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
by Brit Bennett
8,052 members
290 reviews
4.1
3 Members
sturlington, elkiedee, kara.shamy
2
Hamnet
by Maggie O'Farrell
6,828 members
307 reviews
4.2
3 Members
sturlington, elkiedee, kara.shamy
3
Little Eyes
by Samanta Schweblin
779 members
38 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
4
Piranesi
by Susanna Clarke
9,377 members
403 reviews
4.2
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
5
Shuggie Bain
by Douglas Stuart
3,719 members
155 reviews
4.2
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
6
Deacon King Kong
by James McBride
2,199 members
111 reviews
4.2
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
7
Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace
by Carl Safina
223 members
14 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
8
Leave the World Behind
by Rumaan Alam
3,257 members
161 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
sturlington
9
Breasts and Eggs
by Mieko Kawakami
1,563 members
37 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
10
Run Me to Earth
by Paul Yoon
256 members
19 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
11
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
by Isabel Wilkerson
6,239 members
198 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
sturlington
12
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
by Robert Kolker
2,065 members
104 reviews
4.2
Member
sturlington
13
The Office of Historical Corrections: A Novella and Stories
by Danielle Evans
999 members
31 reviews
4.1
Member
sturlington
14
Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir
by Natasha Trethewey
700 members
38 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
sturlington
15
Postcolonial Love Poem
by Natalie Diaz
544 members
16 reviews
4.2
Member
sturlington
16
Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
by David Zucchino
492 members
12 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
sturlington
17
Just Us: An American Conversation
by Claudia Rankine
421 members
7 reviews
4.1
Member
sturlington
18
Temporary
by Hilary Leichter
344 members
18 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
sturlington
19
We Have Been Harmonised: Life in China's Surveillance State
by Kai Strittmatter
227 members
3 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
sturlington
20
Children of the Land: A Memoir
by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
216 members
6 reviews
3.2
Member
sturlington
21
A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom
by Brittany K. Barnett
199 members
8 reviews
½ 4.5
Member
sturlington
22
Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West
by Lauren Redniss
199 members
3 reviews
4
Member
sturlington
23
Carville's Cure: Leprosy, Stigma, and the Fight for Justice
by Pam Fessler
59 members
1 review
½ 4.5
Member
sturlington
24
Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry
by John Murillo
33 members
1 review
½ 4.6
Member
sturlington