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Chicago Public Library's Best Books of 2021 for Adults

Chicago Public Library recommends these titles as the best books published in 2021. Chosen by the librarians of the Chicago Public Library.
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Act Your Age, Eve Brown (Talia Hibbert)
Act Your Age, Eve Brown
1
Talia Hibbert
Acts of Desperation (Megan Nolan)
Acts of Desperation
2
Megan Nolan
Afterparties: Stories (Anthony Veasna So)
Afterparties: Stories
3
Anthony Veasna So
All That She Carried (Tiya Miles)
All That She Carried
4
Tiya Miles
American Made: What Happens to People When Work Disappears (Farah Stockman)
American Made: What Happens to People When Work Disappears
5
Farah Stockman
The Anthropocene Reviewed (John Green)
The Anthropocene Reviewed
6
John Green
Beautiful Country (Qian Julie Wang)
Beautiful Country
7
Qian Julie Wang
Beautiful World, Where Are You (Sally Rooney)
Beautiful World, Where Are You
8
Sally Rooney
Bewilderment (Richard Powers)
Bewilderment
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Richard Powers
The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song (Henry Louis Gates, Jr.)
The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song
10
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Bombshell (Sarah MacLean)
Bombshell
11
Sarah MacLean
Chasing Me to My Grave (Winfred Rembert)
Chasing Me to My Grave
12
Winfred Rembert
Chasing the Boogeyman (Richard Chizmar)
Chasing the Boogeyman
13
Richard Chizmar
Children of Chicago (Cynthia Pelayo)
Children of Chicago
14
Cynthia Pelayo
The Chosen and the Beautiful (Nghi Vo)
The Chosen and the Beautiful
15
Nghi Vo
Clark and Division (Naomi Hirahara)
Clark and Division
16
Naomi Hirahara
Cloud Cuckoo Land (Anthony Doerr)
Cloud Cuckoo Land
17
Anthony Doerr
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir (Michelle Zauner)
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
18
Michelle Zauner
Damnation Spring (Ash Davidson)
Damnation Spring
19
Ash Davidson
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed (Mariana Enríquez)
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed
20
Mariana Enríquez
Detransition, Baby (Torrey Peters)
Detransition, Baby
21
Torrey Peters
The Echo Wife (Sarah Gailey)
The Echo Wife
22
Sarah Gailey
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
23
Patrick Radden Keefe
Fake Accounts (Lauren Oyler)
Fake Accounts
24
Lauren Oyler
Filthy Animals (Brandon Taylor)
Filthy Animals
25
Brandon Taylor
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev (Dawnie Walton)
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
26
Dawnie Walton
The Five Wounds (Kirstin Valdez Quade)
The Five Wounds
27
Kirstin Valdez Quade
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law (Mary Roach)
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
28
Mary Roach
A Ghost in the Throat (Doireann Ní Ghríofa)
A Ghost in the Throat
29
Doireann Ní Ghríofa
Girlhood (Melissa Febos)
Girlhood
30
Melissa Febos
Great Circle (Maggie Shipstead)
Great Circle
31
Maggie Shipstead
The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice (Scott Ellsworth)
The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice
32
Scott Ellsworth
Harlem Shuffle (Colson Whitehead)
Harlem Shuffle
33
Colson Whitehead
Hell of a Book (Jason Mott)
Hell of a Book
34
Jason Mott
The Hospital: Life, Death, and Dollars in a Small American Town (Brian Alexander)
The Hospital: Life, Death, and Dollars in a Small American Town
35
Brian Alexander
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America (Clint Smith)
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America
36
Clint Smith
I Love You but I've Chosen Darkness (Claire Vaye Watkins)
I Love You but I've Chosen Darkness
37
Claire Vaye Watkins
Infinite Country (Patricia Engel)
Infinite Country
38
Patricia Engel
Intimacies (Katie Kitamura)
Intimacies
39
Katie Kitamura
KING RICHARD: Nixon and Watergate: An American Tragedy (Michael Dobbs)
KING RICHARD: Nixon and Watergate: An American Tragedy
40
Michael Dobbs
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