2021 Books - Year-End Lists

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Girlhood - Melissa Febos

Electric Lit Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2021

Intimacies - Katie Kitamura

Electric Lit Favorite Novels of 2021

Detransition, Baby - Torrey Peters

Atlantic The 20 Best Books of 2021

Beautiful World, Where Are You - Sally Rooney

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

Great Circle - Maggie Shipstead

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

The Agitators - Dorothy Wickenden

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

Afterparties - Anthony Veasna So

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

Matrix - Lauren Groff

Barack Obama Favorite Books of 2021

No One Is Talking About This - Patricia Lockwood

Thrillist The Best Books of 2021

No One Is Talking About This - Patricia Lockwood

Jessica Ferri: Los Angeles Times 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

The Copenhagen Trilogy - Tove Ditlevsen

A.V. Club 15 Favorite Books of 2021

Matrix - Lauren Groff

Hillary Kelly: New York The Best Books of 2021

A Little Devil in America - Hanif Abdurraqib

Lit Hub Our 48 Favorite Books of 2021

Maureen Corrigan: NPR 2021 Best Books

Beautiful World, Where Are You - Sally Rooney

BuzzFeed The Best Books Of 2021

Bewilderment - Richard Powers

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

Economist The Best Books of 2021

Cloud Cuckoo Land - Anthony Doerr

Library Journal Best Literary Fiction of 2021

Harrow - Joy Williams

Dennis Cooper Favorite Fiction and Nonfiction of 2021

Great Circle - Maggie Shipstead

Annabel Gutterman: Time The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2021