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Top 21 Titles of 2021: Adult Fiction

Top 21 Titles of 2021: Adult Fiction

See which books made the list. Hint: John Grisham is still wildly popular and Washington County can’t get enough of Kristin Hannah.
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Here, the top circulating titles in the adult fiction category from 2021 (in descending order).

  1. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
  2. The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
  3. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
  4. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
  5. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
  6. The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
  7. American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
  8. The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
  9. The Guest List by Lucy Foley
  10. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
  11. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
  12. A Time for Mercy by John Grisham           
  13. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
  14. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
  15. The Overstory by Richard Powers             
  16. The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
  17. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
  18. Circe by Madeline Miller
  19. Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
  20. The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
  21. Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

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