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October 24, 2021

Online "Best of 2021" Book Lists (I - Z)

For the fourteenth straight year, I am aggregating every online year-end book list I find in this post. As the lists appear online, I will add them to this master list, updating regularly.

Please feel free to e-mail me with a magazine, newspaper, or other online list I have missed.

Daily updates to the master list of online "best books of 2021" lists.

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I Will Dare (best books)
I'm All Booked Up (favorite YA books)
Iain Dale (top books)
Ian Sales (best books)
If Books Could Kill (engrossing book club books)
iHorror (top horror books)
Imagination Soup (best chapter and middle grade books)
Imagination Soup (best nonfiction books)
Imagination Soup (best picture books)
In Media Res (top books)
Independent (best books)
Indigo (best books)
Indigo (best books in French)
Indigo (best cookbooks)
Indigo (best fiction)
Indigo (best kids' books)
Indigo (best non-fiction)
Indigo (best self-help books)
Indigo (best teen books)
The Interrobang (best books authored by a comedian)
Irish Central (best Irish books)
Irish Times (best books)
Irish Times (best poetry books)
Irish Times (sports books)
It Could Be Worse (favorite memoirs)
It's Just a Coffee Addicted Bibliophile (best debut books)
It's Just That Cz (top books)

J. Eric Smith (best books)
Jack's Bedtime Reading (favourite books)
James Petzke (best books)
James Schannep (best books)
Jamie Ivey (best books)
Jeffrey Reads (best books)
Jennifer L. Armentrout (favorite books)
Jenny in Neverland (best books)
Jerusalem Post (best books)
The Jessica Show (best crime books)
Jesus Musings (best books)
Jill Witty (favorite books)
Jill's Book Blog (best books)
JJA News (best books on jazz and jazz-adjacent topics)
Joe Hill (favorite books)
John Leguizamo (favorite books)
Joyana Peters (best historical fiction)
Joyfully Jay (best books)
Joyfully Jay - Michelle (best books)
Judefire33 (best books)
Julia Lawrinson (best books)
Julie Calcote (best and worst fiction books)
Junkyard Wisdom (favorite books)
The Just Group UK (finest books)

K With Books Blog (most surprising books)
Kalamazoo Public Library (top books)
Kansas City Library (best books)
Karen Kaletka (favorite books)
Katherine Harbour (favorite fantasy/dark horror books)
Katie Linder (favorite books)
KCBR] (best romance books)
Keke Palmer (favorite books)
Kepler's Books (best books)
Kimberlee K. (favorite books)
Kirkus (best American history books)
Kirkus (best biographies)
Kirkus (best book club fiction)
Kirkus (best books about being Black in America)
Kirkus (best books to stir heated debate)
Kirkus (best collections)
Kirkus (best culture books)
Kirkus (best debut fiction)
Kirkus (best environmental fiction)
Kirkus (best fiction)
Kirkus (best fiction in translation)
Kirkus (best fictional families)
Kirkus (best historical fiction)
Kirkus (best memoirs)
Kirkus (best middle-grade books)
Kirkus (best most urgent books of current affairs)
Kirkus (best mysteries & thrillers)
Kirkus (best nature & environment books)
Kirkus (best picture books)
Kirkus (best romance)
Kirkus (best science books)
Kirkus (best science fiction and fantasy)
Kirkus (best short fiction)
Kirkus (best writers to discover)
Kirkus (scariest books)
Kirkus (best young adult books)
KJ Charles (best books)
The Knowing Today (best nonfiction books)
Kobo (best books)
Kobo (best books)
Kottke.org (best books)
KQED (Bay Area books)
Krystal Proffitt (best books)

