by Daniela Elizarraras Acitores

Here are just a few of the most exciting books of 2021. Add your recommendations in the comments below…and be sure to shop independent if you can!

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

PUB DATE: May 27, 2021

New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is making a fast return.  After nearly two years since her last novel got released, Taylor Jenkins Reid is making our quarantine period a bit more exciting with her new novel coming out.  

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Sunflower Sisters: A Novel by Martha Hall Kelly

PUB DATE: March 30, 2021

After selling over a million copies of Lilac Girls, a novel about an American philanthropist who helped young girls be released from Ravensbruck concentration camp.  A heartbreaking story incredibly well written, that left us wanting more of Martha’s magic…the waiting is soon to be over.  Sunflower Sisters will be her third book, all based on true events- like her past novels, this third book promises an emotional journey, but one that cannot be missed. 

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The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.

PUB DATE: January 5, 2021

After reading James Baldwin’s 1985 essay, which included topics such as sexuality, hyper-masculinity, and racialized violence, Robert Jones Jr. felt relief and with that seed he created his first novel The Prophets.  It might be his first book but it fast became a New York Times Instant Bestselling novel.  The Prophets is said to be a deeply profound, unsettling, but moving story rotating around a forbidden union between two enslaved young men and the shattering but poetic story they created.  

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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give A Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George Saunders 

PUB DATE: January 12, 2021

After twenty years of teaching, New York Times Bestseller and Booker Prize winner, George Saunders is sharing with us what he and his students have discovered over the years.  This book will take the reader on an exploration of great writing but also it will take one inside the mind of a brilliant writer.  Glennon Doyle, author of Untamed, has been reading Sauders’s masterpiece nonstop and called it exceptional reading.  

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The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth

PUB DATE: April 13, 2021

Goodreads announced The Good Sister to be one of the “Most Anticipated Books of 2021” and “The Big Mysteries and Thrillers of 2021.”  After her very entertaining and twisty novel The-Mother-in-Law Sally is making a return with her psychological thriller/ domestic drama about two twin sisters who seem perfect on the outside but what is perfect always breaks.  

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The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

PUB DATE: June 1, 2021

The Other Black Girl seems like what everyone has been waiting for, it was named the most anticipated book of 2021 by The Washington Post, Harper’s Bazaar, Goodreads, and about seven other sources.  A novel about the tension between two young Black women in the publishing industry, described to be “shars as a knife.”

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The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

PUB DATE: January 27, 2021

A very busy year for the brilliant Kristin Hannah.  Author of twenty four books, including two that are being turned into screen productions this year: Firefly Lane, release date February 3, and The Nightingale, December 22.  With a busy schedule her new book The Four Winds is a testament of hope, a deeply moving story about the strength and bond between a mother and daughter.  Delia Owens, author of Where The Crawdads Sing stated that this novel is, “Powerful and compelling.”  

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Klara and The Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro 

PUB DATE: March 2, 2021

Kazuo Ishiguro, the meticulous author of The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go, which were both made into acclaimed films and have each sold more than two million copies, is publishing a new novel this year.  Klara and the Sun, is the first publication by Kazuo Ishiguro since he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.  It is said to be a thrilling feat of world-building, and a heartbreaking novel of tenderness and humanity. 

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For our YA lovers!

A Pho Love Story by Loan Le

PUB DATE: February 9, 2021

Loan Le might be a newbie at writing novels, this being her first one, but as she works in the publishing world she knows what she’s doing.  Le’s novel has reached many Most Anticipated 2021 Books lists and it seems like it is a book worth keeping an eye out for.  A romcom in which two Vietnamese-American teens fall in love but must navigate their new relationship and families’ feud.    

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Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado

PUB DATE: February 2, 2021

Crystal’s debut novel, but a powerful one.  A sensitive, funny, and painful coming-of-age story, which focuses on social issues and has been the book many readers have been waiting for.  Mason Deaver,  bestselling author of I Wish You All the Best praised this bool as: “This book feels like your best friend giving you a hug—it’s warm and sweet and healing.”

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