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What we read in 2021: The Seattle Public Library’s most popular novels of the year

Curious about the books that Seattle’s readers turned to in 2021? Or perhaps you’re building your booklist for 2022 and want to be inspired by others’ top...

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Seattle Picks: Science Fiction

Even Greater Mistakes

Anders, Charlie Jane
Light From Uncommon Stars

Aoki, Ryka
Unity

Bangs, Elly
Appleseed

Bell, Matt
Shadows of Eternity

Benford, Gregory
Destroyer of Light

Brissett, Jennifer Marie
The Actual Star

Byrne, Monica

View the complete book list: Seattle Picks: Science Fiction

Seattle Picks: 2021 Poetry Revisited

Villainy

Abi-Karam, Andrea
Pilgrim Bell

Akbar, Kaveh
If This Is the Age We End Discovery

Ben-Oni, Rosebud
Written After A Massacre in the Year 2018

Borzutzky, Daniel
Nedí Nezų

Campbell, Tenille K.
Water I Won't Touch

Candrilli, Kayleb Rae
My Book of the Dead

Castillo, Ana

View the complete book list: Seattle Picks: 2021 Poetry Revisited

Muslim Voices in Teen Fiction

How It All Blew up

Ahmadi, Arvin
Internment

Ahmed, Samira
Love, Hate & Other Filters

Ahmed, Samira
Love From A to Z

Ali, S. K.
Saints and Misfits

Ali, S. K.
The Weight of Our Sky

Hanna Alkaf
A Girl Like That

Bhathena, Tanaz

View the complete book list: Muslim Voices in Teen Fiction

Seattle Picks: Adventure for Kids

The Ocean Calls

Cho, Tina M.
Run, Little Chaski!

Llanos, Mariana
A Whale of the Wild

Parry, Rosanne
Wild River

Philbrick, W. R.
Paradise on Fire

Rhodes, Jewell Parker
The Barren Grounds

Robertson, David
All Thirteen

Soontornvat, Christina

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2021 Cookbooks

Let's Make Dumplings!

Amano, Hugh
Sumac

Atassi, Anas
Parwana

Ayubi, Durkhanai
New Native Kitchen

Bitsoie, Freddie
Black Food
Provecho

Castrejon, Edgar
Cooking at Home

Chang, David

View the complete book list: 2021 Cookbooks