The Results: 2021 Top Reads

[Carol/Bonadie]

Top Ten M/T’s

1 - Tie: (3 votes each)

Ocean Prey (Lucas Davenport #31) by John Sandford
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club #2) by Richard Osman
The Survivors by Jane Harper

2 - Tie: (2 votes each)

Dark Sky (Joe Pickett #21) by CJ Box
False Witness by Karin Slaughter
Family Business (Lydia Chin and Bill Smith #14) by SJ Rozan
State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny
The Madness of Crowds (Three Pines/Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #17) by Louise Penny
The Thursday Murder Club (#1 in the series) by Richard Osman
The Unwilling by John Hart


Top Authors

1 - Michael Connelly (4 votes)

2 - Louise Penny (3 votes)

3 - Tie: (2 votes each)

Ace Atkins
John Sandford
Karin Slaughter
Peter Swanson


Top Series

1 - Three Pines/Chief Inspector Armand Gamache -- Louise Penny (4 votes each)

2 - Tie - (3 votes each)

Lucas Davenport -- John Sandford
Lydia Chin/Bill Smith -- SJ Rozan

3 - Tie - (2 votes each)

Linton/Trent -- Karin Slaughter
The Thursday Murder Club -- Richard Osman


Top Books, Any Genre

1 - Peril by Bob Woodward and Robert Costas (2 votes)


Top NTM Authors

1 - Richard Osman - (2 votes)


Bottom of the Barrel

Just a handful of entries, no multiples.


Summary

Thanks to the ten of us who posted our top reads: Bonnie, Barry, Sherry, Dan, Ann, Shomeret, Maureen, Dawn, Sandi and moi. Steady at 10 compared to last year but some new contributors. Welcome!

Lots of great books got one mention, but I won’t list them all here. I encourage anyone interested to go back to the original thread if you’re looking for other recommendations.

Once again, keep up the good (reads) work and I look forward to seeing what we all read in 2022!

[Ann]

Thanks for compiling Carol! Lots of work for you, and fun for us to see. With the ten of us it is interesting that there are several three vote "winners" of the top ten MT books.
I will head over to the voting thread to add a few more comments in the coming days - thanks to everyone who listed their books for your great suggestions! As for the "winners" ...
I liked that Richard Osman found a place in our hearts for the Thursday Murder Club. I highly recommend the two books for the humor and plotting. Maybe not everyone's cuppa, but fun to read.
I'm reading Family Business now so I couldn't have listed it on my 2021 top list, but definitely see why it was a top read.

[BarryP]

Thank you for your efforts Carol.

[Sherry]

thank you for doing this ,carol.

[Dan in AZ]

Thanks for your annual fine work on the list.

[Sandi]

Thanks for compiling all the results. It is always fun to see what everyone rated as their top reads for the year.

[Carol/Bonadie]

You're welcome everyone. Thanks for participating.

[Dawn]

Thank you Carol! Always my go to list when I'm stuck for a next read.

[Carol/Bonadie]

You're very welcome, Dawn! Enjoy!

[Melodie]

I never got my picks in! I think this is the first year I missed!!

[Bonnie]

thank you. I have missed reading this since I actually forgot last years reading was 21.

[Carol/Bonadie]

I know Melodie! I think this *was* the first year you missed it. There's always next year!