Year-End Lists

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2021
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The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois - Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

Top 10 Books of 2021 KCRW: Michael Silverblatt

Afterparties - Anthony Veasna So

The Best Books of 2021 Boston Globe

Empire of Pain - Patrick Radden Keefe

The Best Books of 2021 Slate: Laura Miller

A Little Devil in America - Hanif Abdurraqib

The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021 Time: Annabel Gutterman

Hell of a Book - Jason Mott

The Best Books of 2021 The Philadelphia Inquirer: Patrick Rapa

Luster - Raven Leilani

Best Fiction of 2021 Guardian

Harrow - Joy Williams

The 10 Best Books of 2021 Wall Street Journal

Intimacies - Katie Kitamura

The 10 Best Books of 2021 New York Times

Empire of Pain - Patrick Radden Keefe

Best Nonfiction Books of 2021 Kirkus Reviews

Intimacies - Katie Kitamura

Best Fiction Books of 2021 Kirkus Reviews

A Little Devil in America - Hanif Abdurraqib

Best of Books 2021 Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli

Cloud Cuckoo Land - Anthony Doerr

Top 10 Books of 2021 Chicago Public Library

How the Word Is Passed - Clint Smith

Top 10 Books of 2021 New York Public Library

The Copenhagen Trilogy - Tove Ditlevsen

100 Notable Books of 2021 New York Times

On Freedom - Maggie Nelson

50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2021 Washington Post

The Magician - Colm Tóibín

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

All That She Carried - Tiya Miles

10 Best Books of 2021 Publishers Weekly

Cloud Cuckoo Land - Anthony Doerr

20 Favorite Books of 2021 Oprah Daily

A Little Devil in America - Hanif Abdurraqib

The 14 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021 Powell's Books

Sterling Karat Gold - Isabel Waidner

Best Fiction of 2021 Goldsmiths Prize

Beautiful World, Where Are You - Sally Rooney

The 18 Best Novels of 2021 Powell's Books

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