The 28 Books I Read In 2021

Reading is a passion of mine, I read to learn, to educate myself, to feel, to share. I never set out to read a certain number of books a year, but I do try to keep track of the books I’ve read. I write them down in my planner when I’ve finished reading them. Here is my round up of all of the books I read this year in no particular order. There were many memoirs and a few really great works of fiction.

1) Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of Life Interupted by Suleika Jaouad

2) Going There by Katie Couric

3) Maybe You Should Talk to someone by A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb

4) Out Came The Sun: Overcoming the Legacy of Mental Illness, Addiction, and Suicide in My Family by Meriel Hemingway

5) This Particular Happiness: A Childless Love Story by Jackie Shannon Hollis

6) The Secret life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

7) Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe by Laura Lynne Jackson

8) The Elephants in My Backyard by Rajiv Surendra

9) Super Attractor: Methods for Manifesting a Life beyond Your Wildest Dreams by Gabrielle Bernstein

10) Luster by Raven Leilani

11) The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

12) Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley C. Ford

13) Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey

14) Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds by Hillary Allen

15) Running with Sherman: How a Rescue Donkey Inspired a Rag-tag Gang of Runners to Enter the Craziest Race in America by Christopher McDougall

16) Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes by Elizabeth Lesser

17) The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor

18) The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron (maybe my 6th reading)

19) Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May

20) By Way of Sorrow by Robyn Gigl

21) Journey to the Heart: Daily Meditations on the Path to Freeing Your Soul by Melody Beaty

22) Code Name Badass:The True Story of Virginia Hall by Heather Demetrios

23) The Girl in The Red Boots: Making Peace with My Mother by Judith Ruskay Rabinor PhD

24) The Missing Element: Inspiring Compassion for the Human Condition by Debra Silverman

25) Will by Will Smith, Mark Manson

26) Where Do You Hang Your Hammock?: Finding Peace of Mind While You Write, Publish, and Promote Your Book By Bella Mahaya Carter

27) The Space In Between: An Empath’s Field Guide by Signe Myers Hovem

28) We Were made For These Times: 10 lessons for moving Through Change, Loss, and Disruption by Kaira Jewel Lingo

What did you read this year and what’s on your reading list for the year to come?

 

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