Best Books of 2021

Book Riot's Best of 2021

The Rib King

Ladee Hubbard

from: $5.09

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Malinda Lo

from: $7.19

The Girls I've Been

Tess Sharpe

from: $4.39

The Collective

Alison Gaylin

from: $5.29

Reprieve

James Han Mattson

from: $4.89

It Happened One Summer

Tessa Bailey

from: $4.59

The Sum of Us

Heather McGhee

from: $6.39

Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres

Kelefa Sanneh

from: $5.59

Hello, Star

Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic

from: $4.39

Dial A for Aunties

Jesse Q. Sutanto

from: $6.29

Klara and the Sun

Kazuo Ishiguro

from: $6.39

The Postscript Murders

Elly Griffiths

from: $6.39

Perfect Black

Crystal Wilkinson

from: $16.35

The Love Hypothesis

Ali Hazelwood

from: $5.59

She Who Became the Sun

Shelley Parker-Chan

from: $9.79

The People We Keep

Allison Larkin

from: $6.49

The Last House on Needless Street

Catriona Ward

from: $7.69

The Prophets

Robert Jones Jr.

from: $4.29

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.