Books read in 2021

I only read 48 books in 2021, which is about half of what I read in a year when I'm commuting regularly and not absorbed in writing so much fic. But it's about the same as in 2020, for the same reasons. Some statistics:

• 38 books written by women, and 8 by men (judging by name, so I could be misgendering people). I did not set out to read so much by women, it just happened!
• One book read in Swedish, the rest in English. Erm.
• 29 books by British authors, 10 by Americans, 4 by Australians, the rest single other countries. Err, I guess this is what happens if you're in a British fandom.
• 9 non-fiction, 5 YA, 2 SF, 10 fantasy, 12 romance (in some sense), 26 historical fiction.
• 29 Bechdel test passes, 23 new-to-me authors, 2 rereads, only one audiobook

All the non-fiction but one is fandom research reading. That I read so much historical fiction is also partly inspired by my fandom. Eight of the non-British books are because of my book club, so if you take those away, the British dominance would be even larger. *facepalm*

A few stand-outs:
Silver in the Wood and Drowned Country by Emily Tesh (m/m historical fantasy)
Joan Aiken's Wolves of Willoughby Chase series (wacky alternate history children's books)
Beck and Call by Annick Trent (m/m historical with valets in love)
Beowulf, translated by Maria Dahvana Headley (macho bros fighting monsters)
The Travels and Adventures of Mademoiselle de Richelieu by Anonymous (crossdressing f/f written in the 18th century)
The Rider on the White Horse by Rosemary Sutcliff (a marriage affected by the English Civil War)
Black Water Sister by Zen Cho (Malaysian woman haunted by her grandmother's ghost)
A Seditious Affair by K J Charles (historical m/m with political radical/Home Office guy)
The Jacobites by Daniel Szechi (historical nerdery with some unexpected new angles)