Mail & Guardian (best books)
Mal Warwick (best books)
MamaMia (top books)
Man of Many (best books)
Manhattan Public Library (picture books)
Mapping as Process (map history books)
The Mary Sue (favorite graphic novels)
marenbobarenreads (top books)
Marginal Revolution (best and worst non-fiction books)
Marginal Revolution (favorite fiction)
The Marginalian (best children's books)
Marie Claire (best books)
Mark Bould (top books)
Market Street Books (best books)
Material Witness (favourite books)
MBTB's Mystery Book Blog (best books)
Medievalists.net (best medieval books)
Megan McGinnis (top books)
Megan Morrone (best books)
Michael Eric Dyson (favorite books)
Michael Silverblatt (favorite books)
Middle East Eye (favorite books)
A Midwife Nation (favorite books)
Miles Kelly (top space books)
Miles Kelly (bestselling picture books)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Carole E. Barrowman (best books)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Jim Higgins (best books)
Mind Joggle (best books)
Mindful (best mindfulness books)
Minneapolis Star Tribune (top cookbooks)
Misty Copeland (favorite books)
Modern Mrs Darcy (favorite books)
Molly Sews (best books)
Mosaic (best books)
Mother Jones (best books)
Motherly (best children's books)
Mr. Brian's Picture Books (favorite picture books)
Mrs. Brown's Books (best books)
MSN (best travel books)
Mukesh Ambani (best books)
Munchkin Fun at Home (best books)
Murder, Mayhem, and Long Dogs (favourite books)
Musings by Madison (top books)
Mutually Inclusive (top picture books)
My Modern Met (best art books)
My World of Books (best and worst series)

The National (best books)
The National Book Review (top fiction books)
Naturalist Weekly (favorite books)
The Naughty Book Box (best reverse harem books)
NBC New York (best books)
Neil Soni (best books)
Nelson Public Library (best books)
The New Arab (best books by Arab authors)
The New European (books)
New Scientist (best books)
New Statesman (best books)
New Statesman (best books)
New York Post (best books)
New York Post (best books)
New York Times (best art books)
New York Times (best book covers)
New York Times (best California books)
New York Times (best children's books)
New York Times (best cookbooks)
New York Times (best science fiction and fantasy books)
New York Times (best wine books)
New York Times (critics' best books)
New York Times (favorite books for healthy living)
New York Times (notable books)
New York Times/New York Public Library (best illustrated children's books)
New Yorker (best books)
New Yorker (best cookbooks)
Nick Offerman (favorite books)
New York Public Library (best books for adults)
New York Public Library (best books for kids)
New York Public Library (best books for teens)
New York Times (best books)
New York Times (best thrillers)
New Zealand Herald (best cookbooks)
Newsweek (favorite books)
Next Big Idea Club (best nonfiction books)
Nick Wignali (favorite books)
Nigel Warburton (best philosophy books)
NME (best music books)
No Depression (best music books)
Noah's Blog (top books)
Nomadic Matt (best books)
Not Exactly Retired (best books)
Nouvelle ELA (best MG & YA books)
NOW Toronto (best books)
NPR Books (favorite art books)
NPR Books (best books)
NPR (favorite food books)
NPR (favorite history books)
NPR Books (best funny books)
NPR Books (best romance books)
NPR Books - Maureen Corrigan (best books)
NPR Books (staff favorite books)
NTSA (outstanding science books for K-12)

Observe & Rapport (favorite books)
Obsolete 29 (favorite books)
Off the Record (favourite debut books)
OK Sarah (best books)
One Mom's Musings (favorite books)
Oprah Daily (best books)
Opportunity Synonym (best books)
Orange County Register (booksellers' recommended books)
An Oregon Cottage (best books)
Outside (favorite books)
Owasso Library (favorite books)
Owen Biesel (favorite books)
Owl Crate (favorite books)

Padma Lakshmni (best books)
Page Petal (best books)
Pajiba (best books)
Paper Beats World (top books)
Parade (best books)
Parade (best YA books)
Parents (best children's books)
Paris Review (favorite books)
Park & Oak Interior Design (favorite books)
Patricia Cornwell (favorite books)
Paul Lay (favorite history books)
Paul's Down-Home Page (favorite books)
PBS (authors' favorite mystery books)
Penguin Books UK (authors' favourite books)
People (top books)
PEZ (best cycling books)
Philadelphia Inquirer (best books)
Philadelphia Inquirer (best books by Philadelphia writers)
Phoebe Robinson (best books)
Phoenix Public Library (best books)
Pitchfork (best music books)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (favorite books)
Planetizen (top urban planning books)
Point Reyes Books (best books)
Polygon (best fantasy and science fiction books)
PopMatters (best books)
PopSugar (favorite books)
Portland Monthly (best Oregon books)
Powell's (best audiobooks)
Powell's (best fiction)
Powell's (best kids' and young adult books)
Powell's (best nonfiction)
Powell's (best sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romance, and graphic novels)
Private Prep (favorite books)
Priya Mulji (top books)
Problems of a Sleepy Bookworm (top books)
Product Lessons (favorite books)
The Progressive (favorite books)
Progressive Geographies (top academic books)
Prospect Magazine (best books)
PsychCentral (best books for ADHD)
PsychCentral (best books about anxiety)
PsychCentral (best books about depression)
PsychCentral (best self-help books)
PsychCentral (best mental health books)
PsychCentral (best mindfulness books)
Psychology Today (self-help books)
Public Seminar (best books)
Publishers Lunch (book lists)
Publishers Weekly (best comics)
Publishers Weekly (best fiction)
Publishers Weekly (best fiction)">Publishers Weekly (best lifestyle books)
Publishers Weekly (best middle-grade books)
Publishers Weekly (best mystery books)
Publishers Weekly (best nonfiction)
Publishers Weekly (best picture books)
Publishers Weekly (best poetry books)
Publishers Weekly (best religion books)
Publishers Weekly (best romance books)
Publishers Weekly (best SF, fantasy, and horror books)
Publishers Weekly (best young adult books)
Publishers Weekly (top books)

