Dead in 2021: The Authors We Lost (606 books)

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So these are the authors who died in the year 2021. Post more tributes in the comments. We'll have to figure how to share more links... I put my obituary links in my short notes field for each title under My Votes, answering "Why you added this book." It's possible these won't be read widely. Click around and discuss what's appropriate to remember. Goodreads is disallowing most links in the comments.

Meanwhile, here are some sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2021
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/search/index.html?q=obituary&submit.x=0&submit.y=0&sortByDate=on
(No longer updated) http://www.tributes.com/celebrity/deaths/Writers

Other Years:
2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019

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1	Beezus and Ramona (Ramona, #1) by Beverly Cleary 4.03 avg rating — 104,149 ratings score: 1,874, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) by Larry McMurtry 4.58 avg rating — 252,421 ratings score: 1,261, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster 4.20 avg rating — 308,908 ratings score: 1,260, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Just as I Am by Cicely Tyson 4.51 avg rating — 11,608 ratings score: 1,072, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle 4.35 avg rating — 550,674 ratings score: 1,071, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1) by Anne Rice 4.02 avg rating — 656,154 ratings score: 923, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story by Hank Aaron 4.17 avg rating — 1,232 ratings score: 778, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	In Spite of Myself: A Memoir by Christopher Plummer 3.54 avg rating — 703 ratings score: 747, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman 4.41 avg rating — 22,795 ratings score: 650, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Ramona the Pest (Ramona, #2) by Beverly Cleary 4.08 avg rating — 67,928 ratings score: 626, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Here Be Dragons (Welsh Princes, #1) by Sharon Kay Penman 4.30 avg rating — 25,136 ratings score: 579, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam (Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction Books) by Neil Sheehan 4.24 avg rating — 12,648 ratings score: 578, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Dear Mr. Henshaw (Leigh Botts, #1) by Beverly Cleary 3.79 avg rating — 42,088 ratings score: 576, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1) by Gary Paulsen 3.80 avg rating — 455,885 ratings score: 566, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	A Coney Island of the Mind by Lawrence Ferlinghetti 4.16 avg rating — 12,319 ratings score: 564, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Ramona the Brave (Ramona, #3) by Beverly Cleary 4.12 avg rating — 58,271 ratings score: 563, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Cloris: My Autobiography by Cloris Leachman 3.64 avg rating — 609 ratings score: 548, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Harold: The Boy Who Became Mark Twain by Hal Holbrook 3.75 avg rating — 92 ratings score: 538, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry 4.01 avg rating — 21,734 ratings score: 492, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman by Kathleen Krull 4.31 avg rating — 2,245 ratings score: 486, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Land Beyond the Sea by Sharon Kay Penman 4.36 avg rating — 2,456 ratings score: 476, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	If You Ask Me by Betty White 3.79 avg rating — 51,152 ratings score: 475, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney 4.23 avg rating — 24,498 ratings score: 469, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Dreamgirl: My Life As a Supreme by Mary Wilson 4.07 avg rating — 502 ratings score: 465, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Place to Be: Washington, CBS, and the Glory Days of Television News by Roger Mudd 3.80 avg rating — 107 ratings score: 459, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Ramona and Her Father (Ramona, #4) by Beverly Cleary 4.05 avg rating — 31,953 ratings score: 459, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Mouse and the Motorcycle (Ralph S. Mouse, #1) by Beverly Cleary 3.97 avg rating — 90,429 ratings score: 455, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Ramona and Her Mother (Ramona Quimby, #5) by Beverly Cleary 4.11 avg rating — 28,012 ratings score: 453, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Dreamgirl and Supreme Faith: My Life as a Supreme by Mary Wilson 4.07 avg rating — 502 ratings score: 446, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	This Sceptred Isle: The Making of the British by Christopher Lee 3.93 avg rating — 75 ratings score: 446, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Way Things Ought to Be by Rush Limbaugh 3.62 avg rating — 2,622 ratings score: 389, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Tell It to the King by Larry King 