BEST BOOKS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED2021

MYSTERY & THRILLER

The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia

Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala

Dial A For Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Bath Haus by P.J. Vernon

SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY & HORROR

We Could Be Heroes

by Mike Chen

Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell

Children of Chicago

by Cynthia Pelayo

The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid

Fugitive Telemetry

by Martha Wells

ROMANCE

Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake

by Alexis Hall

The Charm Offensive

by Alison Cochrun

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer

The Duke Who Didn’t

by Courtney Milan

HISTORICAL FICTION

The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.

Clark and Division by Naomi Hirahara

Velvet Was the Night

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky by Margaret Verble

CONTEMPORARY FICTION

HISTORY & CURRENT EVENTS

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

Agatha of Little Neon by Claire Luchette

Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park

Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev

by Dawnie Walton

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the

Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden

Keefe

The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of

Rebellion, Courage, and Justice

by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of

England: 400-1066 by Marc Morris

Madhouse at the End of the Earth:

The Belgica’s Journey into the Dark

Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton

The Ratline: The Exalted Life and

Mysterious Death of a Nazi Fugitive by Philippe Sands

GRAPHIC NOVELS

Far Sectorby N. K. Jemisin

Djeliya: A West African Fantasy Epic

by Juni Ba

Run. Book Oneby John Lewis and

Nate Powell

BRZRKRby Keanu Reeves

Dinosaur Therapyby James Stewart

COOKBOOKS & BAKING

CELEBRITY BIOS & MEMOIRS

Cook This Bookby Molly Baz

Mooncakes and Milk Bread

by Kristina Cho

The Kitchen without Borders

by The Eat Offbeat Chefs

Baking with Dorieby Dorie Greenspan

Tables & Spreadsby Shelly Westerhausen

Worcel

Going Thereby Katie Couric

How Y’all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life

Well Livedby Leslie Jordan

You’ll Never Believe What Happened to

Laceyby Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar

This Will All Be Over Soon: A

Memoirby Cecily Strong

Trejo: My Life of Crime,

Redemption, and Hollywood

by Danny Trejo

YOUNG ADULT

The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros

BOARD & PICTURE BOOKS

KIDS FICTION (AGES 8-12)

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Are You a Cheeseburger?

by Monica Arnaldo

Aaron Slater, Illustrator

by Andrea Beaty

Jungle Night by Sandra Boynton

(downloadable soundtrack by Yo Yo Ma)

Be a Tree! by Maria Gianferrari

Eyes That Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho

Cuba in My Pocket by Adrianna Cuevas

Allergic: A Graphic Novelby Megan Wagner

Lloyd

Better with Butter by Victoria Piontek

How to Win a Slime War

by Mae Respicio

Barakah Beats by Maleeha Siddiqui

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