Best Books of 2021 🏆

[@amandagarcia1166]

Honestly, if for nothing else, I watch Katie's videos for the commentary; the chaotic, witty energy we all need.

[@KatieColson]

🤣🤣🤣🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@carolineasebrook6643]

I agree!! It’s like sitting with a good friend!!!

[@CandaceDesignedStore]

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[@nonuora]

I’m new to this channel. I binge book tube, but I’ve never had anyone’s presentation be so engaging that I was convinced to read every single book recommended…until now. My Christmas book list has just gotten 10 books longer.

[@gabbyreads]

Omg ahhhh so many great books on your list! I also love Finlay, No Exit, The Push, Anxious People and A Dowry of Blood 😍

[@gabbyreads]

Omg okay I’m picking up Yolk next year because of you! I have to, it sounds so good!!! 😍🙌

[@parismcmanus5205]

I'm so here for all the creators who love Fredrik Backman. He's arguably my favorite author ever. Love him so much and I love that you've found him and are enjoying his work!

[@thirdplacereading]

The Nightingale is one of my favorite books EVER. Thank you for the new recommendations!

[@vgv20]

When I start to get stressed out, I put Katie's videos on in the background and boom, problem solved. Literally my medicine.

[@meghangaddisreads]

They way you describe them makes me want to read ALL OF THEM! I read Anxious People this year and it also made my best/favorite books of 2021 list

[@fishbowlwoman]

"If Morticia Addams wrote Little Women" OMG YES I loved that book, too! Can't wait to read the rest in the series.

[@autumrose6240]

I have not heard ANYONE talk about The Push and I am dying!!!! I LOVED this book. Hands down favorite book of the year! I cannot believe it was her debut. I will be reading every single book she puts out from now on!

[@jujuxfranca]

Really?? In my country (Brazil) I heard about this book in a lot of book channels

[@autumrose6240]

@@jujuxfranca i only have a couple booktubers i follow but i’ve barely seen it on Instagram and TikTok

[@Imane-vi6ke]

Love how you say "Stunning!". Well, your videos are stunning! So glad I found your channel

[@Imane-vi6ke]

Also I am reading all of these I decided haha

[@loriwald9532]

Love your enthusiasm and positive energy towards your reads. My TBR just got longer and a couple books got moved higher on the list.

[@Hannah_Lynch]

I’ve reread Anxious People a few times and every time I’m so stunned with how well written it is! I just love Fredrik Backman’s writing style so freaking much 🖤

[@jcompton8507]

Right!?!? I still think the Beartown series is my favorite of his, followed by A Man Called Ove, but I loved Anxious People and ugly cried during And Every Morning...

[@bossdeman]

i had to stop reading Anxious people on the 60th page.. it was topsy turvy.

[@lydiaadams8474]

The Nightingale was my favorite book of 2021! Everything you said about it was soo true! So beautifully done.

[@jerr3d]

You’re so expressive, you should be in theater. Thanks for the ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ recommendations. Think I will try the Finlay Donovan story.

[@ShannonsChannel]

Your description of The Push reminds me of We Need to Talk About Kevin, which I adore.

[@carissa1446]

I loved The Strange Case of the Alchemist Daughter, The Push, and Every Heart a Doorway. Every Heart a Doorway was a most surprising for me this year.

[@monicamerle1417]

I thought PLAIN BAD HEROINES was gonna make it to your top 3 😲 My top: 1- Project Hail Mary, 2- Anxious people, 3- Malibu Rising, 4- The Final Girl Support Group, 5- The last thing he told me, 6- The Maidens 7- Under the whispering door 8- As Good As Dead 9- To Sleep in a sea of stars 10- Near the bone 11- For your own good 12- The Mary Shelley club (I'm sure I'm forgetting some, lots of 5 stars this year 😁)

[@kelleysullivan8908]

Yes!!!!!! No Exit and Finlay Donovan are so good.

[@miktriesanddiys4148]

currently binging book videos and i come across this video and i see the dexcom :) super excited to watch !

[@NorthStar3922]

Did I just tear up while you were describing Anxious People - yes! I LOVE that book so much! It was my favorite book of 2020 and I need to reread it next year. 💛 This year I believe my top spot is going to The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (I don’t see anything dethroning it in these last few days) 💚

[@ConsoleHandheldGamer]

I've only read Every Heart A Doorway this year and it's already on my best of 2022 list.

