The theme for 2021 is reading contemporary novels and memoirs by women writers.
- Katherena Vermette – The Break
- Tracey Lindberg – Birdie
- Cherie Dimaline – The Marrow Thieves
- Jenny Heijun Wills – Older Sister, Not Necessarily Related
- Kim Thúy, tr. Sheila Fischman – Ru
- Hiromi Goto – Chorus of Mushrooms
- Ruth Ozeki – A Tale for the Time Being
- Jessica J. Lee – Two Trees Make a Forest
- Arundhati Roy – The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
- Michelle de Kretser – The Life to Come
- Dionne Brand – Theory
- Toni Morrison – Beloved
- Francesca Ekwuyasi – Butter Honey Pig Bread
- Deborah Levy – Hot Milk
- Emily St. John Mandel – Station Eleven
- 西西 Xi Xi – 《我城》My City – A Hong Kong Story
- 陳慧 – 《拾香紀》