The 10 Best Books of 2021!!!

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  • @mlcoffey2
    @mlcoffey2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Just ordered American Kingpin. If you said to read the phonebook backwards I would probably read that too. I have read most of these books because of you. They are all great. You have pointed me in directions that I never thought I would go down and they have enriched my life. Happy New Year Caroline! Thanks again.

    • @carolinejohnson3483
      @carolinejohnson3483  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thank you so so much! Reading this makes me so happy and emotional, can’t thank you enough for the kind sentiment. Happy new year!

    • @MementoMori395
      @MementoMori395 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I had American Kingpin on my TBR along with about 270 other titles, but i have heard another guy claim American Kingpin as his favorite too, So I am intrigued.. A libertarian genius sets up the dark web. Just moved American Kingpin to the front of my TBR

  • @blonde761
    @blonde761 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Girl! You were born to sell a book! Hit subscribe and put all of those books but one on my wishlist within literal seconds of the vlogs end. So glad you popped up in my must watch list!

  • @oneminuteadventures4997
    @oneminuteadventures4997 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Okay... you sold me in American kingpins! Confessions was also on my top reads! Thank you for sharing and your genuine enthusiasm for books ❤️💯 Happy New Year.

  • @sydneyellison1655
    @sydneyellison1655 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I read maybe one nonfiction book a year, but you’ve sold me on American Kingpin. I just picked it up from my library earlier today and read a chapter and I’m already very intrigued!! I’ve never heard of this one or the Silk Road so I’m excited to read it!

  • @AlannaGillian
    @AlannaGillian 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I love your personality! You are so much fun to watch :) I have bought sooo many books you have recommended. I think I'm going to read The Plot next. Thank you for so many awesome videos this year! :)

  • @brittanytapply375
    @brittanytapply375 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just went on Amazon and bought American Kingpin. Can’t wait to read it! I love your enthusiasm for each and every book you spoke about . Great video!

  • @johnfleming5470
    @johnfleming5470 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your channel popped up randomly probably because I regularly listen to “better than food” book reviews. Your taste in literature is very different from mine, however your enthusiasm is infectious - one can see it in your eyes lighting up when you talk about each book - so I’m going to read a bunch on your list . As an aside, I attended the Ivy League undergrad - the one that still requires the great books - and Oxbridge for my PhD in Biology, and if you aren’t a teacher, it’s a sad loss for students. I don’t care if you didn’t graduate high school, your love of books should be the sine qua non of all teachers of literature. I maybe had one professor at university with your obvious love of books. And thank you!

  • @ashleyslittlelibrary
    @ashleyslittlelibrary 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Who is Maud Dixon is my favorite thriller of the year! I also always tell people to not read the synopsis - I can't believe how much the synopsis gives away!!

  • @meinfulleffect
    @meinfulleffect 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Man oh man. I have a lot of booktubers I trust for recommendations. But you are literally the only reason I listened to "American Kingpin" on audiobook. Thank you so much for not only suggesting this, but for telling us that you went into it not knowing anything about crypto or black market etc. I never would have thought I would care about a subject like this! I got the audiobook (because I still thought reading it would be more dry) and easy 5 stars! Thank you so much for basically talking me into taking a chance! Next, "Who is Maud Dixon?"

  • @libraryofliz6693
    @libraryofliz6693 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’ve been thinking about picking up blindsighted recently good to know it’s one of your faves!!

  • @HeatherB81
    @HeatherB81 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just found your channel! Love your personality and book recs!! Please post more! 😁

  • @AmyNoelleReads
    @AmyNoelleReads 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Sold me on American Kingpin and I am not a true crime or nonfiction reader generally but I'm fully intending to give that one a go! Loved your list. Have a great New Year!

    • @meganngeorge
      @meganngeorge 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too! And it’s $1.99 on kindle today!

  • @lindamcclelland3767
    @lindamcclelland3767 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello! This video popped up on my feed and I tagged it to "watch later". Just wanted to say you are absolutely delightful! I am looking forward to reading most of the books on your list and will be back for more recommendations. Thank you!

  • @wings2769
    @wings2769 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Okay I am adding American kingpin to my January tbr

  • @amberfox7164
    @amberfox7164 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In my dreams I hold a knife was probably my favorite book last year & one of my favorites of all time. I get so excited when I see people talk about it! 🖤✨

  • @krc5210
    @krc5210 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    just ordered Kingpin. I will prob try all your recs because your enthusiasm Is so contagious. TY. Okay, update. Kingpin was great. I wouldn't have known about it without your rec. I have now subscribed and on to others in this list! What fun.

