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2021
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The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois - Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

KCRW: Michael Silverblatt Top 10 Books of 2021

Great Circle - Maggie Shipstead

Boston Globe The Best Books of 2021

Empire of Pain - Patrick Radden Keefe

Slate: Laura Miller The Best Books of 2021

A Little Devil in America - Hanif Abdurraqib

Time: Annabel Gutterman The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois - Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

The Philadelphia Inquirer: Patrick Rapa The Best Books of 2021

Matrix - Lauren Groff

Guardian Best Fiction of 2021

Harrow - Joy Williams

Wall Street Journal The 10 Best Books of 2021

Detransition, Baby - Torrey Peters

Shelf Awareness Best Books of 2021

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois - Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

New York Times The 10 Best Books of 2021

How the Word Is Passed - Clint Smith

Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2021

Matrix - Lauren Groff

Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Books of 2021

A Little Devil in America - Hanif Abdurraqib

Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli Best of Books 2021

The Sentence - Louise Erdrich

Chicago Public Library Top 10 Books of 2021

How the Word Is Passed - Clint Smith

New York Public Library Top 10 Books of 2021

Empire of Pain - Patrick Radden Keefe

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2021

How the Word Is Passed - Clint Smith

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2021

The Sentence - Louise Erdrich

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2021

Crossroads - Jonathan Franzen

Washington Post The 10 Best Books of 2021

Hell of a Book - Jason Mott

National Book Award Fiction 2021

All That She Carried - Tiya Miles

National Book Award Nonfiction 2021

Second Place - Rachel Cusk

Publishers Weekly 10 Best Books of 2021

Cloud Cuckoo Land - Anthony Doerr

Oprah Daily 20 Favorite Books of 2021

A Little Devil in America - Hanif Abdurraqib

Powell's Books The 14 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021

Sterling Karat Gold - Isabel Waidner

Goldsmiths Prize Best Fiction of 2021

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