Best Books of 2021
- Act Your Age, Eve Brown Hibbert, Talia FIC HIBBERT, T. Library Journal
- The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War Whitlock, Craig 958.1047 WHI Washington Post
- All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake Miles, Tiya 306.362 MIL Library Journal, Washington Post
- Asadora!, Vol. 1 Urasawa, Naoki YA FIC URASAWA, N. Library Journal
- Bewilderment Powers, Richard FIC POWERS, R. Library Journal, Oprah
- Black Food Terry, Bryant 394.1 BLA Library Journal
- The Book of Accidents Wendig, Chuck FIC WENDIG, C. Library Journal
- The Brilliant Abyss Scales, Helen 551.46 SCA Library Journal
- Clark and Division Hirahara, Naomi FIC HIRAHARA, N. Library Journal
- Cloud Cuckoo Land Doerr, Anthony FIC DOERR, A. Library Journal, Oprah
- The Code Breaker Isaacson, Walter 576.5 ISA Library Journal
- Crossroads Franzen, Jonathan FIC FRANZEN, J. Oprah, Washington Post
- Crying in H Mart Zauner, Michelle BIO ZAUNER, M. Library Journal
- Dada Eats Love to Cook It Dada, Samah 641.56362 DAD Library Journal
- The Disordered Cosmos Prescod-Weinstein, Chanda 523.01 PRE Library Journal
- Dream Girl Lippman, Laura FIC LIPPMAN, C. Library Journal
- Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty Keefe, Patrick Radden BIO SACKLER Washington Post
- Fear of a Black Universe Alexander, Stephon 523.1 ALE Library Journal
- The Final Girl Support Group Hendrix, Grady FIC HENDRIX, G. Library Journal
- Finding the Mother Tree Simard, Suzanne 333.75 SIM Library Journal
- First Person Singular Murakami, Haruki FIC MURAKAMI, H. Library Journal
- Five Tuesdays in Winter King, Lily FIC KING, L. Library Journal
- Floaters Espada,MartÃn (on order) Library Journal
- Fuzz Roach, Mary 591.5 ROA Library Journal
- Gold Diggers Sathian, Sanjena FIC SATHIAN, S. Washington Post
- Grains for Every Season McFadden, Joshua 641.331 MCF Library Journal
- Great Circle Shipstead, Maggie FIC SHIPSTEAD, M. Oprah
- Harlem Shuffle Whitehead, Colson FIC WHITEHEAD, C. Library Journal, Oprah
- How the Word Is Passed Smith, Clint 306.3 SMI Library Journal
- Infinite Country Engel, Patricia FIC ENGEL, P. Oprah
- Jew-ish: A Cookbook Cohen, Jake 641.5676 COH Library Journal
- The Killing Hills Offutt, Chris FIC OFFUTT, C. Library Journal
- King of the Blues De Visé, Daniel BIO KING, B. Library Journal
- Klara and the Sun Ishiguro, Kazuo FIC ISHIGURO, K. Washington Post
- L.A. Weather Escandón, MarÃa Amparo FIC ESCANDON, M. Library Journal
- The Last House on Needless Street Ward, Catriona FIC WARD, C. Library Journal
- Libertie Greenidge, Kaitlyn FIC GREENIDGE, K. Library Journal
- Lightning Strike Krueger, William Kent FIC KRUEGER, W. Library Journal
- The Lincoln Highway Towles, Amor FIC TOWLES, A. Oprah
- A Little Devil in America Abdurraqib, Hanif 791.089 ABD Library Journal
- Lolita in the Afterlife Minton Quigley, Jenny, ed. 813.54 LOL Library Journal
- Love, Chai, and Other Four-Letter Words Sharma, Annika FIC SHARMA, A. Library Journal
- The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois Jeffers, Honorée Fanonne FIC JEFFERS, H. Washington Post, Oprah
- Matrix Groff, Lauren FIC GROFF, L. Library Journal, Washington Post
- Monsters Windsor-Smith, Barry 741.5973 WIN Library Journal
- My Heart Is a Chainsaw Jones, Stephen Graham FIC JONES, S. Library Journal
- My Remarkable Journey Johnson, Katherine BIO JOHNSON, K. Library Journal
- Nightbitch Yoder, Rachel FIC YODER, R. Library Journal
- On Juneteenth Gordon-Reed, Annette 394.263 GOR Oprah
- Once There Were Wolves McConaghy, Charlotte FIC MCCONAGHY, C. Library Journal
- The Personal Librarian Benedict, Marie and Victoria Christopher Murray FIC BENEDICT, M. Library Journal
- Poet Warrior Harjo, Joy BIO HARJO, J. Library Journal
- Project Hail Mary Weir, Andy FIC WEIR, A. Library Journal
- The Prophets Jones Jr., Robert FIC JONES, R. Library Journal
- Punch Me Up to the Gods Broome, Brian BIO BROOME, B. Library Journal
- Razorblade Tears Cosby, S. A. FIC COSBY, S. Library Journal
- The Reading List Adams, Sara Nisha FIC ADAMS, S. Library Journal
- Seek You Radtke, Kristen 741.5973 RAD Library Journal
- Sensor Ito, Junji YA FIC ITO, J. Library Journal
- The Sentence Erdrich, Louise FIC ERDRICH, L. Oprah
- She Who Became the Sun Parker-Chan, Shelley FIC PARKER-CHAN, S. Library Journal
- Shooting Midnight Cowboy Frankel, Glenn 791.4372 FRA Library Journal
- Somebody's Daughter Ford, Ashley C. BIO FORD, A. Library Journal, Washington Post
- A Spindle Splintered Harrow, Alix E. FIC HARROW, A. Library Journal
- The Sum of Us McGhee, Heather 305.800973 MCG Library Journal
- The Sweetness of Water Harris, Nathan FIC HARRIS, N. Oprah
- The Turnout Abbott, Megan FIC ABBOTT, M. Library Journal
- These Precious Days: Essays Ann Patchett 814.54 PAT Oprah
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- Unbound Burke, Tarana BIO BURKE, T. Library Journal
- Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future Kolbert, Elizabeth 304.28 KOL Library Journal, WJ
- Unprotected Porter, Billy BIO PORTER, B. Library Journal
- Velvet Was the Night Moreno-Garcia, Silvia FIC MORENO-GARCIA, S. Library Journal
- What Storm, What Thunder Chancy, Myriam J.A. FIC CHANCY, M. Library Journal
- Winter Recipes from the Collective Glück, Louise 811.54 GLU Library Journal
- A World on the Wing Weidensaul, Scott 598.1568 WEI Library Journal
- You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey Ruffin, Amber 305.896 RUF Library Journal