# The Atlantic's best books of 2021

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

- 5 votes · 15 items
- Feb 3, 2022 · Sakura Ikeda
- https://even.best/en/l/1825/the-atlantic-s-best-books-of-2021

## Top 15

1. **Always Crashing in the Same Car — Matthew Specktor** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Picked by The Atlantic.
2. **Afterparties — Anthony Veasna So** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Picked by The Atlantic.
3. **Excavate! — Tessa Norton & Bob Stanley** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Picked by The Atlantic.
4. **Klara and the Sun — Kazuo Ishiguro** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Picked by The Atlantic.
5. **Empire of Pain — Patrick Radden Keefe** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Picked by The Atlantic.
6. **Assembly — Natasha Brown** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picked by The Atlantic.
7. **Intimacies — Katie Kitamura** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picked by The Atlantic.
8. **The Right to Sex — Amia Srinivasan** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picked by The Atlantic.
9. **Harrow — Joy Williams** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picked by The Atlantic.
10. **Being a Human — Charles Foster** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picked by The Atlantic.
11. **All That She Carried — Tiya Miles** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picked by The Atlantic.
12. **Nervous System — Lina Meruane** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picked by The Atlantic.
13. **What Noise Against the Cane — Desiree C. Bailey** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picked by The Atlantic.
14. **Detransition, Baby — Torrey Peters** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picked by The Atlantic.
15. **Crying in H Mart — Michelle Zauner** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picked by The Atlantic.

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