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Kirkus Best Books of 2021: Fiction and Nonfiction - Page 2

Here is a list of Kirkus Review's best fiction and nonfiction books of 2021. How many have you read?
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Destroyer of Light (Jennifer Marie Brissett)
Destroyer of Light
41
Jennifer Marie Brissett
Detransition, Baby (Torrey Peters)
Detransition, Baby
42
Torrey Peters
The Devil You Know (Charles)
The Devil You Know
43
Charles
The Disordered Cosmos (Chanda Prescod-Weisman)
The Disordered Cosmos
44
Chanda Prescod-Weisman
Disruption (Aki J. Peritz)
Disruption
45
Aki J. Peritz
Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History (Richard Thompson Ford)
Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History
46
Richard Thompson Ford
Dvorak's Prophecy: And the Vexed Fate of Black Classical Music (Joseph Horowitz)
Dvorak's Prophecy: And the Vexed Fate of Black Classical Music
47
Joseph Horowitz
Early Morning Riser (Katherine Heiny)
Early Morning Riser
48
Katherine Heiny
Echo Tree (Henry Dumas)
Echo Tree
49
Henry Dumas
Economy Hall (Fatima Shaik)
Economy Hall
50
Fatima Shaik
The Education of Corporal John Musgrave: Vietnam and Its Aftermath (John Musgrave)
The Education of Corporal John Musgrave: Vietnam and Its Aftermath
51
John Musgrave
The Empathy Diaries: A Memoir (Sherry Turkle)
The Empathy Diaries: A Memoir
52
Sherry Turkle
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
53
Patrick Radden Keefe
Entertaining Race: Performing Blackness in America (Michael Eric Dyson)
Entertaining Race: Performing Blackness in America
54
Michael Eric Dyson
Every Day the River Changes (Jordan Salama)
Every Day the River Changes
55
Jordan Salama
Everybody (Olivia Laing)
Everybody
56
Olivia Laing
Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch (Rivka Galchen)
Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch
57
Rivka Galchen
False Witness (Karin Slaughter)
False Witness
58
Karin Slaughter
Fear of a Black Universe (Stephon Alexander)
Fear of a Black Universe
59
Stephon Alexander
Featherhood: A Memoir of Two Fathers and a Magpie (Charlie Gilmour)
Featherhood: A Memoir of Two Fathers and a Magpie
60
Charlie Gilmour
Fight Night (Miriam Toews)
Fight Night
61
Miriam Toews
Filthy Animals (Brandon Taylor)
Filthy Animals
62
Brandon Taylor
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev (Dawnie Walton)
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
63
Dawnie Walton
Five Tuesdays in Winter (Lily King)
Five Tuesdays in Winter
64
Lily King
The Five Wounds (Kirstin Valdez Quade)
The Five Wounds
65
Kirstin Valdez Quade
Floating in a Most Peculiar Way (Louis Chude-Sokei)
Floating in a Most Peculiar Way
66
Louis Chude-Sokei
Foregone (Russell Banks)
Foregone
67
Russell Banks
The Free Bastards (Jonathan French)
The Free Bastards
68
Jonathan French
The Fugitivities (Jesse McCarthy)
The Fugitivities
69
Jesse McCarthy
Geniuses at War: Bletchley Park, Colossus, and the Dawn of the Digital Age (David A. Price)
Geniuses at War: Bletchley Park, Colossus, and the Dawn of the Digital Age
70
David A. Price
A Ghost in the Throat (Doireann Ní Ghríofa)
A Ghost in the Throat
71
Doireann Ní Ghríofa
The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds (Jon Dunn)
The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds
72
Jon Dunn
Golden Girl (Elin Hilderbrand)
Golden Girl
73
Elin Hilderbrand
Great Circle (Maggie Shipstead)
Great Circle
74
Maggie Shipstead
The Great Mistake (Jonathan Lee)
The Great Mistake
75
Jonathan Lee
The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice (Scott Ellsworth)
The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice
76
Scott Ellsworth
Harlem Shuffle (Colson Whitehead)
Harlem Shuffle
77
Colson Whitehead
Harrow (Joy Williams)
Harrow
78
Joy Williams
Homo Irrealis (Andre Aciman)
Homo Irrealis
79
Andre Aciman
Horizontal Vertigo: A City Called Mexico (Juan Villoro)
Horizontal Vertigo: A City Called Mexico
80
Juan Villoro
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