3.48 avg rating — 52 ratings score: 383, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	When Christ and His Saints Slept (Plantagenets #1; Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1) by Sharon Kay Penman 4.26 avg rating — 17,533 ratings score: 382, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Logan's Run by William F. Nolan 3.64 avg rating — 13,058 ratings score: 374, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Mother of Sorrows by Richard McCann 3.95 avg rating — 385 ratings score: 365, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	A Friend Is Someone Who Likes You by Joan Walsh Anglund 4.34 avg rating — 490 ratings score: 363, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Lives of the Musicians: Good Times, Bad Times by Kathleen Krull 4.01 avg rating — 498 ratings score: 361, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Fifteen by Beverly Cleary 3.96 avg rating — 5,349 ratings score: 360, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me by Eric Carle 4.19 avg rating — 6,005 ratings score: 352, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	A Girl Called Al by Constance C. Greene 3.78 avg rating — 249 ratings score: 340, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay by Annie Proulx 4.03 avg rating — 53,192 ratings score: 338, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Vinyl Underground, Volume 1: Watching the Detectives by Si Spencer (Writer) 3.14 avg rating — 170 ratings score: 338, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Grouchy Historian: An Old-Time Lefty Defends Our Constitution Against Right-Wing Hypocrites and Nutjobs by Ed Asner 3.91 avg rating — 551 ratings score: 330, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Oh What a Slaughter: Massacres in the American West: 1846--1890 by Larry McMurtry 3.48 avg rating — 763 ratings score: 328, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling 3.91 avg rating — 17,981 ratings score: 322, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson 3.95 avg rating — 16,813 ratings score: 314, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Runaway Ralph (Ralph S. Mouse, #2) by Beverly Cleary 3.96 avg rating — 24,112 ratings score: 309, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Terms of Endearment by Larry McMurtry 4.13 avg rating — 26,874 ratings score: 294, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	The Worst Witch (Worst Witch, #1) by Jill Murphy 3.96 avg rating — 23,122 ratings score: 292, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	See, I Told You So by Rush Limbaugh 3.72 avg rating — 2,066 ratings score: 277, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	A Work In Progress ...On Being a Musician by Chick Corea 3.65 avg rating — 23 ratings score: 271, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2) by Anne Rice 4.11 avg rating — 218,524 ratings score: 271, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #1) by Anne Rice 4.10 avg rating — 125,449 ratings score: 270, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Jean and Johnny by Beverly Cleary 3.78 avg rating — 1,721 ratings score: 267, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull 4.19 avg rating — 2,193 ratings score: 263, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class by Lawrence Otis Graham 3.74 avg rating — 2,057 ratings score: 261, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster 3.88 avg rating — 9,679 ratings score: 255, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff 4.03 avg rating — 30,733 ratings score: 252, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Silverheart by Michael Moorcock 3.50 avg rating — 202 ratings score: 250, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	De val van de imam by Nawal El Saadawi 3.28 avg rating — 1,237 ratings score: 246, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Looking Like the Enemy: My Story of Imprisonment in Japanese American Internment Camps by Mary Matsuda Gruenewald 4.09 avg rating — 715 ratings score: 244, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World by Nawal El Saadawi 4.01 avg rating — 1,862 ratings score: 243, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Ramona, #6) by Beverly Cleary 4.11 avg rating — 73,483 ratings score: 242, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Ramona Forever (Ramona, #7) by Beverly Cleary 4.08 avg rating — 35,388 ratings score: 238, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Wraeththu (Wraeththu #1-3) by Storm Constantine 3.94 avg rating — 2,701 ratings score: 237, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Ramona's World (Ramona Quimby, #8) by Beverly Cleary 4.16 avg rating — 13,476 ratings score: 233, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Devoted: The Story of a Father's Love for His Son by Dick Hoyt 4.29 avg rating — 494 ratings score: 232, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Pancakes, Pancakes! by Eric Carle 3.91 avg rating — 2,969 ratings score: 231, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	Emily's Runaway Imagination by Beverly Cleary 3.96 avg rating — 3,883 ratings score: 230, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	Supreme Glamour by Mary Wilson 4.49 avg rating — 103 ratings score: 229, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	The Vinyl Underground, Volume 2: Pretty Dead Things by Si Spencer 3.18 avg rating — 99 ratings score: 227, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	A Girl from Yamhill by Beverly Cleary 4.03 avg rating — 4,541 ratings score: 226, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems: And Other Love Poems – A Reading Rainbow Poetry Collection About Everyday Childhood Joys (Reading Rainbow Series) by Eloise Greenfield 4.35 avg rating — 1,001 ratings score: 226, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	Henry Huggins (Henry Huggins, #1) by Beverly Cleary 4.02 avg rating — 31,124 ratings score: 223, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	City Lights Pocket Poets Anthology by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (Editor) 4.16 avg rating — 883 ratings score: 222, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	Ellen Tebbits (Ellen & Otis, #1) by Beverly Cleary 3.96 avg rating — 8,622 ratings score: 221, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	Sister of the Bride by Beverly Cleary 3.69 avg rating — 1,889 ratings score: 215, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	Mitch and Amy by Beverly Cleary 3.82 avg rating — 1,871 ratings score: 212, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	Ralph S. Mouse (Ralph S. Mouse, #3) by Beverly Cleary 3.96 avg rating — 9,625 ratings score: 211, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Based on a True Story: A Memoir by Norm Macdonald 4.03 avg rating — 19,619 ratings score: 209, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	The Luckiest Girl by Beverly Cleary 3.93 avg rating — 3,434 ratings score: 207, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	Otis Spofford (Ellen & Otis, #2) by Beverly Cleary 3.86 avg rating — 2,805 ratings score: 202, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	Blackwood Farm (The Vampire Chronicles, #9) by Anne Rice 3.89 avg rating — 35,045 ratings score: 183, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	Betty and Friends: My Life at the Zoo by Betty White 4.16 avg rating — 946 ratings score: 183, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	The Tale of the Body Thief (The Vampire Chronicles, #4) by Anne Rice 3.77 avg rating — 92,601 ratings score: 181, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	Lasher (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #2) by Anne Rice 3.88 avg rating — 65,982 ratings score: 181, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	The Mummy (Ramses the Damned #1) by Anne Rice 3.86 avg rating — 48,942 ratings score: 181, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	Here We Go Again: My Life in Television by Betty White really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7,019 ratings score: 181, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	The Queen of the Damned (The Vampire Chronicles, #3) by Anne Rice 3.93 avg rating — 162,931 ratings score: 180, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	Powerful Prayers: Conversations on Faith, Hope, and the Human Spirit with Today's Most Provocative People by Larry King 3.76 avg rating — 63 ratings score: 179, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	Merrick (The Vampire Chronicles, #7) by Anne Rice 3.77 avg rating — 45,496 ratings score: 179, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	Servant of the Bones by Anne Rice 3.76 avg rating — 31,447 ratings score: 179, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	The Wolves of Midwinter (The Wolf Gift Chronicles, #2) by Anne Rice 3.78 avg rating — 10,861 ratings score: 178, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	Walking through Fire: The Later Years of Nawal El Saadawi, In Her Own Words by Nawal El Saadawi 3.94 avg rating — 167 ratings score: 177, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	Rush Revere and the American Revolution (Adventures of Rush Revere, #3) by Rush Limbaugh 4.33 avg rating — 2,012 ratings score: 176, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	Betty White: In Person by Betty White 3.96 avg rating — 558 ratings score: 176, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	Pandora (New Tales of the Vampires, #1) by Anne Rice 3.80 avg rating — 47,362 ratings score: 174, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	Memnoch the Devil (The Vampire Chronicles, #5) by Anne Rice 3.76 avg rating — 87,000 ratings score: 167, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	Living the Jazz Life: Conversations with Forty Musicians about Their Careers in Jazz by W. Royal Stokes 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 166, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	The Vampire Armand (The Vampire Chronicles, #6) by Anne Rice 3.80 avg rating — 74,146 ratings score: 166, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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606 books · 48 voters · list created January 25th, 2021 by Brent (votes) .

