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Top 50 Books Read 2021

These are my top 50 books that I read in 2021. The genres are mixed but it is heavy on literary fiction, non-fiction and classics.
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Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
1
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Animal (Lisa Taddeo)
Animal
2
Lisa Taddeo
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
3
George Orwell
Annie on My Mind (Nancy Garden)
Annie on My Mind
4
Nancy Garden
Ararat (Louise Glück)
Ararat
5
Louise Glück
Asking for It (Louise O'Neill)
Asking for It
6
Louise O'Neill
At the Existentialist Cafe (Sarah Bakewell)
At the Existentialist Cafe
7
Sarah Bakewell
Autumn (Ali Smith)
Autumn
8
Ali Smith
The Banality of Evil by Hannah Arendt
The Banality of Evil by Hannah Arendt
9
Beautiful World, Where Are You (Sally Rooney)
Beautiful World, Where Are You
10
Sally Rooney
Consent (Vanessa Springora)
Consent
11
Vanessa Springora
The Days of Abandonment (Elena Ferrante)
The Days of Abandonment
12
Elena Ferrante
Enigma Variations (Andre Aciman)
Enigma Variations
13
Andre Aciman
Exciting Times (Naoise Dolan)
Exciting Times
14
Naoise Dolan
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
15
Ray Bradbury
Ghosts (Dolly Alderton)
Ghosts
16
Dolly Alderton
Girl Woman Other (Bernardine Evaristo)
Girl Woman Other
17
Bernardine Evaristo
Girls & Sex (Peggy Orenstein)
Girls & Sex
18
Peggy Orenstein
Hannah Arendt/Martin Heidegger (Elzbieta Ettinger)
Hannah Arendt/Martin Heidegger
19
Elzbieta Ettinger
Here I Am (Foer)
Here I Am
20
Foer
Home Fire (Kamila Shamsie)
Home Fire
21
Kamila Shamsie
Homo Irrealis (Andre Aciman)
Homo Irrealis
22
Andre Aciman
If Beale Street Could Talk (James Baldwin)
If Beale Street Could Talk
23
James Baldwin
The Lonely City (Olivia Liang)
The Lonely City
24
Olivia Liang
The Lying Life of Adults (Elena Ferrante)
The Lying Life of Adults
25
Elena Ferrante
Memorial (Bryan Washington)
Memorial
26
Bryan Washington
My Sister's Keeper (Jodi Picoult)
My Sister's Keeper
27
Jodi Picoult
The Myth of Sisyphus (Albert Camus)
The Myth of Sisyphus
28
Albert Camus
Night Sky With Exit Wounds (Ocean Vuong)
Night Sky With Exit Wounds
29
Ocean Vuong
No Is Not Enough (Naomi Klein)
No Is Not Enough
30
Naomi Klein
Normal People (Sally Rooney)
Normal People
31
Sally Rooney
The Notebook, the Proof, the Third Lie: Three Novels (Ágota Kristóf)
The Notebook, the Proof, the Third Lie: Three Novels
32
Ágota Kristóf
Notes on Nationalism (George Orwell)
Notes on Nationalism
33
George Orwell
Olive (Emma Gannon)
Olive
34
Emma Gannon
Places I Stopped on the Way Home (Meg Fee)
Places I Stopped on the Way Home
35
Meg Fee
Prep (Curtis Sittenfeld)
Prep
36
Curtis Sittenfeld
Reading Lolita in Tehran (Azar Nafisi)
Reading Lolita in Tehran
37
Azar Nafisi
Red at the Bone (Jacqueline Woodson)
Red at the Bone
38
Jacqueline Woodson
Round Ireland With a Fridge (Tony Hawks)
Round Ireland With a Fridge
39
Tony Hawks
Ru (Kim Thuy)
Ru
40
Kim Thuy
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