List Challenges
Movies Books Travel Food Other
Trending
New
Popular
Sign In
 Make a List Browse Lists Search Lists Leaders Help / Contact Newsletter

GQ's Best 99 Books to Read in 2021

An interesting mix of classics, award-winners, new releases (as of 2021), fiction, and non-fiction put together by the staff at GQ.
485 users · 3,070 views
 
from gq-magazine.co.uk · made by angel_vez
avg. score: 9 of 99 (9%)
required scores: 1, 3, 6, 9, 15 
type to search

How many have you read?

Page 1 of 3
Shuggie Bain (Douglas Stuart)
Shuggie Bain
1
Douglas Stuart
The Thursday Murder Club (Richard Osman)
The Thursday Murder Club
2
Richard Osman
Uncanny Valley (Anna Wiener)
Uncanny Valley
3
Anna Wiener
Where the Crawdads Sing (Delia Owens)
Where the Crawdads Sing
4
Delia Owens
Luster (Raven Leilani)
Luster
5
Raven Leilani
Girl Woman Other (Bernardine Evaristo)
Girl Woman Other
6
Bernardine Evaristo
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
7
Haruki Murakami
Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng)
Everything I Never Told You
8
Celeste Ng
Three Women (Lisa Taddeo)
Three Women
9
Lisa Taddeo
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire (Akala)
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
10
Akala
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
11
Daphne Du Maurier
The Course of Love (Alain De Botton)
The Course of Love
12
Alain De Botton
Invisible Women (Caroline Criado-Pérez)
Invisible Women
13
Caroline Criado-Pérez
The Midnight Library (Matt Haig)
The Midnight Library
14
Matt Haig
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Toshikazu Kawaguchi)
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
15
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Purple Hibiscus (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Purple Hibiscus
16
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Wolf and the Watchman (Niklas Natt Och Dag)
The Wolf and the Watchman
17
Niklas Natt Och Dag
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
18
Octavia Butler
Our Band Could Be Your Life
Our Band Could Be Your Life
19
These Truths: A History of the United States (Jill Lepore)
These Truths: A History of the United States
20
Jill Lepore
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Oyinkan Braithwaite)
My Sister, the Serial Killer
21
Oyinkan Braithwaite
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
22
Donna Tartt
Machines Like Me (Ian McEwan)
Machines Like Me
23
Ian McEwan
Say Nothing (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Say Nothing
24
Patrick Radden Keefe
Rainbow Milk (Paul Mendez)
Rainbow Milk
25
Paul Mendez
Quite (Claudia Winkleman)
Quite
26
Claudia Winkleman
The Age of Football: Soccer and the 21st Century (David Goldblatt)
The Age of Football: Soccer and the 21st Century
27
David Goldblatt
Raven Smith's Trivial Pursuits (Raven Smith)
Raven Smith's Trivial Pursuits
28
Raven Smith
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion (Jia Tolentino)
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
29
Jia Tolentino
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
30
John Updike
Vineland (Thomas Pynchon)
Vineland
31
Thomas Pynchon
Q (Luther Blissett)
Q
32
Luther Blissett
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
33
La Garçonne (Victor Marguerrite)
La Garçonne
34
Victor Marguerrite
Bluets (Maggie Nelson)
Bluets
35
Maggie Nelson
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
36
Patrick Suskind
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
37
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
A Single Man (Christopher Isherwood)
A Single Man
38
Christopher Isherwood
Girl in a Band (Kim Gordon)
Girl in a Band
39
Kim Gordon
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
40
Raymond Carver
Page 1 of 3
Click books you've read
Trending Book Lists
All Trending Book Lists
Newsletter · Help/Contact · Privacy · Copyright Claim   © 2025 App Spring, Inc. · This product uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb.
Seen It - Movies & TV 
Android & iOS
Seen It is a new app from the creators of List Challenges. You can view movies and shows in one place and filter by streaming provider, genre, release year, runtime, and rating (Rotten Tomatoes, Imdb, and/or Metacritic). Also, you can track what you've seen, want to see, like, or dislike, as well as track individual seasons or episodes of shows. In addition, you can see the most watched/liked stuff amongst your friends. Learn more at SEENIT.FUN