Best 2021 Writers to Discover

by Naima Coster

Tender but—miraculously—never sentimental. Full review >

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by Katherine Heiny

A heartwarming novel with a small-town vibe that sparkles like wine sipped with friends under backyard fairy lights. Full review >

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by Katie Kitamura

This psychological tone poem is a barbed and splendid meditation on peril. Full review >

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by Jonathan Lee

A highly satisfying mix of mystery and character portrait, revealing the constrained heart beneath the public carapace. Full review >

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by Jack Livings

An exuberant, everything-and-the-kitchen-sink pleasure. Full review >

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by Jon McGregor

Lyrical and terse, funny and tragic—a marvelous addition to the McGregor canon. Full review >

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by Christine Smallwood

A Lucky Jim for the millennial woman; blistering, darkly comic, and splendidly written. Full review >

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by Marian Thurm

Beautifully written, both sharp and bighearted, funny and true. Full review >

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by Claire Vaye Watkins

Incandescent writing illuminates one woman’s life in flames. Full review >

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