Greenwood
Red Gold by Robert D. Kidera

Of Murders and Mages by Nikki Haverstock

Death by Dissertation by Kelly Brakenhoff
Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes by Denise Grover Swank
Unnatural Death by Dorothy l Sayers
Not a Whisper by Donna McNicol
Hangman’s Root by Susan Wittig Albert
Penance on the Prairies by RL Syme

YOUNG ADULT/MIDDLE GRADE
Phoebe Douse: Secret Society for Special Abilities and Artefacts by L. Samuels
City of the Plague God by Sarwat Chadda
Grimm Tuesday by Garth Nix
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
The Crowns of Croswald by D. E. Night
Curse of the Specter Queen by Jenny Elder Moke
Catch Me When I Fall by Vicki Leigh
Just a Matter of Time by Charity Tahmaseb
The Gauntlet by Karuna Riazi
The Death Collector by Justin Richards

Pahua and the Soul Stealer by Lori M. Lee
Faith Taking Flight by by Julie Murphy
Fairhaven's Forsaken by Susan Fernandez


URBAN FANTASY/STEAMPUNK/HORROR
Virtue at Market Price by E. Pluribus Van Slyke
Widdershins by Jordan L. Hawk
Duck Duck Ghost by Rhys Ford
You’ve Got Tail by Renee George
Reese and Reeves: Overture by Krystine Brown
Wings of Ebony by J. Elle
The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison
Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Pahua and the Soul Stealer by Lori M. Lee
Evansville Monsters: Weird Tales of Goblins, Ghoulies, and Ghosts by Kyle Darnell
A Sanctuary of Spirits by Leanna Renee Hieber
Hammers on Bone by Cassandra Khaw
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman
Camera Obscura by Lavie Tidhar
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
Storm Shift by Calinda B.



GRAPHIC NOVELS/MANGA
Black Panther: a nation under our feet by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Case Study of Vanitas #5 by Jun Mochizuki
Vinland Saga Omnibus, Vol. 10 by Makoto Yukimura
Black Butler, Vol. 25 by Yana Toboso

The Witch and the Beast, Vol. 1 by Kousuke Satake


SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY
The Tinderbox: Soldier of Indira by Lou Diamond Phillips
Tripleye by John Hegenberger
Fix the World edited by J. Scott Coatsworth
Spock, Messiah! By Theodore R.Cogswell and Charles A. Spano Jr.
The End of All Things by John Scalzi
Clockwork Heart by Dru Pagliassotti
Qi, Vampires, and Shearing by Christopher J. Timms

ROMANCE/EROTICA
Zeus: Conquering His Heart by Wendy Rathbone
The Solstice Kings by Kim Fielding

CONTEMPORARY/CLASSICS
The Poetic Edda - anonymous
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell


NONFICTION
In Search of the Physicians of Myddfai (Meddygon Myddfai) by D.P. Davies
Interior Desecrations: Hideous Homes from the Hideous ‘70s by James Lileks
I Love My Computer Because My Friends Live in It: Stories from an Online Life
by Jess Kimball Leslie
A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them by Neil Bradbury
West Virginia ghost stories legends and haunts by Jannette Quakenbush
The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer by Dean Jobb


I didn't do ljbookbingo's holiday card because I knew I'd never do much with it in the time frame and the books I had to read for other challenges. Ah well. I will be doing the Popsugar challenge again, the alphabet challenge/literary destinations/cloak and dagger challenges (all on FB)

Nov & Dec book review

Hammers on Bone horror

Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances fanfic/horror/supernatural

Fairhaven's Forsaken YA paranormal

Faith: Taking Flight YA SF (near future)

Camera Obscura steampunk/mystery

The Final Girl Support Group suspense/horror

Penance on the Prairies mystery

Storm Shift shifter

The Witch and the Beast, Vol. 1 manga, paranormal


Day 7 for the 12_daysofficmas
Title: The Anthropophagists Club Chapter Three

Fandom: Prodigal Son
Characters/Pairings: Malcolm Bright & Dani Powell

Summary/Teaser: Dani and Malcolm have to go undercover in a very exclusive club catering to the jetsetters. They have no idea how much danger they're walking into but it doesn't take Malcolm long to find it.


Click on title for the story