Round-up of the 52 best novels out in 2021 to add to your reading list by Sally Rooney, Raven Leilani, Lisa Taddeo and more. 

Best fiction 2021: the 52 best new books coming out this year

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Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

Assembly by Natasha Brown

Magpie by Elizabeth Day

Animal by Lisa Taddeo

Luster by Raven Leilani

Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny

No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Slug by Hollie McNish

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Lean Fall Stand by Jon McGregor

The Startup Wife by Tahmima Anam

Hot Stew by Fiona Mozley

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

The Smallest Man by Frances Quinn

White Ivy by Susie Yang

How To Kidnap The Rich by Rahul Raina

Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

Cunning Women by Elizabeth Lee

An Ordinary Wonder by Buki Papillon

Little Gods by Meng Jin

Tall Bones by Anna Bailey

Victoria Park by Gemma Reeves

Fake Accounts by Lauren Oyler

A Room Called Earth by Madeleine Ryan

The Long, Long Afternoon by Inga Vesper

The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

The One Hundred Years Of Lenni And Margot by Marianne Cronin

We Are All Birds Of Uganda by Hafsa Zayyan

How We Are Translated by Jessica Gaitan Johannesson

The Divines by Ellie Eaton

Careless by Kirsty Capes

Still Life by Sarah Winman

The Khan by Saima Mir

The Summer Job by Lizzy Dent

The Push by Ashley Audrain

How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones

The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

Rescue Me by Sarra Manning

People Like Her by Ellery Lloyd

Acts Of Desperation by Megan Nolan

Girl A by Abigail Dean

Insatiable by Daisy Buchanan

Asylum Road by Olivia Sudjic

Milk Fed by Melissa Broder

Little Scratch by Rebecca Watson

The Cold Millions by Jess Walter

A Burning by Megha Majumdar

Everything Is Beautiful by Eleanor Ray

The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex

From Raven Leilani's Luster and Animal by Lisa Taddeo to Sally Rooney's Beautiful World, Where Are You. 

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Best new fiction for 2021: the new novels to have on your reading list, from Sally Rooney to Elizabeth Day