40 Books from 2021 You Need to Read in 2022
Hello! Every year Book Therapy curates a list of our most notable books of the year spanning both fiction and non-fiction, ranging from literary fiction, young adult, romance, mystery and thrillers, LGBTQIA+ as well as best political and business books, memoirs and biographies and travel and cookbooks. We hope these offer literary inspiration for the year to come and we’d love to hear your thoughts on these. If you feel there’s any we’ve missed, please reach out and let us know too! Also to help you get the most out of your reading life don’t forget to sign up to our signature Bibliotherapy, Literature & Mental Health online course or our personalised reading service (tailored book recommendations and curated reading lists)!
Best Literary Fiction of 2021
1. Bewilderment (Novel) by Richard Powers
From the Pulitzer-prize winning author of The Overstory, Richard Powers, comes this stunning novel with simply, gorgeous and thoughtful prose. Following the death of his wife, Theo Byrne, an astrobiologist, pursues a mission to discover life in space as he embraces single parenthood, raising his neurodiverse…