Amazon Books Editors Announce 2021’s Best Books of the Year
16 Noviembre 2021 - 7:49AM
Business Wire
Amor Towles’ The Lincoln Highway named best
book of 2021
Today, the Amazon Books Editors announced their selections for
the Best Books of 2021, naming Amor Towles’ The Lincoln Highway as
the Best Book of the Year; Towles’ New York Times bestseller A
Gentleman in Moscow was also included in the Best Books selection
in 2016. The annual list is hand-picked by a team of editors who
read thousands of books each year. They share their recommendations
with customers to help make holiday shopping easier. Featuring the
top 100 books published this year, the editors’ selections also
break out the top 20 books in numerous categories, including
mysteries, memoirs, children’s books, and cookbooks. To explore the
full list of the Best Books of 2021, visit
amazon.com/bestbooks2021.
“This year, fiction reigned, with emerging and established
authors telling stories of struggle, daring, and redemption,” said
Sarah Gelman, Editorial Director of Amazon Books. “We all had our
personal favorites this year, but the one book the team unanimously
agreed on was Amor Towles’ The Lincoln Highway—we just couldn’t
stop talking about it. The four main characters’ sense of innocence
felt like the hope we needed as we end this year.”
The Lincoln Highway resonates with readers, too. The quote most
often highlighted by Kindle readers is, “For what is kindness but
the performance of an act that is both beneficial to another and
unrequired?"
“It’s a real honor to have The Lincoln Highway singled out by
the team at Amazon,” said Towles. “I can only hope that their
confidence in the book is matched by the enjoyment of readers who
join Emmett, Billy, Duchess, and Woolly on their fateful
journey.”
The Amazon Books Editors Top 10 picks of 2021, as described by
the editors, are:
- The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles: Towles (A Gentleman in
Moscow) might just have written one of the best novels of this
decade, delivering one of the greatest gifts of fiction: hope.
Filled with 1950s nostalgia and the gentle naïveté and hijinks of
those who are young, optimistic, and on a mission, The Lincoln
Highway follows four kids whose paths collide as they search for
their mother and a stashed wad of cash. –Al Woodworth
- Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner: You will laugh,
you will cry, your stomach will rumble with hunger, and you’ll tap
your toe to the beat of this powerful mother-daughter and Korean
American story that shows just how important it is to accept
someone fully for who they are—and love them just the same. –Al
Woodworth
- The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz: A story within a story that is
a Rubik’s Cube of twists, The Plot follows an uninspired author
fading into obscurity until his new book rockets him to fame. Only
the plot isn’t his, and someone knows it. Korelitz keeps us
guessing—even when all seems clear—right up to the knockout ending.
–Seira Wilson
- How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery
Across America by Clint Smith: Smith’s tour of places and landmarks
linked to slavery is the type of book that can change your
perspective, even if you have known of the places (or thought you
did) your entire life. –Chris Schluep
- The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah: Set during the Great
Depression and featuring an unlikely heroine who will lodge herself
in your heart, The Four Winds is a reminder, when we so urgently
need it, of the resiliency not only of the human spirit, but of
this country as well. Hannah's latest story reads like a classic.
–Erin Kodicek
- Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by
Patrick Radden Keefe: From the author of Say Nothing comes an
addictive account of the Sackler family—the founders and
masterminds behind OxyContin. From their rise by marketing
pharmaceuticals, to the backdoor dealings of FDA approvals, to the
front door dealings of museum philanthropy, this is an
impossible-to-put-down true story of ambition, power, deception,
and greed. –Vannessa Cronin
- Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead: The two-time Pulitzer Prize
winner of The Nickel Boys and The Underground Railroad tells a
blisteringly entertaining tale of schemers and dreamers, mobsters
and crooks, elaborate heists and furniture fronts, and the
thrilling mischief of those who are up to no good and others who
are just trying to make a living. –Al Woodworth
- Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead: Shipstead has accomplished
the impossible—an epic novel that is ambitious, literary, and
utterly accessible. Great Circle follows two women who yearn for
adventure and freedom—aviator Marian Graves and starlet Hadley
Baxter—and like flying, it’s the thrill of the century. –Sarah
Gelman
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir: As in The Martian, Weir makes
science and problem solving not only cool but absolutely essential
to survival. In Project Hail Mary, Weir delivers an electrifying
space adventure sure to wrench your gut and pull at your heart
strings. –Adrian Liang
- Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro: Ishiguro’s quiet,
emotional, and moving novel about a robot girl with artificial
intelligence, who is designed as a playmate for real children, is a
story that will captivate and haunt readers. –Chris Schluep
The Amazon Books Editors Top Children’s pick of 2021 is:
- The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo: An extraordinary tale
of courage and found family, this book has all the hallmarks of an
instant classic—a beautifully layered story with unforgettable
characters who take root in your heart. –Seira Wilson
Authors of the top three books—Amor Towles, Michelle Zauner, and
Jean Hanff Korelitz—will participate in an Amazon Live Author
Series conversation in celebration of the Best Books of the Year
selection on November 16, 2021, at 9 a.m. PST. To tune in, visit
Amazon Live.
For more information about the books featured on the Best Books
of the Year list, as well as insightful reviews of new books,
author interviews, and hand-curated roundups in popular categories,
visit the Amazon Book Review at www.amazon.com/amazonbookreview.
You can also follow the Amazon Books Editors recommendations and
conversations @amazonbooks on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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