Books I've Read: Q2 2021

One of the windows at Payot, the bookstore in Lausanne where I find many of my French-language reads. April 28, 2021.

A list of the books I read in the second quarter of 2021, in rough chronological order:

1. Complétement Cramé !, by Gilles LeGardiner (French-language edition)

2. Cathedral, by Ben Hopkins

3. Who is Maud Dixon?, by Alexandra Andrews

4. Real Life, by Brandon Taylor

5. Nocturnes, by Kazuo Ishigiro

6. Le Habit ne Fait Pas le Moineau, by Zoe Brisby (French-language edition)

7. The Sense of an Ending, by Julian Barnes

8. The Burning Girls, by C. J. Tudor

9. Tout Peut Arriver (ou Presque), by Sonia Dagotor (French-language edition)

10. En Finir avec Eddy Bellegueule, by Édouard Louis (French-language edition)

11. Popisho, by Leone Ross

12. The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World, by Laura Imai Messina

13. Des Diables et des Saints, by Jean-Baptise Andrea (French-language edition)

14. The Glass Hotel, by Emily St. John Mandel

15. Le Bonheur Se Cache Parfois Derrière les Nuages, by Sonia Dagotor (French-language edition)

16. Of Women and Salt, by Gabriela Garcia

17. The Night Always Comes, by Willy Vlautin

18. Think Again, by Adam Grant

19. À la Lumière de Nos Jours, by Clarisse Sabard

20. A Master of Djinn, by P. Djèlí Clark

21. Le Bonheur n’a Pas de Rides, by Anne-Gaëlle Huon (French-language edition)

22. The Five Wounds, by Kirstin Valdez Quade

23. Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

24. Robe de Marié, by Pierre Lemaitre (French-language edition)

25. Things We Lost to the Water, by Eric Nguyen

26. Love after Love, by Ingrid Persaud

27. Le Craquant de la Nougatine, by Laure Manel (French-language edition)

28. Memorial Drive, by Natasha Trethewey

29. Au Bonheur des Dames, by Émile Zola (French-language edition)

30. You’re Invited, by John Levy

31. Debout-Payé, by Gauz (French-language edition)

As in the past, I’ve bolded the books that really wowed me and that I would recommend highly.

To add a little more dynamism for this quarter’s list, I’ve created a video summarizing the reasons I considered the bolded books the best of the best in Q2 2021:

You can also take a look at the books I read in Q1 2021 and review the books I read in Q3 2021 and my Q4 2021 books-read list.

And don’t miss learning which books I read in 2021 that I named the best-of-the-best by clicking here.

I’ve you’ve read any of these, I’d love to hear your thoughts. And if you have any recommendations for my reading list, let’s hear them!