[@bri9317]

Honestly, I was curious about Anxious People and wasn’t sure if I wanted to read it….then you read that line from the book and I am sold, that is going on my list for books to buy next. Thank you for that final push 😊

[@KatieColson]

Yay! I so hope you love it

[@jcompton8507]

There is just something unique and wonderful about Backman's "voice" as an author. Somehow he manages to be funny and charming and heartbreaking and "real" all at the same time.

[@Kindlelover88]

This year just like you, I read the push, no exit, Finley Donovan is killing it and I believe they were all excellent books.

[@beverleytitley811]

I read And Every Morning The Way Home Gets Longer And Longer last night in one sitting. It was amazing! I cried so much….I should say sobbed. Wow! Thought of my Grandsons the whole time. I wasn’t a fan of Yolk. I have Every Heart a Doorway on my list. That one looks really good! Nice list!

[@hannahbjr]

I started reading every morning the way home… and had to take a break because I was sobbing. I was in the process of losing my grandmother and I could NOT but want to come back to it.

[@KatieColson]

I’m so sorry to hear about your grandmother.

[@ARMY_ksoo]

Before I say anything else, praise to the transltors of Backman! I read it in Croatian and it is still as funny, emotional and thrilling as if I was reading the original. I really wish I could read in Sweedish, but the amazing translations will have to do. Now, Anxious People is what I need all day everyday. It's like a pat on the back saying you are doing good, don't worry. Even just hearing the quote you read, tears fell. He gets to me like no one else.

[@lew22_]

have you made a video on how you read so many books in a year?? if not, i would love to know!! 🥰

[@samanthahubachek106]

We love a Tuesday and we love a new sponsor! Finlay Donovan was my fave this year but I have a bunch of these on my TBR for next year. Yeeeee 😎

[@andrewseegulam8682]

Would love a video of your favorite rereads!

[@nickygoldsmith6785]

Great video honey my face book this year was The Seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo. It was beautiful

[@KatieColson]

I just reread it and it is one of my favorite books of all time

[@DCdripart2217]

We're have you been lol. Love your witty, fun energy it's everything! You had me glued to this video from begging to end. New here and love it. The books sound amazing.

[@jadeloggedon]

You make me want to read everything !!! Also what are these miniature books?! Did you make them? I’m so curious, I want to see them closer!

[@KatieColson]

My dad made tiny replicas of my favorite books

[@jadeloggedon]

@@KatieColson that’s awesome! They’re so tiny, i love them 😍

[@travismiddleton8218]

Hi Katie just discovered your channel. Love it and the energy you bring. Those books you mentioned look really interesting. Thanks 😊

[@KatieColson]

Hi! 👋 happy to have you here

[@travismiddleton8218]

@@KatieColson your welcome 😁 Happy to be here

[@sarahhulse9979]

I’m watching your huge bookhaul and I just love you!!!!

[@bonniegrrl]

Thanks to you I have a ton of new books to read this year! THANK YOU!!!!

[@Thepeejay]

I just finished the push it such a good book! I absolutely loved it and will read anything this author puts out.

[@KatieColson]

Omg I’m so glad you loved it! It is such a good book

[@parkerrose3590]

I so look forward to your videos! They always cheer me up. I need that right now.

[@vataidalma6855]

Agree with Finlay Donovan, The Push, Anxious People 😍 Also Heartstopper Vol4 is defo the best one!

[@laurlovesliterature]

your energy is so comforting

[@KatieColson]

That is so nice!!! Ahhhh

[@ilananl1004]

Love your video, recommendation s and enthusiasm 👍

[@KatieColson]

Aw thank you so much Ilana

[@kardelenckc]

My mother has Alzheimer's, the disease which I probably carry the genes for. She doesn't remember my name anymore. 'And Every Morning The Way Home Gets Longer and Longer' hit me hard. Thanks for recommending.

[@kelleysullivan8908]

The Anxious People audiobook is 5 stars!! So good.

[@jennayofthesea]

Omg I love this I’m gonna start the strange case of the alchemist’s daughter and no exit ❤

[@yarima13]

Katie..you just made me buy more books…..I LOVE YOU FOR THAT

[@LaurenxOtt]

I’m 10% into the southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires and it is quickly becoming my top 10 favorites

[@KatieColson]

Right?! I adore that one

[@cooktorialschannel5058]

Hi Katie I love your book reviews! But I’ve always wondered what’s the sticker on your bicep for? Sorry to ask

[@VanessaButtino]

The way you described The Push is EPIC. So accurate OMG. The Push is definitely one of my favourite books of the year, too.

[@sherilynridgeway8984]

TY, I am half way thru Bunny, it’s so crazy & I can’t put it down 💜💜

[@bridgetuphoff2129]

Just downloaded Dowry of Blood on Libby. I will be listening to it this weekend! Thanks for these great recs!

