If you picked up a book or two — or 20 — in 2021, you're not alone. The second year of the pandemic meant people read and bought more books: printed book sales in the U.S.In preparation for holiday travel and gift-giving, we asked our readers to share what they read this year and why they liked it. Our inbox and threads were immediately flooded with responses.
If you want to buy any of the books listed here, we've included Amazon links, which will also give a little back to WBUR. If you want to support your local book sellers, we recommend searching onAs I said above, we got hardly any repeats out of the 90-plus recommendations received. But here are the few that won the hearts and minds of many WBUR fans:You're all really into historical fiction and sci-fi right this year.