2021 was another successful reading year. In total, I read 40 books that were for the most part are books I would recommend. For a look back at the best books on Amazon I read in previous years, here are my 2020, 2019, and 2018 books lists.

Genres for these books on Amazon included World War II, Finance, the American Revolution, Thrillers, Sports, New Orleans, The Mafia, Self-Improvement, Viral Diseases, Whiskey, and Energy. As you can see below, the three most popular genres in 2021 were Thrillers, Sports, and New Orleans.

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Best Books on Amazon 2021 Genres

World War II

1. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
2. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

Finance

1. Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World
2. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
3. Bubble in the Sun: The Florida Boom of the 1920s and How It Brought on the Great Depression
4. Flash Boys

American Revolution

1. Washington’s Crossing
2. You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington
3. George Washington’s Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution

Thrillers

1. The Messenger
2. Prince of Fire
3. A Death in Vienna
4. The Confessor
5. The English Assassin
6. The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
7. Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies
8. The Kill Artist
9. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
10. I Am Pilgrim: A Thriller

Sports

1. The Last Season: A Team in Search of Its Soul
2. Gridiron Genius: A Master Class in Building Teams and Winning at the Highest Level
3. Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior
4. The Cost of These Dreams: Sports Stories and Other Serious Business
5. Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty
6. Flip the Script: Lessons Learned on the Road to a Championship

New Orleans

1. Gumbo Tales: Finding My Place at the New Orleans Table
2. A Streetcar Named Desire
3. The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans
4. The Last Madam: A Life In The New Orleans Underworld
5. The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square
6. Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans: The Battle That Shaped America’s Destiny
7. A Confederacy of Dunces

The Mafia

1. Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
2. The Last Pirate of New York: A Ghost Ship, a Killer, and the Birth of a Gangster Nation

Self-Improvement

1. A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload

Viral Diseases

1. The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
2. The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History

Whiskey

1. Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last

Energy

1. Modernizing America’s Electricity Infrastructure
2. Electric Power System Basics for the Nonelectrical Professional

Which books on Amazon did you read in 2021? What books do you recommend? Please let me know in the comments or by sending me an email on my contact page.

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