Open Book's highlights for 2021

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Elizabeth Day and Johny Pitts look back at highlights of their first year at the helm of the programme, from Booker Prize winner Damon Galgut to exciting debuts authors such as Raven Leilani Book List – Sunday 26 December and Thursday 30 December Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead Luster by Raven Leilani Memorial by Bryan Washington The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson The Living Sea of Waking Dreams by Richard Flanagan The Wrong End of the Telescope by Rabih Alameddine A Bright Ray of Darkness by Ethan Hawke Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford Matrix by Lauren Groff We Run the Tides by Vendela Vida The Selfless Act of Breathing by J J Bola The Country of Others by Leila Slimani Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen Endgame by Malorie Blackman Pig-Heart Boy by Malorie Blackman Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri The Promise by Damon Galgut Burntcoat by Sarah Hall A Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J K Rowling Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher Vagbonds by Eloghosa Osunde Return of a Native by Vron Ware Love Marriage by Monica Ali A Dreamlife by Claire Messud