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Booklist Best Books of 2021

Here is a list of the Booklist's editors' best books of the year 2021. How many of these have you read?
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1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows (Ai Weiwei)
1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows
1
Ai Weiwei
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story (Nikole Hannah-Jones)
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
2
Nikole Hannah-Jones
All That She Carried (Tiya Miles)
All That She Carried
3
Tiya Miles
Amber and Clay (Laura Amy Schlitz)
Amber and Clay
4
Laura Amy Schlitz
And Now I Spill the Family Secrets (Margaret Kimball)
And Now I Spill the Family Secrets
5
Margaret Kimball
Areli Is a Dreamer (Areli Morales)
Areli Is a Dreamer
6
Areli Morales
Bad Fat Black Girl (Sesali Bowen)
Bad Fat Black Girl
7
Sesali Bowen
Beasts of a Little Land (Juhea Kim)
Beasts of a Little Land
8
Juhea Kim
Below the Edge of Darkness (Edith Widder)
Below the Edge of Darkness
9
Edith Widder
Between Perfect and Real (Ray Stoeve)
Between Perfect and Real
10
Ray Stoeve
Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted (Suleika Jaouad)
Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
11
Suleika Jaouad
Billy Summers (Stephen King)
Billy Summers
12
Stephen King
Black Birds in the Sky (Brandy Colbert)
Black Birds in the Sky
13
Brandy Colbert
The Black Panther Party (David Walker)
The Black Panther Party
14
David Walker
Blind Tiger (Sandra Brown)
Blind Tiger
15
Sandra Brown
The Book of Form and Emptiness (Ruth Ozeki)
The Book of Form and Emptiness
16
Ruth Ozeki
A Boy Named Isamu: A Story of Isamu Noguchi (James Yang)
A Boy Named Isamu: A Story of Isamu Noguchi
17
James Yang
Boy, Everywhere (A.M.Dassu)
Boy, Everywhere
18
A.M.Dassu
Bright World (The Hazards of Love #1) (Stan Stanley)
Bright World (The Hazards of Love #1)
19
Stan Stanley
Bubbles...Up! (Jacqueline Davies)
Bubbles...Up!
20
Jacqueline Davies
Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter (Veronica Chambers)
Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter
21
Veronica Chambers
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls (Kaela Rivera)
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
22
Kaela Rivera
Chasing Me to My Grave (Winfred Rembert)
Chasing Me to My Grave
23
Winfred Rembert
City on Fire (Garth Risk Hallberg)
City on Fire
24
Garth Risk Hallberg
Cloud Cuckoo Land (Anthony Doerr)
Cloud Cuckoo Land
25
Anthony Doerr
Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Film in a White World (Wil Haygood)
Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Film in a White World
26
Wil Haygood
Cool for the Summer (Dahlia Adler)
Cool for the Summer
27
Dahlia Adler
The Corinthian Girl: Champion Athlete of Ancient Olympia (Christina Balit)
The Corinthian Girl: Champion Athlete of Ancient Olympia
28
Christina Balit
Credible: Why We Doubt Accusers and Protect Abusers (Deborah Tuerkheimer)
Credible: Why We Doubt Accusers and Protect Abusers
29
Deborah Tuerkheimer
The Darkness Outside Us (Eliot Schrefer)
The Darkness Outside Us
30
Eliot Schrefer
Dead of Winter (Stephen MacK Jones)
Dead of Winter
31
Stephen MacK Jones
The Deepest Breath (Meg Grehan)
The Deepest Breath
32
Meg Grehan
Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally (Emily Ladau)
Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally
33
Emily Ladau
Determined to Stay (Jody Sokolower)
Determined to Stay
34
Jody Sokolower
Drawn Across Borders: True Stories of Human Migration (George Butler)
Drawn Across Borders: True Stories of Human Migration
35
George Butler
Dream Girl (Laura Lippman)
Dream Girl
36
Laura Lippman
The Electric Kingdom (David Arnold)
The Electric Kingdom
37
David Arnold
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
38
Patrick Radden Keefe
Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy (Anne Sebba)
Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy
39
Anne Sebba
Everybody in the Red Brick Building (Anne Wynter, Oge Mora)
Everybody in the Red Brick Building
40
Anne Wynter, Oge Mora
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