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5 Favorite Books of 2021

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Hey there! As the year comes to a close, I wanted to give 5 recommendations of books that I’ve read this year. As per the theme of this blog, all of these books tell stories of LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and/or people from a historically marginalized group. Below you’ll find a brief synopsis of the book, and why I loved it. Note: Some of these books were published this year, but others were not.  Interested in any of these titles? Click the links below each image to reserve the book online, or call the library at 781-934-2721 Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado (2017)  “In Her Body and Other Parties , Carmen Maria Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders between psychological realism and science fiction, comedy and horror, fantasy and fabulism...Earthy and otherworldly, antic and sexy, queer and caustic, comic and deadly serious, Her Body and Other Parties swings from horrific violence to the most exquisite sentiment.”  There are a handful of authors that mak...