20 Best Book Club Books of 2021


2021 best book club books anticipated

This is a list of the upcoming 2021 Best Book Club Books, limited to hardcover new releases to be published in 2021. I’ll be updating this list as more titles are announced, so stay tuned for more!

If there’s a book you think belongs on this list of anticipated book club reads, please do drop me a line!

For more books coming soon, see the list of Upcoming New Release Books.

Or for more book club reads, see the Best Book Club Books of 2020 or the Best Book Club Reads of All Time.


The Four Winds
Kristin Hannah

What It's About:

See the Full Summary and Review of The Four Winds

Publication Date: February 2, 2021
  


The Midnight Library
Matt Haig

What It's About:

See the Full Summary and Review of The Midnight Library

Publication Date: September 29, 2020
  


The Rose Code
Kate Quinn

What It's About:

See the Full Summary and Review of The Rose Code

Publication Date: March 9, 2021
  


Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro

What It's About:

See the Full Summary and Review of Klara and the Sun

Publication Date: March 2, 2021
  


The Lost Apothecary
Sarah Penner

What It's About:

See the Full Summary and Review of The Lost Apothecary

Publication Date: March 2, 2021
  


The Push
Ashley Audrain

What It's About:

See the Full Summary and Review of The Push

Publication Date: January 5, 2021
  


Later
Stephen King

What It's About:

See the Full Summary and Review of Later

Publication Date: March 2, 2021
  


When the Stars Go Dark
Paula McLain

What It's About:

See the Full Summary and Review of When the Stars Go Dark

Publication Date: April 13, 2021
  

Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir

What It's About:

Publication Date: May 4, 2021
  


Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead

What It's About:

Publication Date: September 14, 2021
  


Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid

What It's About:

Publication Date: June 1, 2021
  


Whereabouts
Jhumpa Lahiri

What It's About:

Publication Date: April 27, 2021
  


My Year Abroad
Chang-rae Lee

What It's About:

Publication Date: February 2, 2021
  

The Maidens
Alex Michaelides

What It's About:

Publication Date: June 15, 2021
  


Hamlet Retelling (Hogarth Shakespeare)
Gillian Flynn

What It's About: Coming in 2021. Gillian Flynn, author of the bestseller Gone Girl, is to write a new twist on Shakespeare's Hamlet. Flynn is the latest author to be commissioned by the Hogarth Shakespeare project to rewrite the Bard's works. The series launches in 2016 to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death.

Publication Date: Not Available
  

Bewilderment
Richard Powers

What It's About:

Publication Date: September 21, 2021
  


Apples Never Fall
Liane Moriarty

What It's About:

Publication Date: September 14, 2021
  


Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr

What It's About:

Publication Date: September 28, 2021
  


Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally Rooney

What It's About:

Publication Date: September 7, 2021
  


Velvet Was the Night
Silvia Moreno-Garcia

What It's About:

Publication Date: August 17, 2021
  







2021 best book club books anticipated

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