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Time's 100 Must-Read Books of 2021

Here is a list of the Time Magazine's must-read books of 2021. How many of these books have you read?
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1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows (Ai Weiwei)
1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows
1
Ai Weiwei
Acts of Desperation (Megan Nolan)
Acts of Desperation
2
Megan Nolan
Afterparties (Anthony Veasna So)
Afterparties
3
Anthony Veasna So
Aftershocks (Nadia Owusu)
Aftershocks
4
Nadia Owusu
All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the Germ (Rebecca Donner)
All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the Germ
5
Rebecca Donner
All That She Carried (Tiya Miles)
All That She Carried
6
Tiya Miles
America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s (Elizabeth Hinton)
America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s
7
Elizabeth Hinton
Beautiful World, Where Are You (Sally Rooney)
Beautiful World, Where Are You
8
Sally Rooney
The Book of Form and Emptiness (Ruth Ozeki)
The Book of Form and Emptiness
9
Ruth Ozeki
Call Us What We Carry: Poems (Amanda Gorman)
Call Us What We Carry: Poems
10
Amanda Gorman
China Room (Sunjeev Sahota)
China Room
11
Sunjeev Sahota
The Chosen and the Beautiful (Nghi Vo)
The Chosen and the Beautiful
12
Nghi Vo
Chronicles From the Land of the Happiest People on Earth (Wole Soyinka)
Chronicles From the Land of the Happiest People on Earth
13
Wole Soyinka
Cloud Cuckoo Land (Anthony Doerr)
Cloud Cuckoo Land
14
Anthony Doerr
The Code Breaker (Walter Isaacson)
The Code Breaker
15
Walter Isaacson
The Committed (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Committed
16
Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Copenhagen Trilogy (Tove Ditlevsen)
The Copenhagen Trilogy
17
Tove Ditlevsen
Covered With Night (Nicole Eustace)
Covered With Night
18
Nicole Eustace
Crossroads (Jonathan Franzen)
Crossroads
19
Jonathan Franzen
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir (Michelle Zauner)
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
20
Michelle Zauner
Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir (Akwaeke Emezi)
Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir
21
Akwaeke Emezi
Detransition, Baby (Torrey Peters)
Detransition, Baby
22
Torrey Peters
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
23
Patrick Radden Keefe
Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch (Rivka Galchen)
Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch
24
Rivka Galchen
The Family Roe: An American Story (Joshua Prager)
The Family Roe: An American Story
25
Joshua Prager
The Final Girl Support Group (Grady Hendrix)
The Final Girl Support Group
26
Grady Hendrix
Finding the Mother Tree (Suzanne Simard)
Finding the Mother Tree
27
Suzanne Simard
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals (Oliver Burkeman)
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
28
Oliver Burkeman
The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War (Louis Menand)
The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War
29
Louis Menand
Girlhood (Melissa Febos)
Girlhood
30
Melissa Febos
Great Circle (Maggie Shipstead)
Great Circle
31
Maggie Shipstead
Harlem Shuffle (Colson Whitehead)
Harlem Shuffle
32
Colson Whitehead
Heaven (Mieko Kawakami)
Heaven
33
Mieko Kawakami
Hell of a Book (Jason Mott)
Hell of a Book
34
Jason Mott
How the Word Is Passed (Clint Smith)
How the Word Is Passed
35
Clint Smith
Intimacies (Katie Kitamura)
Intimacies
36
Katie Kitamura
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival and Hope in an American City (Andrea Elliott)
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival and Hope in an American City
37
Andrea Elliott
The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation's Neglect of a Deadly Disease (Daisy Hernandez)
The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation's Neglect of a Deadly Disease
38
Daisy Hernandez
Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Klara and the Sun
39
Kazuo Ishiguro
Libertie (Kaitlyn Greenidge)
Libertie
40
Kaitlyn Greenidge
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