Season 4, Episode 21: Our Top Ten Books of 2021!

On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:

Our top ten books of 2021! It’s our longest episode ever, and we are so excited to share it with you as we jump into a new year!

As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!

New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans!

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.2:04 - Currently Reading Patreon

3:44 - Fabled Bookshop

14:17 - Meredith and Kaytee’s Top 10 Books of 2021

14:36 - Legenborn by Tracy Deonn (Kaytee)

14:39 - Season 3: episode 40

18:40 - Fablehaven by Brandon Mull

18:52 - A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus (Meredith)

20:51 - The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood (Kaytee)

23:25 - Furyborn by Claire Legrand

23:26 - Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

23:56 - A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas (Meredith)

24:22 - A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

25:01 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

25:47 - The Day The World Came to Town by Jim DeFede (Kaytee)

25:51 - Season 4: Episode 14

27:32 - Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May (Meredith)

27:41 - Season 3: Episode 41

31:03 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (Kaytee)

31:25 - Season 3: Episode 42

33:41 - State of Terror by Hilary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny (Meredith)

36:22 - Intermission: Lowest Rated Books

36:58 - Roar by Cecilia Ahern (Kaytee)

37:41 - Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard (Kaytee)

38:49 - Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay (Meredith)

39:31 - Survive the Night by Riley Sager (Meredith)

40:26 - Meredith and Kaytee’s Top 10 Books of the Year cont’d

40:36 - Love Lives Here by Amanda Jette Knox (Kaytee)
K NOTE: while I do think it’s clear that I love my sister dearly here, I want to be extra super clear that when I say “love covers all manner of sins” I am referring to the ways we as her family fail at times to do the best we can. I am not in any way referring to her gender identity as a sin. My sister knows this, but I want to be sure that anyone else who hears me, hears me correctly as well.

42:25 - Pony by R.J. Palacio (Meredith)

42:50 - Page & Palette Bookshop

44:06 - Wonder by R.J. Palacio

45:02 - The Guncle by Steven Rowley (Kaytee)

45:05 - Season 3: Episode 45

46:29 - The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino (Meredith)

49:46 - Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston (Kaytee)

49:51 - Season 3: Episode 35

49:56 - Bookshelf Thomasville

50:47 - Blackwell’s

51:05 - Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend

51:06 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling