Best Culture Books of 2021

by Brian Baumgartner & Ben Silverman

A true insider’s guide filled with sweet surprises for fans and the brainy charm to make new ones. Full review >

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by Daphne A. Brooks

A sui generis and essential work on Black music culture destined to launch future investigations. Full review >

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by Ronald Brownstein

An endlessly engaging cultural history that will resonate with anyone alive in 1974. Full review >

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by Charles Dellheim

A brilliant account of Nazi pillage and the ongoing efforts at restitution. Full review >

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by Joseph Horowitz

Essential cultural history. Full review >

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by Rax King

An engaging, hilarious, unabashed look at what we love in culture and why we should value it for what it is. Full review >

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by Joe Posnanski

Red meat, and mighty tasty at that, for baseball fans with an appreciation for the past and power of the game. Full review >

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by Seth Wickersham

Exemplary sports journalism that examines the front office and dueling egos as much as the gridiron. Full review >

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