by Public Service Associate Juliana
Welcome to our yearly round up! Each December it’s become Bexley Library tradition to collect a sampling of our favorite releases from the past 12 months. We hope this year’s compilation inspires you this holiday season! For even more great recommendations, listen to our recent podcast episode, “Best of 2021!”
Our Favorite 2021 Novels
- Hannah – The Absolute Book by Elizabeth Knox | print / digital
- Whitney & Beth – Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson | print / digital
- Juliana – Animal by Lisa Taddeo | print / digital
- Sue – The President’s Daughter: A Thriller by James Patterson and Bill Clinton | print / digital
- Kim – two by Donna Andrews, The Twelve Jays of Christmas | print / digital and Murder Most Fowl | print / digital
- Jen – Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder | print / digital The Rose Code by Kate Quinn |print /digital and The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson | print / digital
- Debbie – At the Edge of the Haight by Katherine Seligman |print / digital andThe Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers |print / digital
Our Favorite 2021 Poetry
- Juliana – Goldenrod by Maggie Smith | print / digital
- Debbie – I Love You, Call Me Back by Sabrina Benaim | print and A Line of Driftwood: The Ada Blackjack Story by Diane Glancy | print
Our Favorite 2021 Nonfiction
- Owen – The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green | print / digital
- Luke – Anthony Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography by Laurie Woolever | print / digital
- Mary – Feels Like Home: Relaxed Interiors for a Meaningful Life by Lauren Liess | print / digital and Minimalista: Your Step-by-Step Guide to a Better Home, Wardrobe, and Life by Shira Gill | print
- Sue – Good Housekeeping The Best-Ever Cookie Book: 175 Tested-’til-Perfect Recipes for Crispy, Chewy & Ooey-Gooey Treats by Good Housekeeping and Jane Francisco | print and A New Take on Cake by the Cake Mix Doctor Anne Byrn | print
- Jen – Broken by Jenny Lawson | print / digital This Will All Be Over Soon by Cecily Strong | print / digital and Nine Nasty Words by John McWhorter | print / digital
- Debbie – Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer’s Guide by Cecily Wong | print Standpipe: Delivering Water in Flint by David Hardin | print and You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism by Amber Ruffin | print / audiobook
- Juliana – Girlhood by Melissa Febos | print / digital
- Beth – American Made: What Happens to People When Work Disappears by Farah Stockman | print
Our Favorite 2021 Films
- Hannah – Gunpowder Milkshake | currently available on Netflix
- Owen – The French Dispatch | DVD
- Luke – The Green Knight | DVD
- Juliana – Land | DVD
- Kim – Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard | DVD
- Debbie – Riders of Justice | DVD Host | DVD and In the Heights |DVD
Our Favorite Albums
