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Kirkus Best Books of 2021: Fiction and Nonfiction

Here is a list of Kirkus Review's best fiction and nonfiction books of 2021. How many 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
Act Your Age, Eve Brown (Talia Hibbert)
Act Your Age, Eve Brown
3
Talia Hibbert
Afterparties (Anthony Veasna So)
Afterparties
4
Anthony Veasna So
All That She Carried (Tiya Miles)
All That She Carried
5
Tiya Miles
American Estrangement (Saïd Sayrafiezadeh)
American Estrangement
6
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh
App Kid: How a Child of Immigrants Grabbed a Piece of the American Dream (Michael Sayman)
App Kid: How a Child of Immigrants Grabbed a Piece of the American Dream
7
Michael Sayman
The Arsonists' City (Hala Alyan)
The Arsonists' City
8
Hala Alyan
As You Were (David Tromblay)
As You Were
9
David Tromblay
The Baseball 100 (Joe Posnanski)
The Baseball 100
10
Joe Posnanski
Battle Royal (Lucy Parker)
Battle Royal
11
Lucy Parker
Beautiful World, Where Are You (Sally Rooney)
Beautiful World, Where Are You
12
Sally Rooney
Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom (Purnell, Derecka)
Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom
13
Purnell, Derecka
Being a Human (Charles Foster)
Being a Human
14
Charles Foster
Belonging and Betrayal: How Jews Made the Art World Modern (Charles Dellheim)
Belonging and Betrayal: How Jews Made the Art World Modern
15
Charles Dellheim
Bewilderment (Richard Powers)
Bewilderment
16
Richard Powers
A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis (Vanessa Nakate)
A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis
17
Vanessa Nakate
Billy Summers (Stephen King)
Billy Summers
18
Stephen King
Bina (Anakana Schofield)
Bina
19
Anakana Schofield
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
20
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
The Blackmailer's Guide to Love (Marian Thurm)
The Blackmailer's Guide to Love
21
Marian Thurm
The Blizzard Party (Jack Livings)
The Blizzard Party
22
Jack Livings
Bolla (Patjim Statovci)
Bolla
23
Patjim Statovci
The Bomber Mafia (Malcolm Gladwell)
The Bomber Mafia
24
Malcolm Gladwell
Bombshell (Sarah MacLean)
Bombshell
25
Sarah MacLean
Boyz N the Void: A Mixtape to My Brother (G'ra Asim)
Boyz N the Void: A Mixtape to My Brother
26
G'ra Asim
A Brave and Cunning Prince (James Horn)
A Brave and Cunning Prince
27
James Horn
Build Your House Around My Body (Violet Kupersmith)
Build Your House Around My Body
28
Violet Kupersmith
Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women in Pop Culture (Zeba Blay)
Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women in Pop Culture
29
Zeba Blay
Children Under Fire: An American Crisis (John Woodrow Cox)
Children Under Fire: An American Crisis
30
John Woodrow Cox
Chronicles From the Land of the Happiest People on Earth (Wole Soyinka)
Chronicles From the Land of the Happiest People on Earth
31
Wole Soyinka
The Committed (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Committed
32
Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Corpse Flower (Anne Mette Hancock)
The Corpse Flower
33
Anne Mette Hancock
Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us (Brian Klaas)
Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us
34
Brian Klaas
Covered With Night (Nicole Eustace)
Covered With Night
35
Nicole Eustace
Crossroads (Jonathan Franzen)
Crossroads
36
Jonathan Franzen
Damnation Spring (Ash Davidson)
Damnation Spring
37
Ash Davidson
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed (Mariana)
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed
38
Mariana
The Dating Playbook (Farrah Rochon)
The Dating Playbook
39
Farrah Rochon
The Dawn of Everything (David Graeber and David Wengrow)
The Dawn of Everything
40
David Graeber and David Wengrow
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