2021 A Taste of Prize Reading 2021 - hosted by cheriebooksreadthisyear

National Book Critics Circle...FICTION FINALISTS
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Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

Harlem Shuffle

Harlem #1

Colson Whitehead

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction crime historical literary adventurous tense medium-paced
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

797 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa

How to Pronounce Knife

Souvankham Thammavongsa

2 hours, 58 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary short stories emotional reflective fast-paced
Memorial by Bryan Washington

Memorial

Bryan Washington

8 hours, 21 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt

784 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Milkman by Anna Burns

Milkman

Anna Burns

348 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

Hamnet

Maggie O'Farrell

278 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
If I Had Two Wings by Randall Kenan

If I Had Two Wings

Randall Kenan

224 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction short stories reflective medium-paced
Inside Story by Martin Amis

Inside Story

Martin Amis

560 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir reflective slow-paced
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