  • @GraceAn3
    @GraceAn3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love your book reviews, but they kind of leave my head spinning because I want to read every book on your list!

  • @AlyssaMuellerIllustrator
    @AlyssaMuellerIllustrator 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Your energy is contagious. Definitely put some of these on my list. Subscribed

  • @MarilynMayaMendoza
    @MarilynMayaMendoza 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You’ve sold me on confessions and Kingpin. Aloha

  • @patsycathcart1
    @patsycathcart1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow! I’m so glad I found you! Your enthusiasm is contagious and I will be reading some of your recommendations!

  • @homemadehappy6956
    @homemadehappy6956 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just found my way to you and I'm so excited! Put almost every book on my list!

  • @ReadingwithMatthew
    @ReadingwithMatthew 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In My Dreams I Hold a Knife was robbed at the Good Reads Choice Awards! :P I keep meaning to pick up Confessions! Sounds like something I would love.

  • @katecollins2471
    @katecollins2471 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I read three books this year because of you that I absolutely loved: who is maud Dixon?, the plot, and in my dreams I hold a knife.
    I’m so glad I found your channel this year! Happy new year!

  • @erikaanderson3204
    @erikaanderson3204 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm throwing all of these on my TBR!

  • @meganngeorge
    @meganngeorge 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    American Kingpin is $1.99 on Kindle today, I scooped it up this morning after hearing you rave about it in this video a couple days ago. Thanks for the rec!!

  • @GloriaZThompson
    @GloriaZThompson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yes! American Kingpin was so fascinating! It's one of my all-time favorites.

  • @ShannonsChannel
    @ShannonsChannel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Confessions sounds really good. I have to add it to my wishlist! thanks for the recommendation.

  • @bethanyu4911
    @bethanyu4911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    SO many of these books are on my TBR! In My Dreams I hold A Knife was good!!

  • @AmandasBooksandlife
    @AmandasBooksandlife 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I´m new here and just found your channel. I love thrillers and horror books so i´m glad i found your channel. and now i want to read so many books of this list😊

  • @vataidalma6855
    @vataidalma6855 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They Never Learn 🙌🙌 also really wanna read Confessions 👀

  • @haileyhughes
    @haileyhughes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    can’t believe i’ve had twelve nights at rotter house sitting on my shelves for months bc it sounds like exactly what i need rn !!!

  • @laurabelle1338
    @laurabelle1338 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I read American Kingpin in 2018 and love, love, love the book. I just bought it for my son for his upcoming 20th birthday. I plan on reading this book again. Ross did not deserve his sentence. #freeross

  • @isbaileyreading
    @isbaileyreading 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I started with the Will Trent series instead of the Grant County series by Karin Slaughter and realized recently I need to go back 😂

  • @Mano-Wan
    @Mano-Wan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just stumbled on your channel... Great list of books, several I've not heard talked about from other booktubers I follow so I will hit that SUB button 😊 I read *They Never Learn* and loved it and you may not have quite sold me on *American Kingpin* , but I will read *Confessions* & *The Kind Worth Killing*

  • @dandiiiful
    @dandiiiful 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Girl start linking your books so I can give you that affiliate link money. 💰 ✨

  • @jackiejo88
    @jackiejo88 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You’ve convinced me to pick up both American Kingpin and Karin Slaughter books!! I love detective thrillers. Have you read anything by Steven James?

  • @crystaljordan7318
    @crystaljordan7318 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hi! New sub here! I am so intrigued by your book choices! Great list!
    Since I am new to "book tube". I keep hearing people talk about genres and sub-genres. Is there a dictionary of sorts for these terms or do you just pick it up along the way?
    Thanks for the TBR inspiration! ❤

    • @carolinejohnson3483
      @carolinejohnson3483  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’d say it’s just something you pick up along the way! That’s the case for me at least :) thank you for subscribing, and happy new year!

  • @ReadingWithMeg
    @ReadingWithMeg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Soooo excited to read Blindsighted! Karin Slaughter has become one of my all times favorite authors.

  • @NamasteBbooktube
    @NamasteBbooktube 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you enjoy detective thrillers, you ought to check out the Cormoran Strike series by Robert Galbraith (J K Rowling). You have to read these books in publication order, starting with the mindbending book 'The Cuckoo's Calling'.

  • @sh4577
    @sh4577 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Have you finished the grant county series?? ETA You answered my question! But omg please do a review of the whole series when you are done because…. Hoo boy it’s a ride.

    • @carolinejohnson3483
      @carolinejohnson3483  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oooooo I have a long way to go but that would be fun!

