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Chicago Public Library's Best Books of 2021 for Adults

Chicago Public Library recommends these titles as the best books published in 2021. Chosen by the librarians of the Chicago Public Library.
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Act Your Age, Eve Brown (Talia Hibbert)
Act Your Age, Eve Brown (Talia Hibbert)
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Acts of Desperation (Megan Nolan)
Acts of Desperation (Megan Nolan)
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Afterparties: Stories (Anthony Veasna So)
Afterparties: Stories (Anthony Veasna So)
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All That She Carried (Tiya Miles)
All That She Carried (Tiya Miles)
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American Made: What Happens to People When Work Disappears (Farah Stockman)
American Made: What Happens to People When Work Disappears (Farah Stockman)
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The Anthropocene Reviewed (John Green)
The Anthropocene Reviewed (John Green)
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Beautiful Country (Qian Julie Wang)
Beautiful Country (Qian Julie Wang)
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Beautiful World, Where Are You (Sally Rooney)
Beautiful World, Where Are You (Sally Rooney)
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Bewilderment (Richard Powers)
Bewilderment (Richard Powers)
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The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song (Henry Louis Gates, Jr.)
The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song (Henry Louis Gates, Jr.)
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Bombshell (Sarah MacLean)
Bombshell (Sarah MacLean)
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Chasing Me to My Grave (Winfred Rembert)
Chasing Me to My Grave (Winfred Rembert)
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Chasing the Boogeyman (Richard Chizmar)
Chasing the Boogeyman (Richard Chizmar)
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Children of Chicago (Cynthia Pelayo)
Children of Chicago (Cynthia Pelayo)
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The Chosen and the Beautiful (Nghi Vo)
The Chosen and the Beautiful (Nghi Vo)
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Clark and Division (Naomi Hirahara)
Clark and Division (Naomi Hirahara)
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Cloud Cuckoo Land (Anthony Doerr)
Cloud Cuckoo Land (Anthony Doerr)
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Crying in H Mart: A Memoir (Michelle Zauner)
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir (Michelle Zauner)
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Damnation Spring (Ash Davidson)
Damnation Spring (Ash Davidson)
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The Dangers of Smoking in Bed (Mariana Enríquez)
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed (Mariana Enríquez)
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Detransition, Baby (Torrey Peters)
Detransition, Baby (Torrey Peters)
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The Echo Wife (Sarah Gailey)
The Echo Wife (Sarah Gailey)
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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Patrick Radden Keefe)
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Fake Accounts (Lauren Oyler)
Fake Accounts (Lauren Oyler)
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Filthy Animals (Brandon Taylor)
Filthy Animals (Brandon Taylor)
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The Final Revival of Opal & Nev (Dawnie Walton)
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev (Dawnie Walton)
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The Five Wounds (Kirstin Valdez Quade)
The Five Wounds (Kirstin Valdez Quade)
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Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law (Mary Roach)
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law (Mary Roach)
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A Ghost in the Throat (Doireann Ní Ghríofa)
A Ghost in the Throat (Doireann Ní Ghríofa)
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Girlhood (Melissa Febos)
Girlhood (Melissa Febos)
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Great Circle (Maggie Shipstead)
Great Circle (Maggie Shipstead)
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The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice (Scott Ellsworth)
The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice (Scott Ellsworth)
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Harlem Shuffle (Colson Whitehead)
Harlem Shuffle (Colson Whitehead)
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Hell of a Book (Jason Mott)
Hell of a Book (Jason Mott)
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The Hospital: Life, Death, and Dollars in a Small American Town (Brian Alexander)
The Hospital: Life, Death, and Dollars in a Small American Town (Brian Alexander)
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How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America (Clint Smith)
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America (Clint Smith)
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I Love You but I've Chosen Darkness (Claire Vaye Watkins)
I Love You but I've Chosen Darkness (Claire Vaye Watkins)
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Infinite Country (Patricia Engel)
Infinite Country (Patricia Engel)
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Intimacies (Katie Kitamura)
Intimacies (Katie Kitamura)
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KING RICHARD: Nixon and Watergate: An American Tragedy (Michael Dobbs)
KING RICHARD: Nixon and Watergate: An American Tragedy (Michael Dobbs)
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