Year-End Lists

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Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner

50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2021 Washington Post

Beautiful World, Where Are You - Sally Rooney

50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2021 Washington Post

All That She Carried - Tiya Miles

The 10 Best Books of 2021 Washington Post

Hell of a Book - Jason Mott

Fiction 2021 National Book Award

All That She Carried - Tiya Miles

Nonfiction 2021 National Book Award

Second Place - Rachel Cusk

10 Best Books of 2021 Publishers Weekly

Cloud Cuckoo Land - Anthony Doerr

20 Favorite Books of 2021 Oprah Daily

Empire of Pain - Patrick Radden Keefe

The 14 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021 Powell's Books

Sterling Karat Gold - Isabel Waidner

Best Fiction of 2021 Goldsmiths Prize

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev - Dawnie Walton

The 18 Best Novels of 2021 Powell's Books

The Promise - Damon Galgut

Best Fiction of 2021 The Booker Prize

Punch Me Up to the Gods - Brian Broome

Nonfiction 2021 Kirkus Prize

Harrow - Joy Williams

Fiction 2021 Kirkus Prize

Piranesi - Susanna Clarke

Best Fiction of 2021 Women's Prize

Lost Children Archive - Valeria Luiselli

2021 Dublin Literary Award

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies - Deesha Philyaw

Fiction 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award

The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

The Best Books Of 2020 Bustle

Notes on a Silencing - Lacy Crawford

Best Books of 2020: Nonfiction BookPage

The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

Best Books of 2020: Fiction BookPage

Interior Chinatown - Charles Yu

The Best Books of 2020 Thrillist

Sisters in Hate - Seyward Darby

The Best Books of 2020 Harper’s Bazaar

Luster - Raven Leilani

The Best Books of 2020 Shondaland

Caste - Isabel Wilkerson

Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2020 Electric Lit

Pizza Girl - Jean Kyoung Frazier

Favorite Novels of 2020 Electric Lit

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