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  1. 1No One Is Talking About This: A NovelPatricia Lockwood · 2021 · 2 honors
  2. 2A Calling for Charlie Barnes: A NovelJoshua Ferris · 2021 · 1 honor
  3. 3A Lot Like AdiósAlexis Daria · 2021 · 1 honor
  4. 4A Passage North: A NovelAnuk Arudpragasam · 2021 · 1 honor
  5. 5A Thousand ShipsNatalie Haynes · 2021 · 1 honor
  6. 6Abundance: A NovelJakob Guanzon · 2021 · 1 honor
  7. 7Accidentally EngagedFarah Heron · 2021 · 1 honor
  8. 8Act Your Age, Eve Brown: A NovelTalia Hibbert · 2021 · 1 honor
  9. 9All the Feels: A NovelOlivia Dade · 2021 · 1 honor
  10. 10American Delirium: A NovelBetina González, translated by Heather Cleary · 2021 · 1 honor
  11. 11Beautiful World, Where Are You: A NovelSally Rooney · 2021 · 1 honor
  12. 12China Room: A NovelSunjeev Sahota · 2021 · 1 honor
  13. 13Crossroads: A NovelJonathan Franzen · 2021 · 1 honor
  14. 14Darryl: A NovelJackie Ess · 2021 · 1 honor
  15. 15Dear Miss Metropolitan: A NovelCarolyn Ferrell · 2021 · 1 honor
  16. 16Detransition Baby: A NovelTorrey Peters · 2021 · 1 honor
  17. 17Edge Case: A NovelYZ Chin · 2021 · 1 honor
  18. 18Fight Night: A NovelMiriam Toews · 2021 · 1 honor
  19. 19First Comes Like: A NovelAlisha Rai · 2021 · 1 honor
  20. 20Ghosts: A NovelDolly Alderton · 2021 · 1 honor
  21. 21Gold Diggers: A NovelSanjena Sathian · 2021 · 1 honor
  22. 22Great Circle: A NovelMaggie Shipstead · 2021 · 1 honor
  23. 23Happy Hour: A NovelMarlowe Granados · 2021 · 1 honor
  24. 24Hard Like WaterYan Lianke, translated by Carlos Rojas · 2021 · 1 honor
  25. 25Honey GirlMorgan Rogers · 2021 · 1 honor
  26. 26How Beautiful We WereImbolo Mbue · 2021 · 1 honor
  27. 27I Love You but I've Chosen Darkness: A NovelClaire Vaye Watkins · 2021 · 1 honor
  28. 28In the Country of Others: A NovelLeila Slimani · 2021 · 1 honor
  29. 29IntimaciesKatie Kitamura · 2021 · 1 honor
  30. 30Island Queen: A NovelVanessa Riley · 2021 · 1 honor
  31. 31Light Perpetual: A NovelFrancis Spufford · 2021 · 1 honor
  32. 32Martita, I Remember You / Martita, Te Recuerdo: A Story in English and SpanishSandra Cisneros · 2021 · 1 honor
  33. 33Mary Jane: A NovelJessica Anya Blau · 2021 · 1 honor
  34. 34Matrix: A NovelLauren Groff · 2021 · 1 honor
  35. 35Monkey Boy: A NovelFrancisco Goldman · 2021 · 1 honor
  36. 36Monster in the Middle: A NovelTiphanie Yanique · 2021 · 1 honor
  37. 37My Brilliant Life: A NovelAe-ran Kim, translated by Chi-Young Kim · 2021 · 1 honor
  38. 38Night Came With Many Stars: A NovelSimon Van Booy · 2021 · 1 honor
  39. 39Nives: A NovelSacha Naspini · 2021 · 1 honor
  40. 40Oh William!: A NovelElizabeth Strout · 2021 · 1 honor
  41. 41One Last Stop: A NovelCasey McQuiston · 2021 · 1 honor
  42. 42Outlawed: A NovelAnna North · 2021 · 1 honor
  43. 43People We Meet on VacationEmily Henry · 2021 · 1 honor
  44. 44Radha & Jai’s Recipe for RomanceNisha Sharma · 2021 · 1 honor
  45. 45Ramadan Ramsey: A NovelLouis Edwards · 2021 · 1 honor
  46. 46Red Island House: A NovelAndrea Lee · 2021 · 1 honor
  47. 47Seven Days in June: A NovelTia Williams · 2021 · 1 honor
  48. 48Silent Winds, Dry Seas: A NovelVinod Busjeet · 2021 · 1 honor
  49. 49Small Things Like TheseClaire Keegan · 2021 · 1 honor
  50. 50SummerwaterSarah Moss · 2021 · 1 honor
  51. 51The Chosen and the BeautifulNghi Vo · 2021 · 1 honor
  52. 52The City of Good Death: A NovelPriyanka Champaneri · 2021 · 1 honor
  53. 53The Dating PlaybookFarrah Rochon · 2021 · 1 honor
  54. 54The Ex Talk: A NovelRachel Lynn Solomon · 2021 · 1 honor
  55. 55The Final Revival of Opal and NevDawnie Walton · 2021 · 1 honor
  56. 56The Five Wounds: A NovelKristin Valdez Quade · 2021 · 1 honor
  57. 57The Guncle: A NovelSteven Rowley · 2021 · 1 honor
  58. 58The Heart Principle: A NovelHelen Hoang · 2021 · 1 honor
  59. 59The Liar's Dictionary: A NovelEley Williams · 2021 · 1 honor
  60. 60The Life of the Mind: A NovelChristine Smallwood · 2021 · 1 honor
  61. 61The Lincoln Highway: A NovelAmor Towles · 2021 · 1 honor
  62. 62The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du BoisHonorée Fanonne Jeffers · 2021 · 1 honor
  63. 63The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois: A NovelHonorée Fannone Jeffers · 2021 · 1 honor
  64. 64The Magician: A NovelColm Tóibín · 2021 · 1 honor
  65. 65The Paper Palace: A NovelMiranda Cowley Heller · 2021 · 1 honor
  66. 66The Personal Librarian: A NovelMarie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray · 2021 · 1 honor
  67. 67The Prophets: A NovelRobert Jones, Jr. · 2021 · 1 honor
  68. 68The Startup Wife: A NovelTahmima Anam · 2021 · 1 honor
  69. 69The Sweetness of Water: A NovelNathan Harris · 2021 · 1 honor
  70. 70The Twilight Zone: A NovelNona Fernández, translated by Natasha Wimmer · 2021 · 1 honor
  71. 71Trust: A NovelDomenico Starnone, translated by Jhumpa Lahiri · 2021 · 1 honor
  72. 72What Storm, What ThunderMyriam J.A. Chancy · 2021 · 1 honor
  73. 73What Strange Paradise: A NovelOmar El Akkad · 2021 · 1 honor
  74. 74When We Cease to Understand the WorldBenjamín Labatut · 2021 · 1 honor
  75. 75While We Were DatingJasmine Guillory · 2021 · 1 honor
  76. 76Wild Rain: Women Who DareBeverly Jenkins · 2021 · 1 honor
  77. 77Win Me Something: A NovelKyle Lucia Wu · 2021 · 1 honor
  78. 78Yellow Wife: A NovelSadeqa Johnson · 2021 · 1 honor
  79. 79Zorrie: A NovelLaird Hunt · 2021 · 1 honor