The Best Books of 2021: History
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The best history volumes published by popular presses, academic presses, and specialty presses this year challenge the status quo.
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The Best Books of 2021: Nature
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The best of nature writing in 2021 provided a guaranteed refuge from all the ills of the world.
Read MoreThe Best Books of 2021: Science
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Science has been proven to be a tremendously important topic—here are the best of a very fine crop.
Read MoreThe Best Books of 2021: Historical Fiction
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This year saw a slew of first-rate historical novels, and these were the best of them.
Read MoreThe Best Books of 2021: Thrillers
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Readers, whose nerves were probably already on the ragged edge, could still enjoy these thrillers.
Read MoreThe Best Books of 2021: SFF!
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How can new novels about parallel dimensions, steadily-complicating AI, hostile alien hellscapes, and most of all deadly society-altering pandemics compete with the real world in 2021? The novels on this list rose to the challenge.
Read MoreThe Best Books of 2021: Mystery!
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Will the grim news out in the real world sap the enjoyment from the pages of invented murder and mayhem? Not with these Best Mysteries of 2021!
Read MoreThe Best Books of 2021: Romance!
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Turning to romance novels for some consequence-free enjoyment will not disappoint, especially if you choose one of these Best Romances of 2021.
Read MoreThe Best Books of 2021: Literature in Translation!
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This year’s list of best translations includes new voices in contemporary fiction from around the world, as well as established classics re-rendered for today’s readers.
Read MoreThe Best Books of 2021: Debut Fiction!
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What happens when every author in the world gets the endless amounts of free time they're always whining about? Some great debut fiction!
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