Tor.com Reviewers Choice - The best books of 2021

1.
Burntcoat
Burntcoat 3.71 avg rating — 3,756 ratings
2.
The Witness for the Dead (The Cemeteries of Amalo #1)
The Witness for the Dead (The Cemeteries of Amalo #1) 4.11 avg rating — 11,355 ratings
3.
No Gods, No Monsters (Convergence Saga, #1)
No Gods, No Monsters (Convergence Saga, #1) 3.44 avg rating — 7,547 ratings
4.
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4) 4.40 avg rating — 39,616 ratings
5.
Squad: A Graphic Novel
Squad: A Graphic Novel 3.79 avg rating — 13,857 ratings
6.
The Actual Star
The Actual Star 3.87 avg rating — 2,788 ratings
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The Membranes
The Membranes 3.94 avg rating — 7,186 ratings
8.
Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga, #3)
Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga, #3)
by: Fonda Lee
4.63 avg rating — 39,501 ratings
9.
The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost, #1)
The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 12,752 ratings
10.
The World Gives Way
The World Gives Way 3.81 avg rating — 2,805 ratings
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The Body Scout
The Body Scout 3.62 avg rating — 1,978 ratings
12.
Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1)
Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 30,993 ratings
13.
Sorrowland
Sorrowland 3.82 avg rating — 14,479 ratings
14.
100 Boyfriends
100 Boyfriends 3.75 avg rating — 5,788 ratings
15.
The Book of Accidents
The Book of Accidents 3.72 avg rating — 27,255 ratings
16.
Black Water Sister
Black Water Sister
by: Zen Cho
3.84 avg rating — 10,842 ratings
17.
A Dirty South Manifesto (American Studies Now: Critical Histories of the Present, Volume 10)
A Dirty South Manifesto (American Studies Now: Critical Histories of the Present, Volume 10) 3.97 avg rating — 31 ratings
18.
City of the Uncommon Thief
City of the Uncommon Thief 3.41 avg rating — 335 ratings
19.
Antisocieties
Antisocieties really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 331 ratings
20.
Sword Stone Table: Old Legends, New Voices
Sword Stone Table: Old Legends, New Voices 3.69 avg rating — 1,089 ratings
21.
The Turnout
The Turnout 3.11 avg rating — 22,362 ratings
22.
Peaces
Peaces 3.24 avg rating — 4,781 ratings
23.
The Absolute Book
The Absolute Book 3.21 avg rating — 5,323 ratings
24.
Klara and the Sun
Klara and the Sun 3.74 avg rating — 408,774 ratings
25.
Perhaps the Stars (Terra Ignota, #4)
Perhaps the Stars (Terra Ignota, #4) 4.33 avg rating — 2,652 ratings
26.
Reset (The Four Cities, #1)
Reset (The Four Cities, #1) 3.47 avg rating — 1,812 ratings
27.
Rule of Wolves (King of Scars, #2)
Rule of Wolves (King of Scars, #2) 4.34 avg rating — 171,002 ratings
28.
The Echo Wife
The Echo Wife 3.61 avg rating — 36,878 ratings
29.
A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 34,314 ratings
30.
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 166,873 ratings
31.
The Ones We're Meant to Find
The Ones We're Meant to Find
by: Joan He
3.54 avg rating — 11,225 ratings
32.
Destroyer of Light
Destroyer of Light 3.50 avg rating — 543 ratings
33.
Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers, #1)
Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 9,636 ratings
34.
Victories Greater Than Death (Unstoppable, #1)
Victories Greater Than Death (Unstoppable, #1) 3.49 avg rating — 3,405 ratings
35.
She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)
She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 89,368 ratings
36.
The Chosen and the Beautiful
The Chosen and the Beautiful
by: Nghi Vo
3.55 avg rating — 18,441 ratings
37.
Defekt (LitenVerse, #2)
Defekt (LitenVerse, #2) 4.08 avg rating — 2,914 ratings
38.
A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)
A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 48,572 ratings
39.
Light from Uncommon Stars
Light from Uncommon Stars
by: Ryka Aoki
4.05 avg rating — 36,843 ratings
40.
Summer Sons
Summer Sons 3.79 avg rating — 13,307 ratings
41.
In the Watchful City
In the Watchful City 3.66 avg rating — 1,140 ratings
42.
Fireheart Tiger
Fireheart Tiger 3.38 avg rating — 5,463 ratings
43.
Flowers for the Sea
Flowers for the Sea 3.39 avg rating — 2,242 ratings
44.
Comfort Me with Apples
Comfort Me with Apples 3.57 avg rating — 34,861 ratings
45.
Trans Care
Trans Care 4.36 avg rating — 472 ratings
46.
The Memory Theater
The Memory Theater 3.72 avg rating — 2,530 ratings
47.
The Heartbreak Bakery
The Heartbreak Bakery 3.96 avg rating — 3,699 ratings
48.
Never Have I Ever
Never Have I Ever 3.97 avg rating — 1,247 ratings
49.
A Snake Falls to Earth
A Snake Falls to Earth 3.94 avg rating — 11,533 ratings
50.
After the Dragons
After the Dragons 3.78 avg rating — 613 ratings
51.
Terminal Boredom: Stories
Terminal Boredom: Stories 3.58 avg rating — 6,260 ratings
52.
How to Get to Apocalypse and Other Disasters
How to Get to Apocalypse and Other Disasters really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 55 ratings
53.
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina 3.92 avg rating — 32,316 ratings
54.
Kink: Stories
Kink: Stories
by: R.O. Kwon
3.10 avg rating — 5,467 ratings
55.
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Cloud Cuckoo Land 4.25 avg rating — 254,416 ratings
56.
The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry (Unnatural Magic, #2)
The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry (Unnatural Magic, #2) 3.74 avg rating — 7,574 ratings
57.
Analog/Virtual and Other Simulations of Your Future
Analog/Virtual and Other Simulations of Your Future 3.75 avg rating — 1,005 ratings
58.
Summer in the City of Roses
Summer in the City of Roses 3.68 avg rating — 543 ratings
59.
The Giant Dark
The Giant Dark 3.55 avg rating — 1,607 ratings