27 Non-Obvious Stories That Offer A "Year In Review" Recap of 2021
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Story 012021 Year In Review: Books
Story 022021 Year In Review: Marketing
Story 032021 Year In Review: News Media
Story 042021 Year In Review: CultureEven More Stories
- Techcrunch Best Business Books of 2021
- The Booker Prize Finalists + Winners 2021
- New York Times Ten Best Books of 2021
- Amazon 2021 Top 20 Books of the Year
- CEO Magazine 10 Best Business Books of 2021
- The Week: Ten Best Business Books of 2021
- TIME Magazine 10 Best Non-Fiction Books of 2021
- GoodReads Reader's Choice Awards - 2021
- 2021 Audie Winners (Book Award for Audio Books)
- Campaign Asia: Our top 10 applause-worthy ads
- 2021 Year In Review: By The Numbers
2021 Year In Review: Books

Books, books, books. We have been absolutely buried in them for the past few weeks and yesterday I did our live announcement show where I shared the winners of the Non-Obvious Book Awards. Beyond our own book awards, though, there were plenty of other great lists of books worth reading. Here's a few that we liked - for your reading pleasure:
- BookRiot Best Books of 2021
- Techcrunch Best Business Books of 2021
- The Booker Prize Finalists + Winners 2021
- New York Times Ten Best Books of 2021
- Amazon 2021 Top 20 Books of the Year
- CEO Magazine 10 Best Business Books of 2021
- The Week: Ten Best Business Books of 2021
- TIME Magazine 10 Best Non-Fiction Books of 2021
- GoodReads Reader's Choice Awards - 2021
- 2021 Audie Winners (Book Award for Audio Books)
2021 Year In Review: Marketing

I love a good marketing roundup and this year there were plenty of reviews of ads, campaigns and ideas from the marketing industry that I came across. Here are some of the best:
2021 Year In Review: News Media

Like books, taking a look back at the past year through the eyes of the journalists who covered it can offer some interesting insights about the stories that resonated. Particularly interesting in the list below are that several of the curated lists were gathered by journalists themselves:
2021 Year In Review: Culture

The annual recaps I read this year were not just limited to business topics either. There were plenty of stories about film, TV and our culture overall. Here are a few: