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New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2021

The year's notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review."
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Afterparties: Stories (Anthony Veasna So)
Afterparties: Stories
1
Anthony Veasna So
Appleseed (Matt Bell)
Appleseed
2
Matt Bell
Beautiful World, Where Are You (Sally Rooney)
Beautiful World, Where Are You
3
Sally Rooney
Bewilderment (Richard Powers)
Bewilderment
4
Richard Powers
The Book of Mother (Violaine Huisman)
The Book of Mother
5
Violaine Huisman
Build Your House Around My Body (Violet Kupersmith)
Build Your House Around My Body
6
Violet Kupersmith
Burnt Sugar (Avni Doshi)
Burnt Sugar
7
Avni Doshi
The Calling for Charlie Barnes (Joshua Ferris)
The Calling for Charlie Barnes
8
Joshua Ferris
Chronicles From the Land of the Happiest People on Earth (Wole Soyinka)
Chronicles From the Land of the Happiest People on Earth
9
Wole Soyinka
Cloud Cuckoo Land (Anthony Doerr)
Cloud Cuckoo Land
10
Anthony Doerr
Crossroads (Jonathan Franzen)
Crossroads
11
Jonathan Franzen
Detransition, Baby (Torrey Peters)
Detransition, Baby
12
Torrey Peters
Ghosts of New York (Jim Lewis)
Ghosts of New York
13
Jim Lewis
Harlem Shuffle (Colson Whitehead)
Harlem Shuffle
14
Colson Whitehead
How Beautiful We Were (Imbolo Mbue)
How Beautiful We Were
15
Imbolo Mbue
Intimacies (Katie Kitamura)
Intimacies
16
Katie Kitamura
Kink: Stories (R.O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell (Edit.))
Kink: Stories
17
R.O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell (Edit.)
Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Klara and the Sun
18
Kazuo Ishiguro
Libertie (Kaitlyn Greenidge)
Libertie
19
Kaitlyn Greenidge
A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself (Peter Ho Davies)
A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself
20
Peter Ho Davies
Light Perpetual (Francis Spufford)
Light Perpetual
21
Francis Spufford
The Lincoln Highway (Amor Towles)
The Lincoln Highway
22
Amor Towles
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois (Honorée Fanonne Jeffers)
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
23
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
The Magician (Colm Tóibín)
The Magician
24
Colm Tóibín
The Morning Star (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
The Morning Star
25
Karl Ove Knausgaard
My Monticello (Jocelyn Nicole Johnson)
My Monticello
26
Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
My Year Abroad (Chang-Rae Lee)
My Year Abroad
27
Chang-Rae Lee
The Netanyahus (Joshua Cohen)
The Netanyahus
28
Joshua Cohen
No One Is Talking About This (Patricia Lockwood)
No One Is Talking About This
29
Patricia Lockwood
Oh William! (Elizabeth Strout)
Oh William!
30
Elizabeth Strout
One Last Stop (Casey McQuiston)
One Last Stop
31
Casey McQuiston
Our Country Friends (Gary Shteyngart)
Our Country Friends
32
Gary Shteyngart
Playlist for the Apocalypse (Rita Dove)
Playlist for the Apocalypse
33
Rita Dove
The Plot (Jean Hanff Korelitz)
The Plot
34
Jean Hanff Korelitz
The Promise (Damon Galgut)
The Promise
35
Damon Galgut
The Prophets (Robert Jones Jr.)
The Prophets
36
Robert Jones Jr.
Razorblade Tears (S.A. Cosby)
Razorblade Tears
37
S.A. Cosby
Send for Me (Lauren Fox)
Send for Me
38
Lauren Fox
The Sentence (Louise Erdrich)
The Sentence
39
Louise Erdrich
Something New Under the Sun (Alexandra Kleeman)
Something New Under the Sun
40
Alexandra Kleeman
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