For 2021, following the pattern of the last few years, I am not dividing books into separate category lists, but each review line will have a tag or two indicating what kind of book it is (and whether listened to as audiobook rather than read as kindle/paperback).

(Unlike previous years, I have listed these oldest to most recent rather than most recent at the top).

• Sleep Donation (3*)… Science fiction
• The Telling (4*)… Science fiction (audio)
• The Fall of Arthur (5*)… Poetry
• The Story of Kullervo (5*)… Poetry
• Maquis (4*)… WW2 autobiography
• Mort (4*)… Fantasy
• Life in the Garden (3*)… Autobiography
• The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun (5*)… Poetry
• Sargasso of Space (4*)… Science fiction
• Tolkien Treasures (5*)… Geeky
• Final Harbor (4*)… WW2 historical fiction
• Pyongyang (4*)… Graphic novel
• This is How you Lose the Time War (5*)… Science fiction (audio)
• The Emperor’s Edge (4*)… Fantasy
• The Songs of Chaos (4*)… Fantasy
• Aztec Century (4&)… Science fiction
• The Enchanted April (3*)… Historical fiction
• Macroscope (4*)… Science fiction
• Leviathan Wakes (5*)… Science fiction
• The Island of Dr. Moreau (4*)… Science fiction
• The Islanders (3*)… Science fiction
• Hamnet (did not finish )… Historical fiction
• Caliban’s War (5*)… Science fiction
• Other Minds (5*)… Geeky
• Abaddon’s Gate (5*)… Science fiction
• The Untold Legend of Batman… 1. In The Beginning (4*)… Graphic novel
• The Untold Legend of Batman… 2. With Friends Like These… (4*)… Graphic novel
• A Memory Called Empire (5*)… Science fiction
• Shuggie Bain (did not finish )… Historical fiction
• Cibola Burn (5*)… Science fiction
• Nemesis Games (5*)… Science fiction
• The Untold Legend of Batman… 3. The Man Behind The Mask! (4*)… Graphic novel
• The Liar’s Dictionary (3*)… Historical fiction
• Clan of the Cave Bear (3*)… Historical fiction
• Babylon’s Ashes (5*)… Science fiction
• Witch World (5*)… Fantasy
• Web of the Witch World(5*)… Fantasy
• Black Narcissus (4*)… Historical fiction
• Cloud Atlas (5*)… Science fiction
• The Dream Archipelago (4*)… Science fiction
• Hungry (did not finish)… Autobiography
• Judgement on Janus (4*)… Science fiction (audio)
• Victory on Janus (4*)… Science fiction (audio)
• EE Doc Smith Science Fiction megapack (4*)… Science fiction
• The Ego Cluster (4*)… Science fiction
• Vita Nostra (4*)… Science fiction
• The Appeal (3*)… Crime
• Gateway (4*)… Science fiction
• Possession (4*)… Historical fiction
• Foundation (5*)… Science fiction
• A Stranger in Olondria (4*)… Fantasy
• English Pastoral (5*)… Autobiography
• Prelude to Foundation (5*)… Science fiction
• Where the Crawdads Sing (4*)… Historical fiction
• Paladin’s Grace (5*)… Fantasy
• Binti (4*)… Science fiction
• Binti Home (4*)… Science fiction
• Binti The Night Masquerade (4*)… Science fiction
• The Gradual (4*)… Science fiction
• Piranesi (5*)… Science fiction / fantasy
• The Worm Ouroboros (5*)… Fantasy
• Mistress of Mistresses (5*)… Fantasy
• Symzonia (4*)… Science fiction
• A Fish Dinner in Memison (5*)… Fantasy
• The Mezentian Gate (5*)… Fantasy
• Journey to the Centre of the Earth (4*)… Science fiction
• The Adjacent (4*)… Science fiction
• The Secret Life of Fungi (3*)… Geeky