Reader's Roundtable Episode 44: Bye Bye 2021

It's a wrap on 2021! Jessica, Mari, and Cheryl discuss thoughts on the year and publishing, our reading years, and a last batch of picks.

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A sampling of end of the year lists:

• NPR’s Books We Love (formerly Book Concierge)
• School Library Journal’s Best Books 2021
• Short and Longlist for the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence
• Masterpiece Mystery! Best Mystery Books of 2021
• Barnes and Nobles Best Books of 2021 lists  
• Publishers Weekly Best Books 2021
• Kirkus Best Books of 2021
• Twitter users check out #libfaves2021 Dec. 8-17 to see what library staff across the country loved this year. There will be a compilation list shared at the end.

Jessica’s Picks

• Ballad for Sophie by Filipe Melo 
• Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness by Kristen Radtke
• Clark and Division by Naomi Hirahara
• The Cut by John Wemlinger

Mari’s Picks

• Home Is In Between by Mitali Perkins
• Love In English by Maria E. Andreu
• We Love Pizza : Everything You Want to Know About Your Number One Food by Elenia Beretta
• If I Were You by Lynn Austin
• The Wish Book Christmas by Lynn Austin
• The Golden Dreidel by Ellen Kushner

Cheryl’s Picks

• All That She Carried:  The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, A Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles
• Crying in H Mart:  A Memoir by Michelle Zauner
• In Bibi’s Kitchen:  The Recipes and Stories of Grandmothers from the Eight Countries that Touch the Indian Ocean by Hawa Hassan with Julie Turshen
• The Tale of the Mandarin Duck: A Modern Fable by Bette Midler