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Chicago Public Library's Best Books of 2021 for Adults - Page 2

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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The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation's Neglect of a Deadly Disease (Daisy Hernandez)
The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation's Neglect of a Deadly Disease
41
Daisy Hernandez
Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Klara and the Sun
42
Kazuo Ishiguro
Land of Big Numbers (Te-Ping Chen)
Land of Big Numbers
43
Te-Ping Chen
The Last House on Needless Street (Catriona Ward)
The Last House on Needless Street
44
Catriona Ward
Libertie (Kaitlyn Greenidge)
Libertie
45
Kaitlyn Greenidge
The Lincoln Highway (Amor Towles)
The Lincoln Highway
46
Amor Towles
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance (Hanif Abdurraqib)
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
47
Hanif Abdurraqib
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois (Honorée Fanonne Jeffers)
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
48
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
The Magician (Colm Tóibín)
The Magician
49
Colm Tóibín
Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres (Kelefa Sanneh)
Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres
50
Kelefa Sanneh
A Master of Djinn (P. Djeli Clark)
A Master of Djinn
51
P. Djeli Clark
Matrix (Lauren Groff)
Matrix
52
Lauren Groff
Milk Blood Heat (Dantiel W. Moniz)
Milk Blood Heat
53
Dantiel W. Moniz
A Most Remarkable Creature (Jonathon Meiburg)
A Most Remarkable Creature
54
Jonathon Meiburg
My Heart Is a Chainsaw (Stephen Graham Jones)
My Heart Is a Chainsaw
55
Stephen Graham Jones
My Monticello (Jocelyn Nicole Johnson)
My Monticello
56
Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
No Gods, No Monsters (Cadwell Turnbull)
No Gods, No Monsters
57
Cadwell Turnbull
No One Is Talking About This (Patricia Lockwood)
No One Is Talking About This
58
Patricia Lockwood
Noor (Nnedi Okorafor)
Noor
59
Nnedi Okorafor
Oh William! (Elizabeth Strout)
Oh William!
60
Elizabeth Strout
One Last Stop (Casey McQuiston)
One Last Stop
61
Casey McQuiston
Orwell's Roses (Rebecca Solnit)
Orwell's Roses
62
Rebecca Solnit
The Other Black Girl (Zakiya Dalila Harris)
The Other Black Girl
63
Zakiya Dalila Harris
Outlawed (Anna North)
Outlawed
64
Anna North
People Love Dead Jews: Reports From a Haunted Present (Dara Horn)
People Love Dead Jews: Reports From a Haunted Present
65
Dara Horn
The Plague Year: America in the Time of Covid (Lawrence Wright)
The Plague Year: America in the Time of Covid
66
Lawrence Wright
Poet Warrior (Joy Harjo)
Poet Warrior
67
Joy Harjo
Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir)
Project Hail Mary
68
Andy Weir
The Promise (Damon Galgut)
The Promise
69
Damon Galgut
Punch Me Up to the Gods (Brian Broome)
Punch Me Up to the Gods
70
Brian Broome
Rainbow Milk (Paul Mendez)
Rainbow Milk
71
Paul Mendez
Razorblade Tears (S.A. Cosby)
Razorblade Tears
72
S.A. Cosby
Refugee High: Coming of Age in America (Elly Fishman)
Refugee High: Coming of Age in America
73
Elly Fishman
The Removed (Brandon Hobson)
The Removed
74
Brandon Hobson
Second Place (Rachel Cusk)
Second Place
75
Rachel Cusk
The Secret to Superhuman Strength (Alison Bechdel)
The Secret to Superhuman Strength
76
Alison Bechdel
Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness (Kristen Radtke)
Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness
77
Kristen Radtke
The Sentence (Louise Erdrich)
The Sentence
78
Louise Erdrich
She Who Became the Sun (Shelley Parker-Chan)
She Who Became the Sun
79
Shelley Parker-Chan
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story (Nikole Hannah-Jones)
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
80
Nikole Hannah-Jones
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