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message 1: by Heidi (new)

Feb 17, 2021 10:54AM

I just discovered that Rush
Limbaugh died today.

2/17/21.

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message 2: by Reader (last edited Feb 17, 2021 11:50AM) (new)

Feb 17, 2021 11:12AM

@Heidi His wife made the announcement on his show today.

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message 3: by Heidi (new)

Feb 17, 2021 04:17PM

Thank you for that information.

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message 4: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

Mar 27, 2021 12:04AM

Nawal El Saadawi passed away a few days ago...

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message 5: by Brent (new)

Mar 27, 2021 05:49PM

Someone put Moorcock on the list: not dead yet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael...
Unless I hear otherwise... and I kinda love the guy.

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message 6: by Rainbowheart (new)

Apr 29, 2021 08:07PM

Beverly Cleary, Norton Juster, Constance C. Greene, Joan Walsh Anglund, Larry McMurtry, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti are other recent losses.

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message 7: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Apr 29, 2021 10:46PM) (new)

Apr 29, 2021 10:46PM

The Dutch-Moroccan writer Hafid Bouazza passed away. He was only 51.

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message 8: by Rainbowheart (new)

Jul 13, 2021 12:21AM

Eric Carle, Byrd Baylor, Arnold Adoff, Patricia Reilly Giff, Robert M. Quackenbush, and Lois Ehlert are also recent losses.

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message 9: by Rainbowheart (new)

Aug 21, 2021 05:49PM

Gosh, we are losing so many authors this year! I'm totally out of votes, or I'd add more of them. Just this past month, we lost Jill Murphy, Ann Rinaldi, Eloise Greenfield, Ted Lewin, Floyd Cooper, James W. Loewen, and Sally Miller Gearhart

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message 10: by Rainbowheart (new)

Oct 14, 2021 07:05PM

Add Gary Paulsen to the list. :(

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message 11: by Brent (last edited Nov 11, 2021 09:18AM) (new)

Nov 11, 2021 08:58AM

Q: Someone has posted Annie Proulx here, and ... she is among the living. I get it now, it's the Brokeback Mountain book, because the screenplay was adapted by (the late) Larry McMurtry. Still. Anyone have strong feelings about keeping or pulling this title?

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message 12: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

Nov 11, 2021 09:25AM

Brent wrote: "Q: Someone has posted Annie Proulx here, and ... she is among the living. I get it now, it's the Brokeback Mountain book, because the screenplay was adapted by (the late) Larry McMurtry. Still. Any..."

I thought this was just about authors ?

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message 13: by Rainbowheart (new)

Nov 11, 2021 09:25AM

Seems a bit confusing at first glance, because Annie Proulx is listed first, and McMurtry second. But I'd say it still technically belongs because the screenplay was indeed written by him.

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message 14: by Rainbowheart (new)

Nov 14, 2021 12:33PM

Add Willard Scott, Wilbur Smith, Lee Maracle, and April Pulley Sayre to the list.

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message 15: by Rainbowheart (new)

Dec 05, 2021 04:03PM

Bob Dole, Colin Powell, Robert Bly, Antony Sher, and Stephen Sondheim also recently died.

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message 16: by Brent (last edited Dec 16, 2021 09:03AM) (new)

Dec 05, 2021 05:32PM

"Life'll kill ya." [Warren Zevon, title of his tenth album]
God bless.

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message 17: by Rainbowheart (new)

Dec 15, 2021 06:23PM

Add Anne Rice and bell hooks. :(

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message 18: by Emily (new)

Dec 23, 2021 11:40AM

I have added a few by Joan Didion :-(

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message 19: by Rainbowheart (new)

Dec 23, 2021 12:12PM

Is it just me, or have a crazy number of people died this year?

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message 20: by Emily (new)

Dec 28, 2021 07:06PM

Rainbowheart wrote: "Is it just me, or have a crazy number of people died this year?"

It sure feels that way sometimes.

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message 21: by Rainbowheart (new)

Dec 30, 2021 01:36PM

We can add Keri Hulme, Edward O. Wilson, Desmond Tutu, Harry Reid, and John Madden. :(

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message 22: by Emily (last edited Dec 31, 2021 11:58AM) (new)

Dec 31, 2021 11:57AM

And sadly, Betty White.

