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Major Book Awards of 2021

This list contains books from many of the major book awards given in 2021, both winners, runners-up and shortlisted books. The awards include the following and many more: Man Booker International Prize; American Book Awards; Best Translated Book Award; Edgar Allan Poe Award; Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award; Hugo Award; Los Angeles Times Book Prize; National Book Award; National Book Critics Circle Award; Nebula Award; Newbery Medal; The New Criterion Poetry Prize; Pulitzer Prize; Women's Prize for Fiction; British Book Awards – the "Nibbies"; Orwell Prize; Baillie Gifford Prize; Somerset Maugham Award; T. S. Eliot Prize; Costa Book Awards; PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize; PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction; PEN/Open Book Award; National Outdoor Book Award; National Poetry Series; Arab American Book Award; Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature; Bancroft Prize.
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10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World (Elif Shafak)
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
Elif Shafak
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A Chronicle of Forgetting (Sebastijan Pregelj)
A Chronicle of Forgetting
Sebastijan Pregelj
3
Apeirogon (Colum McCann)
Apeirogon
Colum McCann
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Auē (Becky Manawatu)
Auē
Becky Manawatu
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Beside Myself (Sasha Marianna Salzmann)
Beside Myself
Sasha Marianna Salzmann
6
Beyond Yamashita and Percival (Shaari Isa)
Beyond Yamashita and Percival
Shaari Isa
7
Catacombs (Mary Anna Evans)
Catacombs
Mary Anna Evans
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Cilka's Journey (Heather Morris)
Cilka's Journey
Heather Morris
9
Clap When You Land (Elizabeth Acevedo)
Clap When You Land
Elizabeth Acevedo
10
Crossing (Pajtim Statovci)
Crossing
Pajtim Statovci
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Dark Mother Earth (Kristian Novak)
Dark Mother Earth
Kristian Novak
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Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo)
Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo
13
Gun Island (Amitav Ghosh)
Gun Island
Amitav Ghosh
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Homeland (Fernando Aramburu)
Homeland
Fernando Aramburu
15
Hurricane Season (Fernanda Melchor)
Hurricane Season
Fernanda Melchor
16
Inland (Téa Obreht)
Inland
Téa Obreht
17
It Would Be Night in Caracas (Karina Sainz Borgo)
It Would Be Night in Caracas
Karina Sainz Borgo
18
Mary Toft; Or, the Rabbit Queen (Dexter Palmer)
Mary Toft; Or, the Rabbit Queen
Dexter Palmer
19
Lost Children Archive (Valeria Luiselli)
Lost Children Archive
Valeria Luiselli
20
Mona in Three Acts (Griet Op De Beeck)
Mona in Three Acts
Griet Op De Beeck
21
Night. Sleep. Death. the Stars. (Joyce Carol Oates)
Night. Sleep. Death. the Stars.
Joyce Carol Oates
22
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Ocean Vuong)
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong
23
Reproduction (Ian Williams)
Reproduction
Ian Williams
24
Shadowplay (Joseph O'Connor)
Shadowplay
Joseph O'Connor
25
The Bird King (G. Willow Wilson)
The Bird King
G. Willow Wilson
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The Boy (Marcus Malte)
The Boy
Marcus Malte
27
The Cat and the City (Nick Bradley)
The Cat and the City
Nick Bradley
28
The Confessions of Frannie Langton (Sara Collins)
The Confessions of Frannie Langton
Sara Collins
29
The Ditch (Herman Koch)
The Ditch
Herman Koch
30
The Eighth Life (For Brilka) (Nino Haratischvili)
The Eighth Life (For Brilka)
Nino Haratischvili
31
The Glass Hotel (Emily St. John Mandel)
The Glass Hotel
Emily St. John Mandel
32
The Innocents (Michael Crummey)
The Innocents
Michael Crummey
33
The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead)
The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead
34
The Other Name: Septology I-II (Jon Fosse)
The Other Name: Septology I-II
Jon Fosse
35
The Pelican: A Comedy (Martin Michael Driessen)
The Pelican: A Comedy
Martin Michael Driessen
36
The Pine Islands (Marion Poschmann)
The Pine Islands
Marion Poschmann
37
The Silent Patient (Alex Michaelides)
The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides
38
The Subtweet (Vivek Shraya)
The Subtweet
Vivek Shraya
39
The Trumpet Shall Sound (Eibhear Walshe)
The Trumpet Shall Sound
Eibhear Walshe
40
The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett)
The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett
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