The New York Public Library’s Best Books of 2021

By Kaitlyn Spotts | December 3 2021 | GeneralEnglish Language ArtsBooks in SpanishGraphic Novels

The New York Public Library has announced their Best Books of 2021. This is their annual recommendations for kids, teens, and adults, all curated by expert librarians. The titles that made the lists encompass fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, poetry, kids’ books in Spanish, and much more. All of these books are available in the Library’s catalog.

We’ve pulled a selection from their lists of Penguin Random House titles for the classroom below. Happy Reading!

 

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Chlorine Sky
Chlorine Sky
Mahogany L. Browne
9780593176399
"An absolute masterpiece." -Elizabeth Acevedo, New York Times bestselling author of The Poet XFrom the first ever poet-in-residence at Lincoln Center comes a bold coming-of-age story told in verse about a young woman who loses a best friend, but finds herself in the process. The joys of basketball, the tumult of high school, and the bonds of family are lyrically woven together in this must-read novel.
$17.99 US
Jan 12, 2021
Hardcover
192 Pages
Crown Books for Young Readers
Nubia: Real One
Nubia: Real One
Robyn Smith, L. L. McKinney
9781401296407
Can you be a hero...if society doesn't see you as a person?
$16.99 US
Feb 23, 2021
Paperback
208 Pages
DC Comics
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Malinda Lo
9780525555254
Winner of the National Book Award Acclaimed author of Ash Malinda Lo returns with her most ambitious novel yet, a gripping story of love and duty set in San Francisco's Chinatown during the 1950s.
$18.99 US
Jan 19, 2021
Hardcover
416 Pages
Dutton Books for Young Readers
Let's Talk About It
Let's Talk About It
The Teen's Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human (A Graphic Novel)
Erika Moen, Matthew Nolan
9780593125311
Is what I'm feeling normal? Is what my body is doing normal? Am I normal? How do I know what are the right choices to make? How do I know how to behave? How do I fix it when I make a mistake? Let's talk about it.
$23.99 US
Mar 09, 2021
Hardcover
240 Pages
Random House Graphic
The Black Panther Party
The Black Panther Party
A Graphic Novel History
David F. Walker, Marcus Kwame Anderson
9781984857705
A bold and fascinating graphic novel history of the revolutionary Black Panther Party.
$19.99 US
Jan 19, 2021
Paperback
192 Pages
Ten Speed Graphic
Project Hail Mary
Project Hail Mary
A Novel
Andy Weir
9780593135204
A lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this incredible new science-based thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Martian.
$30.00 US
May 04, 2021
Hardcover
496 Pages
Ballantine Books
Revelator
Revelator
A novel
Daryl Gregory
9780525657385
Revelator is the dark, gripping tale of a 1930’s family in the remote hills of the Smoky Mountains, their secret religion, and the daughter who turns her back on their mysterious god.
$27.00 US
Aug 31, 2021
Hardcover
352 Pages
Knopf
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