The Ten Best Books I Read in 2021
(alphabetically by author, and regardless of when they were published)
Brief Lives of Idiots by Ermanno Cavazzoni
The City of Belgium by Brecht Evens
Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge
Matrix by Lauren Groff
Luster by Raven Leilani
The Body Scout by Lincoln Michel
The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century by Olga Ravn
Shallow-Water Dictionary: A Grounding in Estuary English by John R. Stilgoe
The Memory Theater by Karin Tidbeck
Faithful Ruslan by Georgi Vladimov