Books · 2021
A Year of Reflective Masterpieces and Big Ideas
In 2021, readers emerging from global isolation sought solace in grand speculative visions, deeply personal memoirs, and sweepingly ambitious historical fiction. From Nobel laureates examining artificial consciousness to sweeping retellings of human history, literature proved essential for navigating a changing world.
- Kazuo Ishiguro · Sci-Fi · Award-Winning
Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro's first novel since winning the Nobel Prize explores love, morality, and human connection through the eyes of an observant Artificial Friend.
- Andy Weir · Sci-Fi · Bestseller
Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir's propulsive space-survival adventure follows a lone astronaut attempting to save Earth alongside an unexpected alien ally.
- Sally Rooney · Fiction · Bestseller
Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally Rooney captures the existential anxieties and intimate romantic entanglements of young intellectuals confronting an uncertain future.
- D. Graeber & D. Wengrow · Non-Fiction
The Dawn of Everything
This landmark re-examination of human history fundamentally challenges traditional narratives about early civilisations, inequality, and the origins of social freedom.
- Colson Whitehead · Crime · Bestseller
Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead crafts a brilliant, atmospheric 1960s heist novel exploring race, family, and survival in Harlem.
- Anthony Doerr · Fiction · Bestseller
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr weaves together five interconnected stories spanning past, present, and future around a forgotten ancient Greek text.
- Amor Towles · Fiction · Bestseller
The Lincoln Highway
Amor Towles delivers a vibrant 1950s American road-trip novel following four young men seeking a fresh start over ten eventful days.
- Lauren Groff · Fiction · Award-Winning
Matrix
Lauren Groff presents a poetic and visionary historical portrait of Marie de France as she transforms an impoverished 12th-century abbey into a thriving sanctuary.
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