The most popular gender books of 2021

Books about gender ask what it means to be a woman or a man, and who decided. Expectations at home, at work and in love are examined in novels, memoirs and essays. Some are angry, some are funny, and all of them make the familiar look newly strange. This list shows the ones first published in 2021.

Results

The Obsession
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The Obsession

Jesse Q. Sutanto

Published 2021

309 pages

Float Plan
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Float Plan

Trish Doller

Published 2021

272 pages

The Camino
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The Camino

Anya Niewierra

2021 · 2026 edition

384 pages

Either/Or
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Either/Or

Elif Batuman

2021 · 2022 edition

368 pages

The Family
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The Family

Naomi Krupitsky

2021 · 2022 edition

384 pages

How Lucky
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How Lucky

Will Leitch

Published 2021

290 pages

Mrs England
Cover of Mrs England

Mrs England

Stacey Halls

Published 2021

423 pages