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Amazon Books Editors Announce 2021's Best Books of the Year

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Amor Towles' The Lincoln Highway named best book of 2021

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 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:

  1. The Lincoln Highwayby 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 
  2. Crying inH 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
  3. The Plotby 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
  4. How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across Americaby 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
  5. The Four Windsby 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

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