The Quill To Live (best novellas)
Qspirit (top 28 LGBTQ Christian books)

Radhika's Reading Retreat (best books)
Raegen Pietrucha (poetry books)
Raise the Horns (best witchcraft & magickal books)
Raleigh News & Observer (best books for kids, young adults and families)
Reaction (best books)
Read Bake Create (best books)
Read It Or Weep - Doris (top books)
Read It Or Weep - Shannon (top books)
Read It or Weep - Megan (favorite books)
Reader's Digest (best books)
Reading at WKU (favorite books)
Reading Matters (favourite books)
Reading Teacher Writes (best books)
Readings (best art and design books)
Readings (best Australian fiction)
Readings (best Australian poetry collections)
Readings (best crime books)
Readings (best international fiction)
Readings (best junior fiction)
Readings (best middle grade books)
Readings (best non-fiction)
Readings (favourite #LOVEOZYA books)
Readings (favourite First Nations books for kids)
Readings (favourite history books by women)
Readings (favourite kids graphic novels)
Readings (favourite LGBTQIA+ fiction)
Readings (favourite queer YA books)
Readings (great books by Australian women)
Readings (great books by First Nations and Australian writers of colour)
Readings (kids books)
Readings - Mark Rubbo (best books)
Real Simple (best books)
Rebekah Gienapp (best picture books)
Reckon South (best books from the south)
Red (best books)
Red Pepper (best books)
Retrology (top books)
Rick Ross (best books)
Riveted (favorite YA fantasy books)
Robin Arzón (best books)
Robin LeeAnn (best books)
rochemamabolo (best books)
Rolling Stone (best music books)
Romas Viesulas (best art books)
Rough Trade (best books)
The Royal Society Book Prize (popular science books)
Rukmini Iyer (favourite books)
Ryan Holiday (best books)

