The most popular essays books of 2021

Essays are short works of nonfiction in which a writer thinks something through. The subject can be anything: politics, a walk, a film, a grief. What matters is the mind at work and the voice. Collections here range from the classic to the sharply contemporary. This list shows the ones first published in 2021.

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Taste Makers
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Taste Makers

Mayukh Sen

Published 2021

288 pages

Powder Days
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Powder Days

Heather Hansman

Published 2021

272 pages

Ask A Historian
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Ask A Historian

Greg Jenner, 그레그 제너

2021 · 2022 edition

352 pages

Major Labels
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Major Labels

Kelefa Sanneh, Келефа Санне

2021 · 2022 edition

496 pages

Mission Economy
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Mission Economy

Mariana Mazzucato

2021 · 2022 edition

272 pages

My Inner Sky
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My Inner Sky

Mari Andrew

Published 2021

272 pages

Slug
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Slug

Hollie McNish

Published 2021

496 pages

Material Girls
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Material Girls

Kathleen Stock

2021 · 2022 edition

320 pages

The Hard Crowd
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The Hard Crowd

Rachel Kushner

2021 · 2022 edition

268 pages

Dropbear
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Dropbear

Evelyn Araluen

Published 2021

112 pages

Adrenaline
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Adrenaline

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

2021 · 2022 edition

272 pages