52 Books to Read in 2021
Time to pick up a book to read – but which one? Here is a list for 2021 for you – cutting across genres and selected since the beginning of mass publishing.
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Rage: The Best Book About the Trump Presidency…Yet!
Rage is easily the most devastating book anyone has written about a US President for a while.
Into Thin Air: Everest As You Have Never Known It!
Into Thin Air is perhaps the most readable book you will read about Everest and mountaineering.
Napoleon: One of the Greatest Biographies Ever Written
Napoleon by Emil Ludwig does not give us just an idea of a person and his impact, but actually lets you wander inside his head for a while.
Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City – This MIGHT be the Greatest Book About a Place
When you have read the last page of the book, you will know Jerusalem better than you could have figured out from any other book or video.
Guards! Guards! – When Fantasy is Fantastically Funny!
The series is based on a fantasy flay world (a disc) that is being carried by four elephants placed on the back of a turtle and it is hilarious.
The Count of Monte Cristo: The Ultimate Revenge Story…and a Doorstopper too!
If revenge is a dish best served cold, The Count of Monte Cristo delivers it right out of deep freeze.
The Case of the Gilded Fly: Thrills, Suspense and Laughter
Ever wondered what would happen if the plotting of Agatha Christie is blended with the humour of PG Wodehouse? We think the result would be something like Edmund Crispin.
Around the World in Eighty Days: One of the Greatest Fictional Travel Books Ever!
Written almost 150 years ago, it was the story of an outrageous journey.
Rumi – A New Translation: The One Rumi Book You Need to Read
In “Rumi: A New Translation”, there are verses about devotion, teaching, love, life, death…Dhondy’s selection is a very wide one.