Our “best of the best” returns for 2021! We’ve reviewed the end-of-year best book lists out there and narrowed them down into one reference guide.
Overwhelmed by what to read from the past year? We’ve gathered the fiction, nonfiction, and young adult titles we recommended in 2021 that also appear on one (or more) of the favorite lists from:
BookRiot, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Women & Children First, New York Times, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Washington Post, Shelf Awareness and Powell’s
Check out these “best of the best” books below!
Best of the Best 2021… FICTION
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
Appears on the “best of” lists from New York Times, Kirkus, Women & Children First
Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So
New York Times, Book Riot, Library Journal, Kirkus, Powell’s
The Removed by Brandon Hobson
Library Journal, Kirkus
Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King
Library Journal, Kirkus
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
Kirkus, Powell’s
Best of the Best 2021… NONFICTION
Floating in a Most Peculiar Way by Louis Chude-Sokei
Appears on the “best of” lists from Kirkus
Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley C. Ford
New York Times, Library Journal, Publisher’s Weekly, Women & Children First, Washington Post
Punch Me Up to the Gods by Brian Broome
New York Times, Library Journal, Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus, Shelf Awareness
Letters to My White Male Friends by Dax-Devlon Ross
Kirkus
Best of the Best 2021… Children’s & YA
Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk & Nicola Yoon
Appears on the “best of” list from Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Powell’s
Revolution in Our Time by Kekla Magoon
Publishers Weekly, Kirkus
The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo & Sophie Blackall
Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, School Library Journal
Genius Under the Table by Eugene Yelchin
Kirkus, Shelf Awareness
Curious about the most popular books on the Reading Group Choices site in 2020? We’ve got the top two books from each month listed here!