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  1. 1A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black PerformanceHanif Abdurraqib · 2021 · 1 honor
  2. 2A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and LifeGeorge Saunders · 2021 · 1 honor
  3. 3A Thousand Times You Lose Your TreasureHoa Nguyen · 2021 · 1 honor
  4. 4Afterparties: StoriesAnthony Veasna So · 2021 · 1 honor
  5. 5Against Silence: PoemsFrank Bidart · 2021 · 1 honor
  6. 6Black Food: Stories, Art, and Recipes from Across the African DiasporaBryant Terry · 2021 · 1 honor
  7. 7Book of the Other: Small in ComparisonTruong Tran · 2021 · 1 honor
  8. 8CurbDivya Victor · 2021 · 1 honor
  9. 9Filthy AnimalsBrandon Taylor · 2021 · 1 honor
  10. 10Five Tuesdays in Winter: StoriesLily King · 2021 · 1 honor
  11. 11Floaters: PoemsMartín Espada · 2021 · 1 honor
  12. 12GirlhoodMelissa Febos · 2021 · 1 honor
  13. 13Goldenrod: PoemsMaggie Smith · 2021 · 1 honor
  14. 14Gordo: StoriesJaime Cortez · 2021 · 1 honor
  15. 15HoardersKate Durbin · 2021 · 1 honor
  16. 16I'm Waiting for You and Other StoriesKim Bo-young, translated by Sophie Bowman and Sung Ryu · 2021 · 1 honor
  17. 17July: PoemsKathleen Ossip · 2021 · 1 honor
  18. 18Land of Big Numbers: StoriesTe-Ping Chen · 2021 · 1 honor
  19. 19Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing: EssaysLauren Hough · 2021 · 1 honor
  20. 20Let Me Tell You What I MeanJoan Didion · 2021 · 1 honor
  21. 21Love and Other PoemsAlex Dimitrov · 2021 · 1 honor
  22. 22Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, RetoldBolu Babalola · 2021 · 1 honor
  23. 23My Monticello: FictionJocelyn Nicole Johnson · 2021 · 1 honor
  24. 24Night Rooms: EssaysGina Nutt · 2021 · 1 honor
  25. 25On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and ConstraintMaggie Nelson · 2021 · 1 honor
  26. 26On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl LibraryGlory Edim · 2021 · 1 honor
  27. 27People From My NeighborhoodHiromi Kawakami translated by Ted Goossen · 2021 · 1 honor
  28. 28Pilgrim Bell: PoemsKaveh Akbar · 2021 · 1 honor
  29. 29Playlist for the Apocalypse: PoemsRita Dove · 2021 · 1 honor
  30. 30Poet Warrior: A MemoirJoy Harjo · 2021 · 1 honor
  31. 31Pop Song: Adventures in Art and IntimacyLarissa Pham · 2021 · 1 honor
  32. 32Sea Loves Me: Selected StoriesMia Couto, translated by David Brookshaw and Eric M.B. Becker · 2021 · 1 honor
  33. 33Skinship: StoriesYoon Choi · 2021 · 1 honor
  34. 34Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be: EssaysNichole Perkins · 2021 · 1 honor
  35. 35Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to OfferRax King · 2021 · 1 honor
  36. 36That Old Country Music: StoriesKevin Barry · 2021 · 1 honor
  37. 37The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered PlanetJohn Green · 2021 · 1 honor
  38. 38The Book of Difficult Fruit: Arguments for the Tart, Tender, and Unruly (with recipes)Kate Lebo · 2021 · 1 honor
  39. 39The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's AmericaAdam Serwer · 2021 · 1 honor
  40. 40The Glass Constellation: New and Collected PoemsArthur Sze · 2021 · 1 honor
  41. 41The Most Fun Thing: Dispatches from a Skateboard LifeKyle Beachy · 2021 · 1 honor
  42. 42The Rock Eaters: StoriesBrenda Peynado · 2021 · 1 honor
  43. 43The Sunflower Cast a Spell to Save Us from the VoidJackie Wang · 2021 · 1 honor
  44. 44The Uncollected Stories of Allan GurganusAllan Gurganus · 2021 · 1 honor
  45. 45These Precious Days: EssaysAnn Patchett · 2021 · 1 honor
  46. 46Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket: StoriesHilma Wolitzer · 2021 · 1 honor
  47. 47Twice AliveForrest Gander · 2021 · 1 honor
  48. 48Walking on Cowrie Shells: StoriesNana Nkweti · 2021 · 1 honor
  49. 49We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming JusticeMariame Kaba · 2021 · 1 honor
  50. 50White Magic: EssaysElissa Washuta · 2021 · 1 honor
  51. 51Winter Recipes From the Collective: PoemsLouise Glück · 2021 · 1 honor
  52. 52Women and Other Monsters: Building a New MythologyJess Zimmerman · 2021 · 1 honor
  53. 53YearbookSeth Rogen · 2021 · 1 honor