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Parade's 40 Best Books of 2021

To celebrate the year in publishing, we've gathered the best books of 2021, a great mix of literary superstars and debut authors, sizzling summer getaways and terrifying winter lockdowns, buzzy book club picks and nuanced nonfiction, nostalgic musings and captivating memoirs—and of course, some truly exemplary contemporary fiction, all vetted by our Parade editors
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Great Circle (Maggie Shipstead)
Great Circle
1
Maggie Shipstead
Taste (Stanley Tucci)
Taste
2
Stanley Tucci
The Last Thing He Told Me (Laura Dave)
The Last Thing He Told Me
3
Laura Dave
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty (Anderson Cooper & Katherine Howe)
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
4
Anderson Cooper & Katherine Howe
The Lincoln Highway (Amor Towles)
The Lincoln Highway
5
Amor Towles
Seven Days in June (Tia Williams)
Seven Days in June
6
Tia Williams
The Maidens (Alex Michaelides)
The Maidens
7
Alex Michaelides
The Four Winds (Kristin Hannah)
The Four Winds
8
Kristin Hannah
The Push (Ashley Audrain)
The Push
9
Ashley Audrain
Harlem Shuffle (Colson Whitehead)
Harlem Shuffle
10
Colson Whitehead
The Anthropocene Reviewed (John Green)
The Anthropocene Reviewed
11
John Green
The Rose Code (Kate Quinn)
The Rose Code
12
Kate Quinn
Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir)
Project Hail Mary
13
Andy Weir
Beautiful World, Where Are You (Sally Rooney)
Beautiful World, Where Are You
14
Sally Rooney
Cloud Cuckoo Land (Anthony Doerr)
Cloud Cuckoo Land
15
Anthony Doerr
Come Fly the World (Julia Cooke)
Come Fly the World
16
Julia Cooke
Instructions for Dancing (Nicola Yoon)
Instructions for Dancing
17
Nicola Yoon
The Storyteller (Dave Grohl)
The Storyteller
18
Dave Grohl
Malibu Rising (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
Malibu Rising
19
Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Gilded Ones (Namina Forna)
The Gilded Ones
20
Namina Forna
The Plot (Jean Hanff Korelitz)
The Plot
21
Jean Hanff Korelitz
The Spanish Love Deception (Elena Armas)
The Spanish Love Deception
22
Elena Armas
Still Life (Sarah Winman)
Still Life
23
Sarah Winman
The Lost Apothecary (Sarah Penner)
The Lost Apothecary
24
Sarah Penner
She Who Became the Sun (Shelley Parker-Chan)
She Who Became the Sun
25
Shelley Parker-Chan
The Paper Palace (Miranda Cowley Heller)
The Paper Palace
26
Miranda Cowley Heller
The Man Who Died Twice (Richard Osman)
The Man Who Died Twice
27
Richard Osman
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois (Honorée Fanonne Jeffers)
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
28
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
People We Meet on Vacation (Emily Henry)
People We Meet on Vacation
29
Emily Henry
Rock Paper Scissors (Alice Feeney)
Rock Paper Scissors
30
Alice Feeney
We Begin at the End (Chris Whitaker)
We Begin at the End
31
Chris Whitaker
The Prophets (Robert Jones Jr.)
The Prophets
32
Robert Jones Jr.
Somebody's Daughter (Ashley C. Ford)
Somebody's Daughter
33
Ashley C. Ford
The Sentence (Louise Erdrich)
The Sentence
34
Louise Erdrich
Every Last Fear (Alex Finlay)
Every Last Fear
35
Alex Finlay
The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine (Janice P. Nimura)
The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine
36
Janice P. Nimura
The Other Black Girl (Zakiya Dalila Harris)
The Other Black Girl
37
Zakiya Dalila Harris
Billy Summers (Stephen King)
Billy Summers
38
Stephen King
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev (Dawnie Walton)
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
39
Dawnie Walton
Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Klara and the Sun
40
Kazuo Ishiguro
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