  • @lydiadugan8368
    @lydiadugan8368 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Stranger in the Woods is a must read. Amazing story of a disturbed man who lives ALONE in the Maine woods for 27 years. The reader will be fascinated with this tale of adventure, ingenuity, and deep loneliness carried out in the remote Maine woods. Read it!

  • @fumiakihaida
    @fumiakihaida 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm definitely gonna check it out "twelve nights" for sure

  • @toasted_.coconut
    @toasted_.coconut 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    So agree with your review of 'Who is Maud Dixon'. It's in my top 5 of 2021.

  • @violetlilith
    @violetlilith 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was looking for a booktuber who likes slightly different things and within a minute I knew I was in the right place. Subscribed! Also going to buy American Kingpin asap haha

    • @carolinejohnson3483
      @carolinejohnson3483  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hahaha “slightly different” is the brand at this point😂 thank you!!

  • @oggarbagetea84
    @oggarbagetea84 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Trying to explain House of Leaves to somebody is actually kind of fun!

  • @emilyrogers3271
    @emilyrogers3271 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    First video of yours I have ever watched. It will not be my last! You are obviously super excited about the books you read and really enjoyed. I am adding 4 of these to my TBR list. Tfs.

  • @wiktoriabadora1243
    @wiktoriabadora1243 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    finally someone who also loved In My Dreams I Hold a Knife!!!! 🤩

  • @oneminuteadventures4997
    @oneminuteadventures4997 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    American Kingpin is so good! Read it based on your review and it is just jaw dropping! I agree everyone must read it!

  • @ProspectivePlans
    @ProspectivePlans 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m adding all of these books to my reading list, thanks for sharing! 💫 Keep rising to be who you want to be! 💫 #keeprising #risingtobe #aswerise #riser

  • @MsViolettEyes
    @MsViolettEyes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hi New subscriber here. So glad I found you. Your reviews are fun to watch. Your enthusiasm makes me want to read them all! ❤️

    • @MsViolettEyes
      @MsViolettEyes 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      OMG! Just finished American Kingpen. You are so right! So good!! Crazy good! Thanks for the recommendation.

    • @carolinejohnson3483
      @carolinejohnson3483  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m so so happy you enjoyed American Kingpin!!

  • @tammyr1489
    @tammyr1489 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the books seems a take on The Secret History, another of Strangers on a Train.

  • @kathleengrabowski5509
    @kathleengrabowski5509 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I must agree that book American Kingpins was fabulous! I was so mad that my brother gave away my hard copy!

  • @Paradise217
    @Paradise217 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Happy New year!
    They Never Learn and In my dreams I hold a knife are also on my 2021 top 10!
    Who is Maud Dixon, Confessions, and the Plot are all on my TBR list. Adding American Kingpins!

  • @krakesh5915
    @krakesh5915 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Favorite book of 2021 is "IN MY DREAMS I HOLD A KNIFE".
    only regret, I completed it in 2 days.

  • @creatinga_happierme
    @creatinga_happierme 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Putting these all on my TBR list!

  • @melyssaashley3293
    @melyssaashley3293 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    EARRINGS! Where did you get them?! I love them.

    • @carolinejohnson3483
      @carolinejohnson3483  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ahhh thank you! I got them from an old Betsey Johnson collection years ago!!

  • @veronaxd6391
    @veronaxd6391 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video! I'm always searching for booktubers who share my taste. You got my sub - looking forward to more recommendations. Happy New Year!

  • @_bookber
    @_bookber 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This video was recommend to me and I feel like we have such similar tastes! I also loved In My Dreams I Hold a Knife and The Kind Worth Killing; They Never Learn, Confessions, The Plot and House of Leaves are already on my TBR and I’ve now added Who is Maud Dixon and Twelve Nights at Rotter House 😂 loved this video and have subscribed! 🥰

    • @carolinejohnson3483
      @carolinejohnson3483  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you so much!! It sounds like we have such similar taste✨

  • @NerdyNatReads
    @NerdyNatReads 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    if all the ones I hadn't read weren't already on my tbr, they are now 😂Scarlet really is such a cool character to follow. Oh man, my dad LOVED American Kingpin, I gotta borrow it from him.

  • @BaileeWalsh
    @BaileeWalsh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hi, Caroline! This video was recommended to me and I just had to say how well I think you talk about the books. You are very succinct while still giving a good amount of information.
    I'm definitely going to check out your almost favorites of 2021 and subscribe :D
    Hope you have a great reading year in 2022!

  • @GwendolynKensinger
    @GwendolynKensinger 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am currently reading Confessions!

  • @sydneysomer9958
    @sydneysomer9958 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ok, I am ordering American Kingpin!!!!

