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The 100 Books I Read in 2021
The 100 Books I Read in 2021

In January 2021, faced with a(nother) lockdown in London, and a good bout of the existential dread/depression/ennui/anxiety that comes with that, I picked up a hobby I hadn’t touched in years: reading. And inspired by VORACIOUS interviewee and patron saint of projectification, Elisa Sunga, I was going to do a full analysis of the books I read. But, as it turns out, I couldn’t get anywhere near that level, so instead: here’s the 100 titles I read in 2021.

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You Should Read an Ordinary Age, by Rainesford Stauffer
You Should Read an Ordinary Age, by Rainesford Stauffer

This year, I found reading again. Some books provided much-needed, blissful escapism from real life; some provided much-needed education for real life; and some provided a not only much-needed but long-overdue mirror of real life. In this latter category was An Ordinary Age: Finding Your Way In A World That Demands Exceptional by Rainesford Stauffer.

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