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Lithub's Ultimate Best Books of 2021

From Lithub:
So this year, I counted up 49 lists from 33 outlets, which recommended 785 total books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. 138 of those appeared on 3 or more lists, and I have collated those for you here, in descending order of frequency.
Does this mean that these are the absolute Best Books of the Year? Who knows! But if you pay attention to a single popularity contest this year, you could do worse than choosing this one.
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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Patrick Radden Keefe)
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No One Is Talking About This (Patricia Lockwood)
No One Is Talking About This (Patricia Lockwood)
3
Harlem Shuffle (Colson Whitehead)
Harlem Shuffle (Colson Whitehead)
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Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro)
5
Detransition, Baby (Torrey Peters)
Detransition, Baby (Torrey Peters)
6
Crossroads (Jonathan Franzen)
Crossroads (Jonathan Franzen)
7
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir (Michelle Zauner)
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir (Michelle Zauner)
8
Great Circle (Maggie Shipstead)
Great Circle (Maggie Shipstead)
9
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance (Hanif Abdurraqib)
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance (Hanif Abdurraqib)
10
How the Word Is Passed (Clint Smith)
How the Word Is Passed (Clint Smith)
11
Afterparties: Stories (Anthony Veasna So)
Afterparties: Stories (Anthony Veasna So)
12
Second Place (Rachel Cusk)
Second Place (Rachel Cusk)
13
Cloud Cuckoo Land (Anthony Doerr)
Cloud Cuckoo Land (Anthony Doerr)
14
The Sentence (Louise Erdrich)
The Sentence (Louise Erdrich)
15
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois (Honorée Fanonne Jeffers)
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois (Honorée Fanonne Jeffers)
16
Intimacies (Katie Kitamura)
Intimacies (Katie Kitamura)
17
Beautiful World, Where Are You (Sally Rooney)
Beautiful World, Where Are You (Sally Rooney)
18
Matrix (Lauren Groff)
Matrix (Lauren Groff)
19
My Monticello (Jocelyn Nicole Johnson)
My Monticello (Jocelyn Nicole Johnson)
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The Prophets (Robert Jones Jr.)
The Prophets (Robert Jones Jr.)
21
How Beautiful We Were (Imbolo Mbue)
How Beautiful We Were (Imbolo Mbue)
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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (George Saunders)
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (George Saunders)
23
Milk Fed (Melissa Broder)
Milk Fed (Melissa Broder)
24
The Copenhagen Trilogy (Tove Ditlevsen)
The Copenhagen Trilogy (Tove Ditlevsen)
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Somebody's Daughter (Ashley C. Ford)
Somebody's Daughter (Ashley C. Ford)
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The Promise (Damon Galgut)
The Promise (Damon Galgut)
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On Juneteenth (Annette Gordon-Reed)
On Juneteenth (Annette Gordon-Reed)
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Libertie (Kaitlyn Greenidge)
Libertie (Kaitlyn Greenidge)
29
The Other Black Girl (Zakiya Dalila Harris)
The Other Black Girl (Zakiya Dalila Harris)
30
Something New Under the Sun (Alexandra Kleeman)
Something New Under the Sun (Alexandra Kleeman)
31
Under a White Sky (Elizabeth Kolbert)
Under a White Sky (Elizabeth Kolbert)
32
All That She Carried (Tiya Miles)
All That She Carried (Tiya Miles)
33
The Committed (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Committed (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
34
Smile: The Story of a Face (Sarah Ruhl)
Smile: The Story of a Face (Sarah Ruhl)
35
The Lincoln Highway (Amor Towles)
The Lincoln Highway (Amor Towles)
36
The Secret to Superhuman Strength (Alison)
The Secret to Superhuman Strength (Alison)
37
Infinite Country (Patricia Engel)
Infinite Country (Patricia Engel)
38
Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch (Rivka Galchen)
Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch (Rivka Galchen)
39
Hell of a Book (Jason Mott)
Hell of a Book (Jason Mott)
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Aftershocks (Nadia Owusu)
Aftershocks (Nadia Owusu)
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