Friday we are already going to say goodbye to 2021 and I’m not sure I can really believe it. There has been a meme going around about how time can go fast even when you aren’t having fun and for a lot of moment this year that was certainly true. Only the lockdown at the start of the year seemed to last forever.
But lets get to the topic at hand. For Top Ten Tuesday (as always hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl) today we are going to be looking back at 2021 Debuts. I don’t read as many year debuts as others do. I wish I could but then I would have to completely drop al my backlist books and that is just never going to happen.
So here are a few I read and liked.
Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell | The Conductors by Nicole Glover | Amari and the Nightbrothers by B.B. Alston | The Unbroken by C.L. Clark | Rea and the Blood of the Nectar by Payal Doshi
Nora and the Sacred Stones by Laura Hatch Rupper | A Dragonbird in the Fern by Laura Rueckert | Bad Witch Burning by Jessica Lewis | Dark and Shallow Lies by Ginny Myers Sain | Payback’s a Witch by Lana Harper
A Dance With Books 
Amari and the Night Brothers is on my to read list – and wasn’t there a sequel released recently?
I hope you had a great Christmas and this is my look back at the best and most fun books I have read in 2021.
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It is coming out January/February I think
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I’ve only read Amari out of all of these and it’s pretty good indeed. I’m seeing so many amazing fantasy covers on your list, love it! Happy reading! My TTT https://readwithstefani.com/the-best-10-books-i-read-in-2021/
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Fantasy covers do tend to be the best 😉
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The only one you have listed that I have read is Amari and the Night Brothers, which I absolutely loved! But I have a few others on my TBR, and I hope to get to them in 2022.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/the-10-best-books-i-read-in-2021/
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I hope you will love them all!
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Yes, this year sped by for sure. I can’t help but to wonder what 2022 has in store for us.
I hope you liked The Conductors!
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-best-books-i-read-in-2021/
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The Conductors is one of my favorite reads of the year.
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I also loved Winter’s Orbit so much!
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It was so good~
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I really enjoyed Winter’s Orbit too, although it didn’t quite make my “best of the year” list.
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Well this is best debuts 😉 But it is also on my best 21 of 2021 that is upcoming.
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Great list! So many of them are on my TBR still. I’m really hoping to get to Amari as least in 2022!
My TTT: https://bookwyrmknits.com/2021/12/28/top-ten-tuesday-best-books-i-read-in-2021/
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Amara is a lot of fun and such a quick read too.
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Oh, that’s good to know. I do always appreciate it when books I’m anticipating are quick reads. (Nothing against slow-paced books, but I have a different kind of anticipation for them, if that makes sense.)
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Wow! You read a lot of debuts this year! Any YA fantasy that you would recommend for a 14 year old on this list?
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Nora and the Sacred Stones could be fun. It is tagged as middle grade but I thought it was more for the younger end of young adult.
Rea and the Blood of Nectar is middle grade but would still be a great read.
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Amari made my list too! It was soooo good.
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So much fun.
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I am never even sure how to find debut novels. Good list. My 2021 Favorites
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Usually I find out after reading and I see that they barely have anything else up on goodreads. 🙂
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This is a good reminder that I need to read Winter’s Orbit. I have a feeling I will love it too!
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Yes. It is so good!
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This year wasn’t a great year for debuts for me, I did read some debut novels but they were all older ones, none from 2021!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2021/12/28/top-ten-tuesday-348/
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Sometimes it just doesn’t end up working out that way.
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Exactly.
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I just bought Bad Witch Burning and am really looking forward to reading it. Happy New Year!
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Yeay! I hope you love it. Expect your heart to get broken along the way 😀
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Will prepare myself accordingly.
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Amari was one of my favourite reads last year. It’s amazing 😍 I can’t wait to read The Conductors and Winter’s Orbit and they’re high up on my TBR for next year. Great list!
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Both are so awesome Dini!
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I picked up Amari and the Night Brothers yesterday. I’m hoping to read it before the sequel comes out next year. 🙂 I also have Bad Witch Burning and Payback’s a Witch to read so I’m happy to see them here!
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I hope you love all three. They are all great reads.
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Happy New Year! Good riddance to ’21 lol. Your books all have amazing covers- nice collage. 🙂
Winter Orbit seems like I’ve heard good things on that one..
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Ha yes~ Thanks.
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I think it’s absolutely no surprise that we share some favorites here. SO MUCH YES to Amari. I absolutely cannot wait for the next book. Most of these are still on my TBR, and I feel a little disappointed that I didn’t get to them in 2021, seeing how much you loved them. I’m definitely going to have to check them out in 2022, though!
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So much love for Amari in the comments of this post. All deserved of course 😀
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I’m really excited to see how many people love Amari! Especially since, here in the US at least, in the publishing world, there has historically been so many narratives around not only can you not have Black main characters because they won’t sell, but you also can’t have Black characters on the cover, because they *definitely* won’t sell. Look at Alston proving that’s most definitely not the case. 😉
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I also loved Bad Witch Burning! And I really want to read Dark and Shallow Lies and Winter’s Orbit, too! I feel you about the time flying, too!
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Bad Witch Burning was so good!
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