Sahana Sateesh Shenoy (best books)
Saltwire (top books)
Sam Storms (best books)
Samantha Shannon (favourite books)
San Diego Union-Tribune (best art books)
San Diego Union-Tribune (best fiction books)
San Diego Union-Tribune (best nonfiction books)
San Francisco Chronicle (best books)
San Francisco Chronicle (best books for young adults)
San Francisco Chronicle (best cookbooks)
Sara Meadows (favorite books)
Sara's Art House (best books)
Sarah Bessey's Field Notes (best books)
Sarah Dry (best climate books)
Sarah J. Maas (best books)
Sarah Moss (favourite books)
Sarah's Bookshelves (best books)
Sarah's Bookshelves (best books)
Sarah's Bookshelves (best debut books)
Sarah's Bookshelves (most underrated books)
Sasha Dichter (favorite books)
Sathnam Sanghera (favourite books)
Scary Mommy (favorite books)
Scary Mommy (favorite books)
Schaeffers Ghost (best books)
School Library Journal (best chapter books)
School Library Journal (best graphic novels)
School Library Journal (best middle grade books)
School Library Journal (best nonfiction)
School Library Journal (best picture books)
School Library Journal (best poetry)
School Library Journal (best young adult books)
School Library Journal (editors' best book covers)
School Library Journal (editors' favorite books)
Sci-fi Fantasy Lit Chick (favorite books)
Science (best books)
Science Friday (best science books)
Science News (favorite books)
SciFi Mind (best SFF books)
Scope for Imagination (favourite books)
The Scotsman (best books)
ScreenRant (best Marvel comic books)
Scribd (best books to organize your life)
Seattle Times (favorite books)
The Secret Life of Bea (top books)
Shannon A Thompson (favorite books)
She Reads Novels (favourite novels)
Shelf Awareness (best books)
Shelf Awareness (best children's & YA books)
SheReads (best debut books)
SheReads (books club picks)
SheReads (BookTok's favorite books)
SheReads (favorite books by Indigenous authors)
SheReads (funniest books)
SheReads (best literary historical fiction)
Shona Reads (top African books)
Shondaland (best LGBTQIA+ -authored books)
SHRM (best business books leaders read)
Simon McDonald (favourite books)
Simply Recipes (favorite cookbooks)
Sixty + Me (favourite books)
The Skinny (favourite books)
Slate (best audiobooks)
Slate - Laura Miller (best books)
Smart Bitches Trashy Books (cookbooks)
Smithsonian Magazine (best books about food)
Smithsonian Magazine (best books about travel)
Smithsonian Magazine (best children's books)
Smithsonian Magazine (best history books)
Smithsonian Magazine (best photography books)
Smithsonian Magazine (best science books)
Smithsonian Magazine (Smithsonian Scholars' favorite books)
The Smoke Sheet (best BBQ books)
Somewhere Lost in Books (top books)
Sommer Reading (favorite books)
Sophie Roell (best nonfiction books)
Soundview Magazine (best business books)
Southern Living (best southern cookbooks)
Space.com (best Star Wars books)
Sparkling Book Reviews (best books)
Spectator (books of the year)
Spectator (books of the year)
Spectrum Culture (best books)
The Speculative Shelf (best books)
The Spines (best books)
Sprinkling of Health (favorite books)
The Spruce Eats (best air fryer cookbooks)
The Spruce Eats (best baking cookbooks)
The Spruce Eats (best cookbooks for beginners)
The Spruce Eats (best cookbooks for kids)
The Spruce Eats (best Italian cookbooks)
The Spruce Eats (best vegan cookbooks)
The Spruce Pets (best dog training books)
Spy (best books)
St. Louis on the Air (best books)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (favorite books)
The Stacks (best books)
Stanley Tucci (best books)
Steph's Story Space (best books)
Steve Donoghue (best biography books)
stevestredauthor (top anthologies & collections)
Still an unfinished person… (favorite books)
The Story of Our Lives (top books)
The Straits Times (best books)
strategy & business (best business management books)
strategy & business (best business narratives)
strategy & business (best business strategy books)
strategy & business (best business tech & innovation books)
strategy & business (best consumer behavior books)
strategy & business (best economics books)
strategy & business (best leadership books)
Stylist (best books)
Stylist (best books)
Suburban Turmoil (favorite books)
Sundress (best poetry collections)
Susan Fish (top books)
Susan Rigetti (favorite books)
Sweety High (best cookbooks)
SyFy Wire (best comics)
Symmetry (physics books)

Tableau (best data books)
Tablet (best Jewish children's books)
Tamron Hall (favorite books)
Tampa Bay Times (best books)
Task & Purpose (best military books)
Tattered Cover (best books)
Teaspoon of Nose (best books)
TechCrunch (VC's best business books)
Teen Vogue (best books)
Telegraph (best biographies)
Telegraph (best books)
Telegraph (best books on cancel culture)
Telegraph (best British politics books)
Telegraph (best celebrity memoirs)
Telegraph (best children's books)
Telegraph (best crime fiction and thrillers)
Telegraph (best gardening books)
Telegraph (best novels and fiction)
Telegraph (best wine books)
Texas Observer (best Texas books)
That Artsy Reader Girl (best books)
Theological Graffiti (best books)
Theology in Practice (top books)
Theology Pathfinder (favorite books)
Think Global Health (best books)
The Thinking Cloud (must-read books)
Third Place Books (top books)
This Black Girl Reads (top books)
Thornfield Hall (best books)
Threads of Anxiety (favorite books)
Thrillist (best books)
Tidbits of Care (best books)
Tim Atkin (best wine books)
TIME (best fiction)
TIME (best nonfiction books)
TIME (must-read books)
The Times (best art books)
The Times (best biography and memoir books)
The Times (best books)
The Times (best books for children)
The Times (best business books)
The Times (best comedy books)
The Times (best crime books)
The Times (best fiction books)
The Times (best film and theatre books)
The Times (best food books)
The Times (best gardening books)
The Times (best historical fiction books)
The Times (best history books)
The Times (best law books)
The Times (best literary non-fiction books)
The Times (best paperbacks)
The Times (best philosophy and ideas books)
The Times (best political and current affairs books)
The Times (best rock and pop music books)
The Times (best sci-fi books)
The Times (best science and environment books)
The Times (best sports books)
The Times (best thriller books)
The Times (best self-help books)
To Sam It All Up (best science fiction books)
Toast (best books)
Tolle Lege (best books)
Tor.com (best books)
Treehugger (best mushroom foraging books)
Trevor Carlson (best books)
Trisha Yearwood (favorite books)
Tulsa Kids (librarians' favorite children's books)
Tundra Books (best teen books)
Turn Another Page (best books)
TwoNightStands (best books)

