books i can't wait to read in 2021

During the first lockdown last year, I found my love for reading again. I was a vivid reader back in my teenage years, and of course I owned every single Jacqueline Wilson book that there was and I re-read them SO many times. As my love for reading continues to grow, I have decided to jump on the bandwagon slightly and share with you the books that I’d like to read in 2021 (felt like 21 books would be too long lol) and hopefully bring you some new favourite reads too!

1.   The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

‘When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change.

The books in the Midnight Library enable Nora to live as if she had done things differently. With the help of an old friend, she can now undo every one of her regrets as she tries to work out her perfect life. But things aren’t always what she imagined they’d be, and soon her choices place the library and herself in extreme danger.’

2.  Becoming by Michelle Obama

‘In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America – the first Africa-American to serve that role – she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history.

Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, with unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she lived it – in her own words and on her own terms.’

3.   Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

‘Chloe Brown is a chronically ill computer geek with a goal, a plan, and a list. After almost – but not quite – dying, she’s come up with seven directives to help her “Get a Life”, and she’s already completed the first: finally moving out of her glamorous family’s mansion. The next items?

-          Enjoy a drunken night out

-          Ride a motorcycle

-          Go camping

-          Have meaningless but thoroughly enjoyable sex

-          Travel the world with nothing but hand luggage

-          And… do something bad’

4.  Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

‘If there’s one thing seventeen-year old Maverick Carter know, it’s that a real man takes care of his family. As the son of a former gang legend, Mav does that the only way he knows how; dealing for the King Lords. With this money he can help his mom, who works two jobs while his dad’s in prison.

Suddenly he has a baby, Seven, who depends on him for everything. But it’s not so easy to sling dope, finish school, and raise a child. So when he’s offered the chance to go straight, he takes it. In a world where he’s expected to amount to nothing, maybe Mav can prove he’s different.’

5.  Know my name: The Survivor of the Stanford Sexual Assault Case

‘She was known to the world as Emily Doe when she stunned millions with a letter. Brock Turner has been sentenced to just six months in county jail after he was found sexually assaulting her on Stanford’s campus. Her victim impact statement was posted on Buzzfeed, where it instantly went viral – viewed by eleven million people within four days, it was translated globally and read on the floor of Congress; it inspired changes in California law and the recall of the judge in case. Thousands wrote to say that she had given them the courage to share their own experiences of assault for the first time.’

6.  Wonder by R.J. Palacio

‘August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5^th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid – but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. Wonder begins from Auggie’s point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend and others.’

7.  Olive by Emma Gannon

‘Olive is many things. Independent, adrift, anxious, loyal, kind, she knows her own mind. And it’s ok that she’s still figuring it all out, navigating her world without a compass. But life comes with expectations, there are choices to be made and – sometimes – stereotypes to fulfil. So when her best friends’ lives branch away towards marriage and motherhood, leaving the path they’ve always followed together, she starts to question her choices – because life according to Olive looks a little bit different.’

8.  Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

‘Everybody knows Daisy Jones and the Six. From the moment Daisy walked barefoot on to the stage at the Whisky, she and the band were a sensation. Their sound defined an era. Their albums were on every turntable. They sold out arenas from coast to coast.

This is the story of their incredible rise: the desire, the rivalry – and the music. Then on the 12^th July 1979, Daisy Jones and the Six split up. Nobody knew why, until now.’

  9.  The One by John Marrs

‘One simple mouth swab is all it takes. A quick DNA test to find your perfect partner – the one you’re genetically made for.

A decade after scientists discover everyone has a gene they share with just one other person, millions have taken the test, desperate to find true love. Now, five more people meet their match. But even soul mates have secrets. And some are more shocking – and deadlier – than others…’

10.              The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley

‘Julian Jessop is tired of hiding the deep loneliness he feels. So he begins The Authenticity Project – a small green notebook containing the truth about his life.

Leaving the notebook on a table in his friendly neighbourhood café, Julian never expects Monica, the owner, to track him down after finding it. Or that she’ll be inspired to write down her own story.

Little do they realise that such a small acts of honesty hold the power to impact all those who discover the notebook and change their lives completely’