[@jcompton8507]

Beartown was the first Fredrik Backman book I read, and I've been in love with his books ever since. If you haven't already read them, I recommend Beartown and its sequel, Us Against Them, and also A Man Called Ove. All 3 books are wonderful. Also, kudos to his translators! Because they're not always the same person, but each book still feels uniquely Backman. Makes me wonder how involved he is in the translations??

[@vanessahauser1903]

I think Firekeeper's Daughter was my fav of 2021!

[@jazmynesimington7773]

I read the push as well!! So good!! And I read and every morning the way home gets longer and longer however, I didn’t sob like you did. I feel that book is more meaningful to someone who has a more personal experience with Alzheimer’s

[@kvothethearcane42]

My top fiction book of the year was "This is How You Lose the Time War", my top nonfiction was "The Anthropocene Reviewed". Literally cannot say enough good things about either of them.

[@nassimafera397]

Love your videos Katie. Happy New Year

[@melsshelf9196]

Your taste! 👌🏻 Loved No Exit and The Push and now my TBR is getting even longer

[@1U7S7A6]

I’m late to you but I ABSOLUTELY love your energy!!!!! I will be joining your patron soon! Don’t you ever change for anyone! 🌸✨

[@rainb6735]

This is my first video of you I am watching and I am already obsessed with you

[@estadoagridulce]

“a dowry of blood” has been so hype, i’m so interested in it, so many booktubers have recommended it…i’m 👀.

[@life_of_wine_and_books]

If you liked The Push, you might like Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage. It's AMAZING!!

[@TraciMarie]

Just about to comment this!!

[@noelle7pages]

THE PUSH REALLY IS THAT BISHHH. Every time I think about the last sentence I get chills

[@noelle7pages]

ok if you love the nightingale, you HAVE to read the rose code by kate quinn!! easily hands down my best book of the year

[@eloisereads4952]

I’m 50 pages into a Dowry of Blood and loving it!

[@mikequist1]

My top 10 books read in 2021: #10 - Two For the Dough (Janet Evanovich). I'm lovin' Miss Stephanie Plum, Jersey Girl Bounty Hunter. #9 - The Word is Murder (Anthony Horowitz). The author and a very non-PC detective solve a murder. Hilarious! #8 - Etymologicon (Mark Forsyth). I love a good book about words and their meanings. All the better if there is plenty of dry British wit liberally sprinkled in. #7 - 'Salem's Lot (Stephen King). First time read. #6 - Warbreaker (Brandon Sanderson). Also first time read and first time for this author. Great book! #5 - Pines (Blake Crouch). Read the entire trilogy this year. Will be diving into more of his back catalog next year. #4 - A Cold Day For Murder (Dana Stabenow). This series about an Alaskan PI (Kate Shugak) was recommended to me and I am eating it up. Since April, read the first 6 books in the series. #3 - Dracula (Bram Stoker). First time read. So well written and a really exciting story. Did not disappoint in the least. (Much better than Shelley's Frankenstein IMHO.) #2 - A Simple Plan (Scott Smith). Saw the movie years ago and have never been able to forget it. Finally picked up the book and it scared me half to death. #1 - Dune (Frank Herbert). First time read. Saw the movie and then devoured the book in less than a week. Thought it would be a "one and done", but now I'm planning on picking up some of the sequels next year.

[@abbisaiya2797]

Alchemist daughters.... is there an order for these?

[@angelaholmes8888]

Here's my list of favorite books of this year 1. Crescent city 2. In the ravenous dark by a.m Strickland 3. Best served cold by Joe Abercrombie 4. Wizard and glass by Stephen king 5. The wastelands 6. The kiss quotient by helen Hoang 7. The comeback by ella berman 8. A little hatred 9. Legendborn 10. The trouble with peace

[@monahanna2685]

This was great. So many books that I already love and some I have not heard of. Thank you!

[@sweetmalissa]

First time viewer- I found some good recommendations from this video! Thank you 💗 Where did you get your top you’re wearing??? It’s super cute 😍

[@Mimakova444]

Katie!! Are you going to be ordering the Diviners set from the Bookish Shop??? It’s absolutely gorgeous, I just ordered it 😇

[@JessicaMycelium]

Been meaning to ask you - have you read We Need To Talk About Kevin? I haven’t read The Push yet but it has the same kinda trope and it was one of my favourite books for a long long time (before I started reading so much)

[@girlboss6881]

I’m a new subscriber and I just wanted to say I can’t wait to read all of your recommendations!!!!!