Ulrike Kroska (top books)
Unabridged Bookstore (favorite books)
Uncut (best music books)
Unpopular Front (top books)
Unseen Library (favourite books)
The Unseen Library (favourite debut novels)
Unwinnable (best books)
USA Today (best books)

V. E. Schwab (favorite books)
The Vail Voice (favorite books)
Vanity Fair (best cookbooks)
Variety (best comics)
Variety (best music books)
Velvet Ashes (top books)
Vertigo (favorite books)
Verywell Family (best children's books)
Vibes of India (top books)
VICE (best cookbooks)
Viget (favorite books)
The Vinyl Factory (best music books)
Virginia Living (favorite books)
The Vision (noteworthy children's books by Indian authors)
Vogue (best coffee table books)
Voice (top books)
Vox (books that made us think and act differently)
Vulture (best books)

Wall Street Journal (best books)
Wall Street Journal (best books)
Wall Street Journal (best science fiction)
Wall Street Journal (business leaders' favorite books)
Wall Street Journal (entertainers' favorite books)
Wall Street Journal (favorite books)
Wall Street Journal (political figures' favorite books)
Wall Street Journal (writers' favorite books)
Wallpaper (best contemporary art books)
The Washington Gardener (top garden books)
Washington Independent Review of Books (favorite books)
Washington Informer (best books)
Washington Post (best audiobooks)
Washington Post (best book covers)
Washington Post (best books)
Washington Post (best books to gift)
Washington Post (best children's books)
Washington Post (best cookbooks)
Washington Post (best feel-good books)
Washington Post (best graphic novels)
Washington Post (best nonfiction books)
Washington Post (best romance novels)
Washington Post (best science fiction, fantasy, and horror)
Washington Post (best thriller and mystery books)
Washington Post (best wine books)
Washington Post (notable fiction)
Washington Post (notable nonfiction)
Waterstones (best baby & toddler books)
Waterstones (best biography books)
Waterstones (best children's books)
Waterstones (best crime & thriller books)
Waterstones (best entertainment books)
Waterstones (best food & drink books)
Waterstones (best history books)
Waterstones (best horror fiction)
Waterstones (best humour books)
Waterstones (best nature writing)
Waterstones (best poetry books)
Waterstones (best politics books)
Waterstones (best popular science books)
Waterstones (best science fiction and fantasy)
Waterstones (best sport books)
The Waywiser (best caregiver books)
WBEZ (best books)
We Got This Covered (best books)
Wealth Management (best business books for managers)
A Wealth of Common Sense (best books)
The Week UK (best business books)
Wellies on the School Run (favourite books)
Wesleyan Argus (best books)
The What (best fiction)
Whistles (best books)
Wild China (best books on China)
Willow in Winter (favourite books)
Willow Tree Marketing (top books)
Winnipeg Public Library (best books)
WIRED (best cookbooks)
WOC Read (best books)
Woman & Home (best books)
Word & Way (books)
Wordfoolery (favourite books)
Words Without Borders (best translated books)
Wordy & Whimsical (best books)
World Architecture (top architecture books)
The World of Tosh Berman (favorite books)
Worldly Saints (best books)
Writer Girls Book Reviews (best books)
Writer's Bone (best books)

Yachting Daily (best sailing books & cruising guides)
Year-end Lists (lists of "best books of 2021" lists)
The Young Folks (best debut books)
Your Tita Kate (best adult books)

Zulilly (top kids books)

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