This year we launched Reaction book reviews and since then, have reviewed over 150 fiction and non-fiction titles. From China: An Epic Novel to Lear Wife by Jr Thorpe and George III, here are some of the best books of 2021, curated by the Reaction team.
Hoyer’s Beyond the Wall: a just and dignified account of East Germany’s distinctive history
While Katja Hoyer is neither glassy-eyed nor nostalgic about the German Democratic Republic, her new book is a reminder that life in the GDR wasn’t all bleak.