The most popular anthropology books of 2021

Anthropology is the study of human beings in all their variety. Customs, kinship, belief, language and our evolutionary origins are explored through fieldwork among peoples around the world. These books show how many ways there are to be human, and make your own culture look a little stranger. This list shows the ones first published in 2021.

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Cultish
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Cultish

Amanda Montell, 어맨다 몬텔

Published 2021

310 pages

Four Hundred Souls
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Four Hundred Souls

Ibram X. Kendi, Keisha N. Blain

2021 · 2022 edition

432 pages

Freedom
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Freedom

Sebastian Junger

Published 2021

160 pages

The Reckoning
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The Reckoning

Mary L. Trump

Published 2021

208 pages