21 Books of 2021

At the beginning of the year I sat and noted down 21 books that I wanted to have read by the end of 2021. The books on this consisted of either books I’ve been meaning to get to for a while now, first books in new series, translated fiction, fantasy books, some new releases and the odd couple of books I didn’t quite get round to reading last year. I’m extremely excited for all these books (little spoiler into my end of year wrap-up I’ve already read 3 of the books off of this list and currently reading another 2 at the moment 😉).

Without further ado the 21 books I would like to have read by the end of 2021 are:

The End of Magic – Mark Stay
Once Upon a River – Diane Setterfield
The Vegetarian – Han Kang
The Good Son – You-Jeong Jeong
Sweet Bean Paste – Durian Sukegawa
Strange Weather in Tokyo – Hiromi Kawakami
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki – Haruki Murakami
Before the Coffee gets Cold – Toshikazu Kawaguchi
The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida – Clarissa Goenawan
Tower – Bae Myung-Hoon
The Betrayals – Bridget Collins
Catch the Rabbit – Lana Bastašić
Good Omens – Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
Little Eyes – Samanta Schweblin
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree – Shokoofeh Azar
Interior Chinatown – Charles Yu
The Bells of Old Tokyo – Anna Sherman
The Rage of Dragons – Evan Winter
Jade City – Fonda Lee
The Poppy War – R.F. Kuang

At the end of 2021 I will post my 21 Books of 2021 wrap-up so that you guys can see how well I have done and also if I have successfully completed this list.

Did any of you guys put together a similar list to me of books you wanted to have read by the end of 2021? If so, please let me know in the comments or link me to your lists too.