  • @BrynnanDunaway
    @BrynnanDunaway 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    “Good for her revenge” I LOVE IT

    • @BrynnanDunaway
      @BrynnanDunaway 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I CAN FIX HIM ENERGY 😂😂😂

    • @BrynnanDunaway
      @BrynnanDunaway 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’ve read almost all of these books this year because of you!!! You influencer!! ❤️

  • @ErinRogoff
    @ErinRogoff 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My favorite book I read in 2021 has to be "Savage Vow" by Zoe Blake, but I read SOOO many other books and reviewed most of them. Kudos to you, Caroline, for your reading journey!

  • @mymunny6452
    @mymunny6452 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why did this book, "The Journey of an Invisible Woman," not make it on the list? Please help me to understand why.

  • @merreads
    @merreads 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i am a huge scaredy cat but you just convinced me to add so many of these books to my tbr 👁👄👁

  • @ashleyruckman5204
    @ashleyruckman5204 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    AHHH! It’s here!!!🥳

  • @seansilva9542
    @seansilva9542 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Should check out the book, NATION OF CHAOS, Available on Amazon

  • @williamshears9953
    @williamshears9953 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow I love that I could recognize HoL from the side in the thumbnail. That book had a huge impact on me apparently

  • @IcySync
    @IcySync 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your earrings are adorable!!! Where are they from??

    • @carolinejohnson3483
      @carolinejohnson3483  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! I got them a while ago from a department store but they’re Betsey Johnson!

  • @literarysahar
    @literarysahar 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    ahh house of leaves is so intimidating because of the format

  • @VanessaKittredge
    @VanessaKittredge 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You are a delight!

  • @KirstensKorner
    @KirstensKorner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ok I LOVE twists so I def want to read twelve nights at rotter house

    • @KirstensKorner
      @KirstensKorner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I KNEW house or leaves had to be here

    • @KirstensKorner
      @KirstensKorner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      HOW do you find so many good books that aren’t crazy hyped

    • @KirstensKorner
      @KirstensKorner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Confessions omg 😍😍 I need to read

    • @KirstensKorner
      @KirstensKorner 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      So many books added to my goodreads want to read

    • @KirstensKorner
      @KirstensKorner 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ok I’ll go read American king pin

  • @louisellefortier3555
    @louisellefortier3555 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don’t know if you read it or not, but I am reading an amazing book and I want to share it with you. It is Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. If you haven’t read it, please check it out.

    • @judybarton455
      @judybarton455 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      YES‼️‼️‼️

    • @rosemarybrandl7895
      @rosemarybrandl7895 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, I agree. All of the author's book are very good. One of the best is In the Garden of the Beasts.

    • @carolinejohnson3483
      @carolinejohnson3483  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ooh I have that one!! I’ll have to pick it up soon

  • @jjennyj77
    @jjennyj77 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Have you read the silent patient?

  • @Shirley_BK
    @Shirley_BK 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Random but you have a lovely voice

  • @brittneyreads
    @brittneyreads 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ok I guess I will have to try American Kingpin you sold me! 😜

  • @karenjohnston9201
    @karenjohnston9201 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    First time seeing your channel on Utube - Wonder if there are any books you would enjoy which are positive, uplifting, and even inspiring. You seem very bright - shocking to me that all you love is dark! Where did the good guys go…

  • @Kameela-G
    @Kameela-G 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Are those mermaid cat earrings?

  • @livslibrary
    @livslibrary 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    New subscriber here! I love your energy and you are so gorgeous!

  • @dianeboudrias5231
    @dianeboudrias5231 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello, I'm new on your channel
    Awesome video!!! :)

  • @bookspastbedtime
    @bookspastbedtime 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    brb going to read in my dreams i hold a knife and american kingpin asap

  • @thestralvestral2724
    @thestralvestral2724 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the easiest times I've ever hit subscribe

  • @glendaw5221
    @glendaw5221 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hmm. I love your personality but I’m not sure I can enjoy the dark books you do. Like Karin Slaughter. I might read The Plot.

  • @xvanilladropzxful
    @xvanilladropzxful 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is your Goodreads name?

  • @michaelgarcia2973
    @michaelgarcia2973 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What book would you suggest for me to read ?

  • @brockyhorror
    @brockyhorror 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I DNF’d house of leaves super hard. idk why people like it so much 🤷🏼‍♂️

    • @carolinejohnson3483
      @carolinejohnson3483  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Totally get that, I was torn on my feelings right up until the end!

  • @CandaceDesignedStore
    @CandaceDesignedStore 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Should prob be put "dark" or "terrorizing" or something of that nature in your title. I listened to all of the titles and not a single one was happy or uplifting, which is what I am currently looking for. :(