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message 23: by Rainbowheart (new)

Dec 31, 2021 12:00PM

Oh no!!! Not Betty White. :(

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message 24: by Capn (new)

Dec 31, 2021 01:14PM

Jill Murphy, to whom J K Rowling owes MANY apologies, which can only now come posthumously...

(link would be here to the Obituary in The Guardian, were links allowed)

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message 25: by Capn (new)

Dec 31, 2021 01:15PM

Rainbowheart wrote: "Oh no!!! Not Betty White. :("

My favourite memory is definitely her role in Community. XD

RIP, sweet and funny lady!

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message 26: by Brent (last edited Jan 01, 2022 09:20AM) (new)

Jan 01, 2022 09:16AM

Happy New Year. And, for sure, bless Betty White. Hers is a life story that I want to read. I bet she's rejoined Allen Ludden...
On New Year's Day 2022, we have a new start. Do continue to share regarding every author lost in 2021. Thank you all for your help remembering each of these souls who put pen or pixel to paper. I appreciate you all making this list so active and so considerate.
I chose to mostly list one title per author, with some exceptions, because the list grows so. My model is those Memorial reels, usually in annual review, particularly in big broadcasts or gatherings like the Oscars, etc. I wish we could post links to those regarding authors and publishing here.
Note to all who, like me and Jill in message 24, are bothered by the disallow of external links in comments: I put my obituary links in my short notes field for each title under My Votes, answering "Why you added this book." It's possible these won't be read widely. Click around and let's discuss this, and perhaps whether to bring up in Goodreads Librarians or another Goodreads forum. 2022 is on.
I just read half the essays in last Sunday's annual The Lives They Lived issue (December 26, 2021) of The New York Times Magazine, which I always appreciate for written perspective and a little passage of time. The cover photograph, illustrating the feature "...And the Shoes They Filled" features [from page 6, contents page] "On the Cover: Eric Carle (B. 1929) To paint in his studio in Northampton, Mass., Eric Carle - who illustrated and wrote dozens of picture books, most famously "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" - outfitted himself in a dedicated white smock and pair of black Italian dress shoes. "It was his transition from his regular personal life into the creative world," says Matoko Inoue, the former creative director of Carle's studio. But for all the taut routine, Carle "embraced mess" in his painting life, often using a broom as a giant paintbrush to make murals on the floor of his studio, says Rache Hass of the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. "The shoes themselves were so sophisticated and elegant, so splattered with paint, they capture the combination of the free child and the sophisticated man - the essence of Eric." Photography by Abelardo Morell for the New York Times. Shoes courtesy of the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, from the collection of Eric and Barbara Carle."
In the words of the African American spiritual:
"I got shoes
You got shoes
All of God's children got shoes
When I get to Heaven gonna put on my shoes
And walk all over God's Heaven..."
Write on and read on, and here, post on. More: be well, you all.

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message 27: by Emily (new)

Jan 01, 2022 11:48AM

Thank you Brent!
I love the idea of posting a link to the obit or reference. I will try to do that in the future when adding a book.

In order to keep my list low enough I usually add just one or two books per author depending on how prolific they are, and if I notice someone has already added many of them, I don't add more. My goal on this list is to be able to list as many authors as possible rather than see who is ranked first. Of course, It is fine for anyone who wants to vote for every book of their favorite author. That's just how the lists work.

Regarding the Librarians Group, that would not be the place to discuss anything to do with lists, except for non-librarians who would like something to be removed from a list that doesn't fit the parameters or needs someone to make a list static.
I say that only because the moderator would close a discussion/chat thread when she saw it.

Be well from me as well! Happy New Year, and may 2022 be kinder to us all.

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message 28: by Rainbowheart (new)

Jan 06, 2022 02:37PM

Brent, are you going to create the 2022 list soon? Sadly, I can already think of a few authors to add.

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message 29: by Brent (new)

Jan 06, 2022 06:13PM

You know it. Dawgonnit.

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message 30: by Brent (new)

Jan 06, 2022 07:24PM

You bet. Here: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Ouch. Be well!