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Sweetbitter by Stephanie DanlerA Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum
Popsugar 2021 #23 - A book with Something Broken on the Cover
188 books — 205 voters
Come as You Are by Emily NagoskiPompeii by Robert Harris
Popsugar 2021 #17 - A Book that has the Same Title as a Song
445 books — 282 voters

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
Popsugar 2021 #27 - A Book about Do-Overs or Fresh Starts
214 books — 265 voters
TransAtlantic by Colum McCannRed at the Bone by Jacqueline WoodsonEmpire of Wild by Cherie DimalineThe New Wilderness by Diane Cook
Popsugar 2021 #33 - A Book Featuring Three Generations
218 books — 251 voters

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggSweetbitter by Stephanie Danler
Popsugar 2021 #14 - A Book Set in a Restaurant
160 books — 245 voters
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth RussellShuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
Popsugar 2021 #15 - A Book with a black and white cover
447 books — 303 voters

The New Wilderness by Diane CookMy Absolute Darling by Gabriel TallentThe Forest Lover by Susan VreelandPilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie DillardThe Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Popsugar 2021 #22 - A Book Set Mostly or Entirely Outdoors
392 books — 321 voters
Come as You Are by Emily Nagoski
Popsugar 2021 #19 - A Book that Discusses Body Positivity
117 books — 203 voters

The Vanishing Half by Brit BennettStamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. KendiCaste by Isabel Wilkerson
Popsugar 2021 #34 - A Book About a Social Justice Issue
321 books — 226 voters
Men to Avoid in Art and Life by Nicole TersigniBecoming Duchess Goldblatt by Duchess Goldblatt
Popsugar 2021 #31 A Book by a Blogger, Vlogger, YouTuber, or Other Online Personality
289 books — 276 voters

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Popsugar 2021 #21 - A Genre Hybrid
181 books — 232 voters
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Multigenerational Novels
80 books — 32 voters

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
Best of Outdoor Literature
241 books — 74 voters
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John MandelA Ladder to the Sky by John BoyneThe Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Popsugar 2021 #29 - A Book Set in Multiple Countries
364 books — 231 voters

Hidden Valley Road by Robert KolkerThe Mirror & the Light by Hilary MantelWolf Hall by Hilary MantelStalin’s Daughter by Rosemary Sullivan
Popsugar 2021 #9 - A Book with a Family Tree
162 books — 263 voters
The Buried Giant by Kazuo IshiguroThe Memory Police by Yōko OgawaThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Popsugar 2021 #11 - A Book About Forgetting
156 books — 302 voters

How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam ZhangThe Bass Rock by Evie Wyld
Popsugar 2021 #6 - A Book with a Gem, Mineral, or Rock in the Title
380 books — 285 voters
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
Popsugar 2021 #13 - A Locked Room Mystery
101 books — 243 voters

Wild Swans by Jung Chang
Popsugar 2021 #10 - A Bestseller from the 1990s
231 books — 203 voters
Bunny by Mona AwadSweet Days of Discipline by Fleur Jaeggy
Popsugar 2021 #5 - A Dark Academia Book
139 books — 388 voters

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers SolomonHow Long 'til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin
Popsugar 2021 #2 - An Afrofuturist Book
119 books — 175 voters
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart TurtonTrick Mirror by Jia Tolentino
Popsugar 2021 #3 - A Book with Heart, Diamond, Club, or Spade on the Cover
313 books — 257 voters

Deacon King Kong by James McBrideA Children's Bible by Lydia MilletThe Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke EmeziDjinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa AnapparaHamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
The 2021 Tournament of Books Longlist
77 books — 31 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasKristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid UndsetThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettAngle of Repose by Wallace StegnerThe Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
[ATY 2021] - Long Books
283 books — 59 voters

Moloka'i by Alan BrennertThe Inheritance of Loss by Kiran DesaiEvidence of Things Unseen by Marianne WigginsBitter Orange by Claire Fuller
[ATY 2021) - Flowers/Greenery on Cover
373 books — 85 voters
The Summer Book by Tove JanssonAutumn by Ali SmithWinter by Ali SmithSpring by Ali SmithThe Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
[ATY 2021] - Books By The Season
405 books — 71 voters

Tin Man by Sarah WinmanWe Ride Upon Sticks by Quan BarryHome Fire by Kamila ShamsieDoctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
[ATY 2021] - Love Story
230 books — 107 voters
The Dovekeepers by Alice HoffmanFlight Behaviour by Barbara KingsolverThe Institute by Stephen KingKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiKilling Commendatore by Haruki Murakami
[ATY 2021] - Author with 21-Year Career
349 books — 64 voters