[@geebb7321]

That twist in No Exit got me..I was not yet halfway and then BOOM! I want to swing that rock? in a sock in that man's face..😂

[@Zoe-ig6nl]

"please introduce me to the rock you've been living under" - I literally want to use this expression every single day

[@FreyaWarr]

One of my favorite books of the year was Dreams of the Dying by Nicolas Lietzau. I really think you’d like it. Great mix of horror fantasy and some good representation and conversation of mental health

[@katietaylor8164]

The Nightingale was my 2nd favorite book of the year!! So gorgeous and I cried so hard!!

[@jaclyndiscovers8648]

I read “And every morning…” based on your recommendation and loved it!!

[@smb_readsbooks4692]

My favourite book of the year (and probably ever) is The Vanishing Half. BUT i’m now starting The first day of spring because of you and like 👀👀👀👀👀.

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

I was just WAITING for dowry lol 👀👀

[@ttowntrekker5174]

Loved The Nightingale from the first sentence to the last

[@Oliviamariee2]

Katie. I dead ass knew it was going to be A Dowry of Blood. I am too in tune with your reading preferences. I am OBSESSED with you and your content and I need you to be my real life friend??? I’m coming off to strong aren’t I? 😂

[@KatieColson]

You nailed it! I loved that book so much

[@atefehdehghanimehrabani1326]

I was having a shitty day and I opened KZbin and as soon as I saw that Katie's uploaded a video I was clapping my hands like a dum child. Love you soooo much 💖💗

[@KatieColson]

Aw! Thank you 😊

[@salmarsh8377]

Can you read empire of the vampire and do a vlog? I’m not sure if I want to pick it up I can’t wait to see your opinion on it and you have said that you love vampires!

[@jamescartwright9849]

I thought you would have picked Ace of Spades as one of the best books this year. Your review is what made me read it, and I loved it so much. It was such a great story and I was hooked from the first page.

[@mandeepsian6857]

Love love love Backman! I didn’t know books could be so good, until I read A man called Ove! He is just at another level!

[@alibyebaby2064]

These books sound pretty good and many of them aren’t super common on booktube!

[@TheAwkwardBookNerd]

Totally loved every heart a doorway and all of us villains ❤️

[@Jambajakumba]

I just discovered this absolute gem today. I have laughed so hard🤣🤣DEFINITELY here to stay.

[@BookishRaider]

Listening to the first two or three of books of The Wayward Children's Children by Seanan McGuire. Loved Jack's and her sisters story in Down Among The Sticks And Bones.

[@emmasisk7305]

Heartstopper will forever have my heart ❤️

[@jullietliufau9865]

so excited for this video

[@Sad.Purple.unicorn]

I finished reading Dowry of Blood today and loved it but I think a better description for it would be wifes and husbands of Dracula because he definitely wasn’t straight in the book lol

[@Singhaditi1105]

I am new here and not to be rude but was just wondering, what is on her arm?

[@sagekay]

Do you have to have read Dracula to read A Dowry of Blood? I really want to read it but I haven’t read Dracula in so long and I don’t remember a lot of stuff

[@yuvia07]

Just hearing you describe Fredrick Backman’s book made me tear up cause it made me think of my Grandpa that I lost over 10 years ago but it still hurts 😭

[@Sad.Purple.unicorn]

I also read almost 200 books this year

[@CamillaCardosoGuedes]

Does anybody know where does she listen the audiobooks?

[@KatieColson]

Libby!

[@polly2900]

No Exit kind of creeped me out and still does when I see it being mentioned on KZbin. I was no disappointed in his book Hairpin Bridge.

[@beautynbrainzxo]

I listened to A Dowry of Blood on audio and it was EXCELLENT!

[@paperbacksandponytails]

My favorite book of the year is definitely The Peasant's Dream by Melanie Dickerson, she is my favorite author for fairytale retellings.

[@LifeasMonae]

I loved All of us Villains! 5 stars!

[@LifeasMonae]

The push was sooooo fucking good!

[@LifeasMonae]

When you held up Every morning the way home gets longer and longer you became my legit favorite booktuber. I cried so damn much, I am also a cancer 🥲

[@LifeasMonae]

Let me order The Nightingale….

[@KatieColson]

So glad to hear you also enjoyed All of Us Villains! I don’t hear enough people talking about it

[@kedwards127]

Your reviews are so full of life! I’m excited to watch more of your videos :)

[@narwhalmeggy]

i didn't know the 4th heart stopper dealth with EDs, do you think it would be triggering for someone with one to read??? i don't want to go in and be hit unknowingly with it