Dollycas’s Best Reads of 2021
I reviewed so many wonderful books this year and many were classified as “Perfect Escapes” by me, but this list contains the books that received a “Paradise Rating”, those that I enjoyed so much I thought they deserved more than 5 star-fish.
They are in no particular order.
Congratulations to all the authors!
A Side of Murder (A Cape Cod Foodie Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting – Massachusetts
Publisher: Berkley (February 23, 2021)
Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
ISBN-10: 0593199146
ISBN-13: 978-0593199145
Digital ASIN: B087PL9HHF
Win
Suspense Thriller
Setting – New York
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (March 16, 2021)
Hardcover: 384 pages
ISBN-10: 1538748215
ISBN-13: 978-1538748213
Kindle ASIN: B089Q37QPL
Dial A for Aunties
Humorous American Literature
Asian American Literature & Fiction
Setting – California
Publisher: Berkley (April 27, 2021)
Hardcover: 320 pages
ISBN-10: 0593336739
ISBN-13: 978-0593336731
Paperback: 320 pages
ISBN-10: 0593333039
ISBN-13: 978-0593333037
Kindle ASIN: B08JKM7JCC
Framed and Frosted (Cupcake Catering Mystery Series)
Cozy Mystery
3rd in Series
Setting – California
Publisher: Cinnamon & Sugar Press (June 22, 2021)
Number of Pages: 323
Digital ASIN: B092W8TKCC
Jackal & Hide:
A Compassionate Cozy Murder Mystery
(A Kenya Kanga Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
4th in Series
Setting – Kenya
Publisher: Kanga Press (May 14, 2021)
Number of Pages 290
Digital ASIN: B08V9DFG1F
The Cider Shop Rules (A Cider Shop Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
3rd in Series
Setting – West Virginia
Publisher : Kensington (July 27, 2021)
Mass Market Paperback : 320 pages
ISBN-10 : 1496723511
ISBN-13 : 978-1496723512
Kindle ASIN : B08MBD78KS
What the Cat Dragged In (Cat in the Stacks Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
14th in Series
Setting – Mississippi
Publisher : Berkley (August 31, 2021)
Hardcover : 304 pages
ISBN-10 : 0593199464
ISBN-13 : 978-0593199466
Kindle ASIN : B08CTFV6VW
Dark Night: A Mystery (Alaska Wild Series)
Suspense/Mystery
3rd in Series
Setting – Alaska
Publisher : Minotaur Books (December 7, 2021)
Hardcover : 288 pages
ISBN-10 : 125079627X
ISBN-13 : 978-1250796271
Kindle ASIN : B08R2KMM3M
The Girl You Killed
Psychological Thriller, Domestic, Legal
Stand-Alone Novel
Setting – Texas
Publisher : Italics Publishing (October 5, 2021)
Number of Pages – 302
ASIN : B09CN54114
Nightmare On The Bike Trail (A Southwest Exposure Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
4th in Series
Setting – New Mexico
Independently Published (November 9, 2021)
~158 Pages
Digital ASIN : B08L2JFWDW
Frosted Yuletide Murder (Cupcake Catering Mystery Series)
Cozy Mystery
4th in Series
Publisher : Cinnamon & Sugar Press (December 17, 2021)
Digital ~300 Pages
ASIN : B09M939WKD
What were your favorite books this year?
Please share them in the comment section below so we can all see them and add them to our wish lists!
I am so excited about the books being released in 2022.
There is no way I will be able to read them all.
I have started a list of 2022 Recommendations, they are mostly cozy mysteries. I will continue to add to the page all year through and announce future escapes on My Monday Reading Itinerary posts.
I hope you have enjoyed my reviews, recommendations, and giveaways. It has been a pleasure to be your Escape Into A Good Book Travel Agent again this year. I hope we have even more fun in 2022.
Be sure to come back tomorrow when my Blogoversary Celebration begins!
Your Escape Into A Good Book Travel Agent
Thank you so much for including my two books in your Best of 2021 list! I truly appreciate the support you show not only me, but to all authors and readers alike! Wishing you a happy and healthy 2022!
The Aunties books are a series I’ve been thinking about reading. Thank you for sharing your favorite books of the year!
Thank you for including Nightmare on the Bike Trail in your 2021 best reads. So happy you loved the book. Here’s a Happy 2022 and more Andie and Zac books!