# The Guardian's best books of 2021

15 books from The Guardian's selection of the best of 2021.

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- Dec 17, 2021 · Grzegorz Nowak
- https://even.best/en/l/1781/the-guardian-s-best-books-of-2021

## Top 15

1. **Beautiful World, Where Are You — Sally Rooney** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picked by The Guardian.
2. **The Books of Jacob — Olga Tokarczuk** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picked by The Guardian.
3. **Crossroads — Jonathan Franzen** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picked by The Guardian.
4. **Klara and the Sun — Kazuo Ishiguro** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picked by The Guardian.
5. **Palmares — Gayl Jones** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picked by The Guardian.
6. **The Women of Troy — Pat Barker** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picked by The Guardian.
7. **Oh William! — Elizabeth Strout** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picked by The Guardian.
8. **The Book of Form and Emptiness — Ruth Ozeki** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picked by The Guardian.
9. **The Magician — Colm Tóibín** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picked by The Guardian.
10. **Harlem Shuffle — Colson Whitehead** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picked by The Guardian.
11. **Painting Time — Maylis de Kerangal** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picked by The Guardian.
12. **Treacle Walker — Alan Garner** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picked by The Guardian.
13. **Cloud Cuckoo Land — Anthony Doerr** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picked by The Guardian.
14. **A Shock — Keith Ridgway** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picked by The Guardian.
15. **The Promise — Damon Galgut** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picked by The Guardian.

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