- Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
- The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
- Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
- Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward *
- Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey
- I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou *
- Mating in Captivity by Esther Parel
- Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro *
- The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
- His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Media *
- A Burning by Megha Majumdar *
- Daughter of Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
- The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune *
- Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok
- The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See *
- Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu *
- Crazy Brave by Joy Harjo *
- Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker *
- Afterlife by Julia Alvarez
- Deacon King Kong by James McBride
- The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
I'm happy with the number of books I was able to read in the first half of 2021! Some of the books I listened to on audio. My most recommended are marked with an asterisk.
