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Major Book Awards of 2021

This list contains books from many of the major book awards given in 2021, both winners, runners-up and shortlisted books. The awards include the following and many more: Man Booker International Prize; American Book Awards; Best Translated Book Award; Edgar Allan Poe Award; Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award; Hugo Award; Los Angeles Times Book Prize; National Book Award; National Book Critics Circle Award; Nebula Award; Newbery Medal; The New Criterion Poetry Prize; Pulitzer Prize; Women's Prize for Fiction; British Book Awards – the "Nibbies"; Orwell Prize; Baillie Gifford Prize; Somerset Maugham Award; T. S. Eliot Prize; Costa Book Awards; PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize; PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction; PEN/Open Book Award; National Outdoor Book Award; National Poetry Series; Arab American Book Award; Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature; Bancroft Prize.
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10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World (Elif Shafak)
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
1
Elif Shafak
A Chronicle of Forgetting (Sebastijan Pregelj)
A Chronicle of Forgetting
2
Sebastijan Pregelj
Apeirogon (Colum McCann)
Apeirogon
3
Colum McCann
Auē (Becky Manawatu)
Auē
4
Becky Manawatu
Beside Myself (Sasha Marianna Salzmann)
Beside Myself
5
Sasha Marianna Salzmann
Beyond Yamashita and Percival (Shaari Isa)
Beyond Yamashita and Percival
6
Shaari Isa
Catacombs (Mary Anna Evans)
Catacombs
7
Mary Anna Evans
Cilka's Journey (Heather Morris)
Cilka's Journey
8
Heather Morris
Clap When You Land (Elizabeth Acevedo)
Clap When You Land
9
Elizabeth Acevedo
Crossing (Pajtim Statovci)
Crossing
10
Pajtim Statovci
Dark Mother Earth (Kristian Novak)
Dark Mother Earth
11
Kristian Novak
Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo)
Girl, Woman, Other
12
Bernardine Evaristo
Gun Island (Amitav Ghosh)
Gun Island
13
Amitav Ghosh
Homeland (Fernando Aramburu)
Homeland
14
Fernando Aramburu
Hurricane Season (Fernanda Melchor)
Hurricane Season
15
Fernanda Melchor
Inland (Téa Obreht)
Inland
16
Téa Obreht
It Would Be Night in Caracas (Karina Sainz Borgo)
It Would Be Night in Caracas
17
Karina Sainz Borgo
Mary Toft; Or, the Rabbit Queen (Dexter Palmer)
Mary Toft; Or, the Rabbit Queen
18
Dexter Palmer
Lost Children Archive (Valeria Luiselli)
Lost Children Archive
19
Valeria Luiselli
Mona in Three Acts (Griet Op De Beeck)
Mona in Three Acts
20
Griet Op De Beeck
Night. Sleep. Death. the Stars. (Joyce Carol Oates)
Night. Sleep. Death. the Stars.
21
Joyce Carol Oates
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Ocean Vuong)
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
22
Ocean Vuong
Reproduction (Ian Williams)
Reproduction
23
Ian Williams
Shadowplay (Joseph O'Connor)
Shadowplay
24
Joseph O'Connor
The Bird King (G. Willow Wilson)
The Bird King
25
G. Willow Wilson
The Boy (Marcus Malte)
The Boy
26
Marcus Malte
The Cat and the City (Nick Bradley)
The Cat and the City
27
Nick Bradley
The Confessions of Frannie Langton (Sara Collins)
The Confessions of Frannie Langton
28
Sara Collins
The Ditch (Herman Koch)
The Ditch
29
Herman Koch
The Eighth Life (For Brilka) (Nino Haratischvili)
The Eighth Life (For Brilka)
30
Nino Haratischvili
The Glass Hotel (Emily St. John Mandel)
The Glass Hotel
31
Emily St. John Mandel
The Innocents (Michael Crummey)
The Innocents
32
Michael Crummey
The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead)
The Nickel Boys
33
Colson Whitehead
The Other Name: Septology I-II (Jon Fosse)
The Other Name: Septology I-II
34
Jon Fosse
The Pelican: A Comedy (Martin Michael Driessen)
The Pelican: A Comedy
35
Martin Michael Driessen
The Pine Islands (Marion Poschmann)
The Pine Islands
36
Marion Poschmann
The Silent Patient (Alex Michaelides)
The Silent Patient
37
Alex Michaelides
The Subtweet (Vivek Shraya)
The Subtweet
38
Vivek Shraya
The Trumpet Shall Sound (Eibhear Walshe)
The Trumpet Shall Sound
39
Eibhear Walshe
The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett)
The Vanishing Half
40
Brit Bennett
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