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Best Books of 2021

ThriftBooks's Best

Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Best Books of 2020

Book Riot's Best of 2021

Book Riot's Best of 2021

ThriftBooks's Best

Literature

Children's

Teen & YA

Romance

Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Nonfiction

Best Books of 2020

Book Riot's Best of 2021

Book Riot's Best of 2021

Literature

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Cloud Cuckoo Land

from $5.69

Colson Whitehead

from $4.49

Robert Jones Jr.

from $4.79

Crossroads: A Novel

Crossroads: A Novel

Jonathan Franzen

from $4.89

Afterparties: Stories

Afterparties: Stories

Anthony Veasna So

from $4.39

The Sentence: A Novel

The Sentence: A Novel

from $4.49

The Lincoln Highway

The Lincoln Highway

from $4.99

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

from $7.29

from $4.39

Beautiful World, Where Are You

Beautiful World, Where Are You

from $4.99

Children's

Big Shot (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 16)

Big Shot (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 16)

from $5.99

Milo Imagines the World

Milo Imagines the World

Matt de la Peña

from $4.89

The Beatryce Prophecy

The Beatryce Prophecy

from $5.59

from $10.39

from $4.99

The Longest Storm

The Longest Storm

from $5.89

Amari and the Night Brothers

Amari and the Night Brothers

from $4.59

Stuntboy, in the Meantime

Stuntboy, in the Meantime

from $4.59

Teen & YA

Firekeeper's Daughter

Firekeeper's Daughter

Angeline Boulley

from $7.89

A Snake Falls to Earth

A Snake Falls to Earth

Darcie Little Badger

from $7.39

from $7.39

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

from $6.39

The Mary Shelley Club

The Mary Shelley Club

Goldy Moldavsky

from $4.19

Cassandra Clare

from $11.09

Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet

Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet

Laekan Zea Kemp

from $4.69

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

from $5.69

from $5.19

The Box in the Woods

The Box in the Woods

Maureen Johnson

from $6.09

Romance

It Happened One Summer

It Happened One Summer

from $5.89

A Lot Like Adios

A Lot Like Adios

from $4.89

People We Meet on Vacation

People We Meet on Vacation

from $7.29

The Heart Principle

The Heart Principle

from $4.59

Seven Days in June

Seven Days in June

from $6.99

from $12.86

Casey McQuiston

from $5.39

from $3.59

While We Were Dating

While We Were Dating

Jasmine Guillory

from $3.99

from $15.74

Mystery, Thriller, & Suspense

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed: Stories

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed: Stories

Mariana Enríquez

from $13.29

from $4.59

The Last Thing He Told Me

The Last Thing He Told Me

from $4.19

The Madness of Crowds

The Madness of Crowds

from $4.29

Anthony Horowitz

from $4.79

This Thing Between Us: A Novel

This Thing Between Us: A Novel

from $15.12

The Other Black Girl

The Other Black Girl

Zakiya Dalila Harris

from $4.39

Razorblade Tears

Razorblade Tears

from $6.59

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Klara and the Sun

Klara and the Sun

from $5.89

The Jasmine Throne

The Jasmine Throne

from $16.95

from $8.29

Light from Uncommon Stars

Light from Uncommon Stars

from $8.39

A Master of Djinn

A Master of Djinn

P. Djèlí Clark

from $8.49

Project Hail Mary

Project Hail Mary

from $9.99

from $6.69

from $16.37

Under the Whispering Door

Under the Whispering Door

from $11.09

The Last Graduate

The Last Graduate

from $15.12

Nonfiction

Crying in H Mart

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

from $5.79

Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres

Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres

from $7.19

The Secret to Superhuman Strength

The Secret to Superhuman Strength

from $7.59

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

from $6.69

These Precious Days: Essays

These Precious Days: Essays

from $5.99

Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know

Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know

from $9.39

Somebody's Daughter

Somebody's Daughter

from $4.69

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Patrick Radden Keefe

from $8.29

Let Me Tell You What I Mean

Let Me Tell You What I Mean

from $7.79

The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

Malcolm Gladwell

from $4.29

Book Riot's Best of 2021

The Rib King

Ladee Hubbard

from: $5.09

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Malinda Lo

from: $6.39

The Girls I've Been

Tess Sharpe

from: $5.29

The Collective

Alison Gaylin

from: $4.89

Reprieve

James Han Mattson

from: $4.89

It Happened One Summer

Tessa Bailey

from: $5.89

The Sum of Us

Heather McGhee

from: $5.09

Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres

Kelefa Sanneh

from: $7.19

Hello, Star

Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic

from: $4.19

Dial A for Aunties

Jesse Q. Sutanto

from: $6.09

Klara and the Sun

Kazuo Ishiguro

from: $5.89

The Postscript Murders

Elly Griffiths

from: $6.99

Perfect Black

Crystal Wilkinson

from: $9.09

The Love Hypothesis

Ali Hazelwood

from: $6.39

She Who Became the Sun

Shelley Parker-Chan

from: $9.19

The People We Keep

Allison Larkin

from: $6.59

The Last House on Needless Street

Catriona Ward

from: $13.39

The Prophets

Robert Jones Jr.

from: $4.79

A Lot Like Adios

A Lot Like Adios

Alexis Daria

from: $4.89

The Crystal Kingdom

The Crystal Kingdom

Justin McElroy

from: $8.09

Yearbook

Seth Rogen

from: $4.79

Cultish

Amanda Montell

from: $22.05

Amari and the Night Brothers

Amari and the Night Brothers

B.B. Alston

from: $4.59

Afterparties: Stories

Afterparties: Stories

Anthony Veasna So

from: $4.39

The Way She Feels

The Way She Feels

Courtney Cook

from: $8.99

Arsenic and Adobo

Arsenic and Adobo

Mia P. Manansala

from: $8.09

American Betiya

American Betiya

Anuradha D. Rajurkar

from: $5.09

Jenny Mei Is Sad

Jenny Mei Is Sad

Tracy Subisak

from: $4.39

We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice

We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice

Mariame Kaba

from: $6.89

Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself

Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself

Nedra Glover Tawwab

from: $15.89

Winter's Orbit

Everina Maxwell

from: $5.59

A Master of Djinn

A Master of Djinn

P. Djèlí Clark

from: $8.49

The Heart Principle

The Heart Principle

Helen Hoang

from: $4.59

The Wrong End of the Telescope

The Wrong End of the Telescope

Rabih Alameddine

from: $6.49

Best Laid Plans

Best Laid Plans

Roan Parrish

from: $5.29

Mary Jane

Jessica Anya Blau

from: $6.39

How to Find a Princess

How to Find a Princess

Alyssa Cole

from: $5.09

With this year finally coming to a close, let's look back at the best books of the year so that you can stock up on what you missed. Check out the best literature, Children's books, Teen & YA, Romance, Mystery & Suspense, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, and Nonfiction books of 2021.

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