Favorite Books of 2021

1 · Nithin Bekal · Jan. 28, 2022, 4 p.m.
23 books, 8500+ pages. That’s about half of what I read last year. While writing the 2020 post, I noticed that I was reading a lot more fiction since the pandemic began, and that has continued in 2021. Here are some books that stood out. Fiction The Poppy War (RF Kuang) A fantasy reimagining of the Sino-Japanese wars of the early 1930s, with shamans with incredible magical powers thrown into the mix. One event in the book is based on the rape of Nanjing, and is one of the most gruesome represent...