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Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
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WINNER 51,361 votes
If it feels like this one was on display at every bookstore in 2021, that’s because it pretty much was. Korean American author-musician Michelle Zauner—she of the indie rock initiative Japanese Breakfast—was one of publishing’s biggest success stories this year. Her deeply felt memoir addresses love and loss, art and music, and the abiding weirdness of growing up in the 21st century.

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