2021 Year in Review

The Library Coven

Hello, Coven! It’s that time of year where we take a look back at the books, TV shows, and movies that got us through the year. Thank you to all of the people who asked questions and more generally to everyone for listening!

We hope you find some new and interesting things to read and watch. Let us know in the comments about all your favs from the past year!

Books (alphabetical by author)

• Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
• Daughter of Nri by Reni K Amayo (our Interview with Reni)
• From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
• Grace Period: A Memior in Pieces by Kelly J. Baker
• King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
• We Will Not Cancel Us by adrienne maree brown
• Dream Country by Ashaye Brown (our Interview with Ashaye)
• Pastry Love by Joanne Chang
• Incendiary by Zoraida Córdova
• From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty First Century by William A. Darity Jr. and A. Kristen Mullen
• Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn
• Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (Episode 51)
• An Indigenous People’s History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz
• We Free the Stars by Hafsah Faizal (Episode 54)
• A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal
• The Moon Book by Sarah Faith Gottesdiener
• By the Book by Jasmine Guillory
• Undrowned by Alexis Pauline Gumbs
• How to Not Always Be Working and Getting to Center by Marlee Grace
• The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
• Act Your Age Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert (slash all of Talia’s other books)
• Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
• Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability and Making Space by Amande Leduc
• Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
• Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas
• Heartstopper by Alice Osman
• Battle Royal by Lucy Parker
• Dessert Person by Claire Saffitz
• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
• The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

TV Shows (alphabetical by title)

• The Boys
• Bridgerton
• Emily in Paris
• The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
• Formula 1: Drive to Survive
• The Great
• The Great British Bake Off
• Grey’s Anatomy
• Kim’s Convenience
• Loki
• Never Have I Ever
• Peaky Blinders
• The Queen’s Gambit
• Reservation Dogs
• Sens8
• Sex Education
• Sex Lives of College Girls
• Shadow and Bone
• Stranger Things
• Station 19
• Ted Lasso
• Umbrella Academy (bonus episode)
• The Wheel of Time
• WandaVision
• The Witcher

Movies (alphabetical by title)

• Emma.
• Inside
• Judas and the Black Messiah
• The Matrix: Resurrections
• Nate Bargatze: Greatest Average American
• The Personal History of David Copperfield
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
• The Suicide Squad
• Spider Man: No Way Home
• The White Tiger

Articles, Podcasts, and More!

• “Is It Time to Say R.I.P. to ‘P.O.C’?“
• “Why We Need Diverse Books is No Longer Using the Term #OwnVoices“
• Follow along with J’s baking adventures @jessie_mae_bakes