2021 Notable Books for Adults

Description
Since 1944, the goal of the Notable Books Council has been to make available to the nation’s readers a list of very good, very readable, and at times very important fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books for the adult reader. This is the 2021 list.
1
The Vanishing Half
de Brit Bennett
5,614 membres
237 critiques
4.1
3 Members
sturlington, elkiedee, kara.shamy
2
Hamnet
de Maggie O'Farrell
4,368 membres
230 critiques
4.2
3 Members
sturlington, elkiedee, kara.shamy
3
Little Eyes
de Samanta Schweblin
548 membres
29 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
4
Piranesi
de Susanna Clarke
5,689 membres
280 critiques
4.2
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
5
Shuggie Bain
de Douglas Stuart
2,464 membres
126 critiques
4.2
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
6
Deacon King Kong
de James McBride
1,674 membres
94 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
7
Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace
de Carl Safina
175 membres
13 critiques
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
8
Leave the World Behind
de Rumaan Alam
2,188 membres
133 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
sturlington
9
Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir
de Natasha Trethewey
553 membres
30 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
sturlington
10
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
de Isabel Wilkerson
4,173 membres
162 critiques
½ 4.4
Member
sturlington
11
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
de Robert Kolker
1,507 membres
89 critiques
4.2
Member
sturlington
12
Seins et œufs
de Mieko Kawakami
955 membres
32 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
13
The Office of Historical Corrections: A Novella and Stories
de Danielle Evans
701 membres
24 critiques
4.1
Member
sturlington
14
Just Us: An American Conversation
de Claudia Rankine
338 membres
6 critiques
4.2
Member
sturlington
15
Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
de David Zucchino
351 membres
9 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
sturlington
16
Postcolonial Love Poem
de Natalie Diaz
344 membres
10 critiques
4.2
Member
sturlington
17
Temporary
de Hilary Leichter
243 membres
13 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
sturlington
18
Run Me to Earth
de Paul Yoon
213 membres
17 critiques
3.9
Member
sturlington
19
We Have Been Harmonised: Life in China's Surveillance State
de Kai Strittmatter
170 membres
2 critiques
½ 4.4
Member
sturlington
20
Children of the Land
de Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
172 membres
5 critiques
3.2
Member
sturlington
21
A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom
de Brittany K. Barnett
161 membres
8 critiques
½ 4.5
Member
sturlington
22
Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West
de Lauren Redniss
148 membres
2 critiques
3.9
Member
sturlington
23
Carville's Cure: Leprosy, Stigma, and the Fight for Justice
de Pam Fessler
51 membres
½ 4.3
Member
sturlington
24
Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry
de John Murillo
28 membres
1 critique
½ 4.6
Member
sturlington