2021 Books - Year-End Lists

2021

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Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner

Electric Lit: Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2021

Detransition, Baby - Torrey Peters

Electric Lit: Favorite Novels of 2021

Assembly - Natasha Brown

Atlantic: The 20 Best Books of 2021

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev - Dawnie Walton

Parade Magazine: 40 Best Books of 2021

Happy Hour - Marlowe Granados

Passerby: Best Books of 2021

Orwell's Roses - Rebecca Solnit

New Statesman: Best Books of 2021

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois - Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

Los Angeles Times: Bethanne Patrick: The 5 Best Novels of 2021

Empire of Pain - Patrick Radden Keefe

Los Angeles Times: Mary Ann Gwinn: The 5 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021

Crossroads - Jonathan Franzen

Los Angeles Times: Mark Athitakis: The 5 Best Fiction Books of 2021

Crossroads - Jonathan Franzen

Barack Obama: Favorite Books of 2021

Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner

Thrillist: The Best Books of 2021

On Freedom - Maggie Nelson

Los Angeles Times: Jessica Ferri: The 5 Best Books of 2021

Infinite Country - Patricia Engel

Entertainment Weekly: The 10 Best Books of 2021

Esquire: The 50 Best Books of 2021

Harrow - Joy Williams

A.V. Club: 15 Favorite Books of 2021

Matrix - Lauren Groff

Vulture: Hillary Kelly: The Best Books of 2021

Detransition, Baby - Torrey Peters

Lit Hub: Our 48 Favorite Books of 2021

Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan: 2021 Best Books

No One Is Talking About This - Patricia Lockwood

BuzzFeed: The Best Books Of 2021

All That She Carried - Tiya Miles

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: 20 Favorite New Books of 2021

Economist: The Best Books of 2021

Matrix - Lauren Groff

Library Journal: Best Literary Fiction of 2021

Great Circle - Maggie Shipstead

Time: Annabel Gutterman: The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2021

Beautiful World, Where Are You - Sally Rooney

USA Today: The Best Books of 2021

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois - Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

KCRW: Michael Silverblatt: Top 10 Books of 2021

Afterparties - Anthony Veasna So

Boston Globe: The Best Books of 2021

Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner

Slate: Laura Miller: The Best Books of 2021

A Little Devil in America - Hanif Abdurraqib

Time: Annabel Gutterman: The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021

Hell of a Book - Jason Mott

The Philadelphia Inquirer: Patrick Rapa: The Best Books of 2021

Crossroads - Jonathan Franzen

Guardian: Best Fiction of 2021

Harrow - Joy Williams

Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2021

How Beautiful We Were - Imbolo Mbue

New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2021

Empire of Pain - Patrick Radden Keefe

Kirkus Reviews: Best Nonfiction Books of 2021

Klara and the Sun - Kazuo Ishiguro

Kirkus Reviews: Best Fiction Books of 2021

A Little Devil in America - Hanif Abdurraqib

Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli: Best of Books 2021

A Little Devil in America - Hanif Abdurraqib

Chicago Public Library: Top 10 Books of 2021

She Who Became the Sun - Shelley Parker-Chan

New York Public Library: Top 10 Books of 2021

The Magician - Colm Tóibín

New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2021

Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner

Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2021

Great Circle - Maggie Shipstead

Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2021

Crossroads - Jonathan Franzen

Washington Post: The 10 Best Books of 2021

Hell of a Book - Jason Mott

National Book Award: Fiction 2021

All That She Carried - Tiya Miles

National Book Award: Nonfiction 2021

Assembly - Natasha Brown

Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2021

Cloud Cuckoo Land - Anthony Doerr

Oprah Daily: 20 Favorite Books of 2021

Empire of Pain - Patrick Radden Keefe

Powell's Books: The 14 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021

Sterling Karat Gold - Isabel Waidner

Goldsmiths Prize: Best Fiction of 2021

Beautiful World, Where Are You - Sally Rooney

Powell's Books: The 18 Best Novels of 2021