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2021 Books
Powell's Books: The 18 Best Novels of 2021
09 November 2021
Powell's Books
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The 18 Best Novels of 2021
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Also from
Powell's Books
in 2021:
The 14 Best Nonfiction Books
Afterparties
Anthony Veasna So
Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally Rooney
Caul Baby
Morgan Jerkins
Damnation Spring
Ash Davidson
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed
Mariana Enriquez
Detransition, Baby
Torrey Peters
Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch
Rivka Galchen
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
Dawnie Walton
A Ghost in the Throat
Doireann Ní Ghríofa
Loop
Brenda Lozano
Milk Fed
Melissa Broder
Morningside Heights
Joshua Henkin
No One Is Talking About This
Patricia Lockwood
Peaces
Helen Oyeyemi
Several People Are Typing
Calvin Kasulke
The Shimmering State
Meredith Westgate
Sorrowland
Rivers Solomon
What Strange Paradise
Omar El Akkad
