"To bring you a list of the best books of 2021, Stacker dove into year-end lists featuring the bests books of the year from vetted publications and analyzed data on popular book-rating sites to get a gauge for 21 books that won out the year in acclaim and popularity. Titles are organized chronologically.
These books feature villains and heroes; they span all sorts of genres, from historical fiction to fantasy; and some were even written by historians, poets, and Pulitzer Prize winners. Whether it's a gift book containing a poem by the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, the first novel in a proposed trilogy about a Midwestern family, or the fictional story of a humanoid who serves as an artificial friend, these books moved us and many other readers alike this year."
