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The 10 Best Books of 2021: A Virtual Event Announcing Our List
On Nov. 30, Times subscribers were the first to find out what made this year’s 10 Best Books list from editors of The Book Review and a guest, Lena Waithe.
How do editors of The New York Times Book Review choose the annual 10 Best Books list? Which fiction and nonfiction works made the cut, and why?
This year, Times subscribers were the first to find out.
On the morning of Nov. 30, before the list was published, The Book Review announced this year’s 10 Best Books list in a virtual event just for subscribers.
The event began with a welcome from the actor, writer and producer Lena Waithe, who is starting her own book imprint. Then, the Book Review editor Pamela Paul gave an inside look at the yearlong process of determining the list.
The editors Gal Beckerman, Lauren Christensen, Greg Cowles, Emily Eakin, Elisabeth Egan, MJ Franklin, Tina Jordan, Dave Kim and John Williams announced and discussed this year’s selections. They also shared some of their own personal favorites that didn’t make the cut.
Finally, subscribers were invited to join Book Review editors and fellow book lovers in a Zoom after-party to debate their own favorite books of 2021.
This event was part of The Times’s virtual event series for subscribers.
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