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The Telegraph's Best Books of 2021

Here is a list of the Telegraph's best books of the year 2021. How many of these books have you read?
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12 Bytes (Jeanette Winterson)
12 Bytes
1
Jeanette Winterson
Adventures in Time: Alexander the Great (Dominic Sandbrook)
Adventures in Time: Alexander the Great
2
Dominic Sandbrook
Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich (Harald Jahner)
Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich
3
Harald Jahner
Alexandria: The Quest for the Lost City (Edmund Richardson)
Alexandria: The Quest for the Lost City
4
Edmund Richardson
The Amur River: Between Russia and China (Colin Thubron)
The Amur River: Between Russia and China
5
Colin Thubron
Antwerp: The Glory Years (Pye)
Antwerp: The Glory Years
6
Pye
The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World (Adrian Wooldridge)
The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World
7
Adrian Wooldridge
The Beatles: Get Back (The Beatles)
The Beatles: Get Back
8
The Beatles
Beautiful World, Where Are You (Sally Rooney)
Beautiful World, Where Are You
9
Sally Rooney
Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice 1967-1975 (Richard Thompson (Scott Timberg))
Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice 1967-1975
10
Richard Thompson (Scott Timberg)
Bewilderment (Richard Powers)
Bewilderment
11
Richard Powers
Beyond a Fringe (Andrew Mitchell)
Beyond a Fringe
12
Andrew Mitchell
Beyond Order (Jordan B. Peterson)
Beyond Order
13
Jordan B. Peterson
Beyond: The Astonishing Story... (Stephen Walker)
Beyond: The Astonishing Story...
14
Stephen Walker
Bird of Winter (Alice Hiller)
Bird of Winter
15
Alice Hiller
Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire (Katja Hoyer)
Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire
16
Katja Hoyer
Blood and Ruins: The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945 (Richard Overy)
Blood and Ruins: The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945
17
Richard Overy
A Blood Condition (Kayo Chingonyi)
A Blood Condition
18
Kayo Chingonyi
The Books of Jacob (Olga Tokarczuk)
The Books of Jacob
19
Olga Tokarczuk
The Brilliant Abyss (Helen Scales)
The Brilliant Abyss
20
Helen Scales
Bring Back Our Girls: The Search for Nigeria's Missing Schoolgirls and Their Astonishing Survival (Drew Hinshaw, Joe Parkinson)
Bring Back Our Girls: The Search for Nigeria's Missing Schoolgirls and Their Astonishing Survival
21
Drew Hinshaw, Joe Parkinson
Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England (Sebastian Payne)
Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England
22
Sebastian Payne
Bunnyman (Will Sergeant)
Bunnyman
23
Will Sergeant
Buried Gods Metal Prophets (Maria Stadnicka)
Buried Gods Metal Prophets
24
Maria Stadnicka
Burning Man: The Ascent of D.H Lawrence (Frances Wilson)
Burning Man: The Ascent of D.H Lawrence
25
Frances Wilson
Burntcoat (Sarah Hall)
Burntcoat
26
Sarah Hall
C+Nto & Othered Poems (Joelle Taylor)
C+Nto & Othered Poems
27
Joelle Taylor
The Case of the Married Woman: Caroline Norton: A 19th Century Heroine Who Wanted Justice for Women (Antonia Fraser)
The Case of the Married Woman: Caroline Norton: A 19th Century Heroine Who Wanted Justice for Women
28
Antonia Fraser
Catullus: Shibari Carmina (Isobel Williams)
Catullus: Shibari Carmina
29
Isobel Williams
Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown That Shaped the Modern World (Giles Milton)
Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown That Shaped the Modern World
30
Giles Milton
Cheryl's Destinies (Stephen Sexton)
Cheryl's Destinies
31
Stephen Sexton
The Chime Seekers (Ross Montgomery)
The Chime Seekers
32
Ross Montgomery
China Room (Sunjeev Sahota)
China Room
33
Sunjeev Sahota
Churchill & Son (Josh Ireland)
Churchill & Son
34
Josh Ireland
Crossroads (Jonathan Franzen)
Crossroads
35
Jonathan Franzen
Dangerous Ideas (Eric Berkowitz)
Dangerous Ideas
36
Eric Berkowitz
The Dawn of Language (Sverker Johansson)
The Dawn of Language
37
Sverker Johansson
Day of the Assassins: A History of Political Murder (Michael Burleigh)
Day of the Assassins: A History of Political Murder
38
Michael Burleigh
Dead Dead Girls (Nekesa AFIa)
Dead Dead Girls
39
Nekesa AFIa
Dead Reckoning (Jude ­Nutter)
Dead Reckoning
40
Jude ­Nutter
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