Chalkdust Book of the Year 2021

We announce the shortlist of our favourite maths-themed books of last year

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It’s the twenties and it is time for the Chalkdust Magazine Book of the Year award. One maths book that was published in 2021 will be joining Kit Yates’s The Maths of Life and Death and Eugenia Cheng & Aleksandra Artymowska’s Molly and the Mathematical Mystery by receiving this prestigious award.

Additionally, you—our readers—can vote for your favourite book on the shortlist.

The 2021 shortlist

We have picked seven maths-themed books released in 2021 to be on our shortlist for the prize. These are (in alphabetical order):

These books are all very good, but we can only pick one winner of the prize. Over the course of the next few weeks, we will be posting reviews of each of these books, including notes relating to our four judging criteria—style, control, damage, and aggression.

Lines are now open for you to vote for your favourite book on the shortlist. Voting closes on Saturday 16 April 2022.

The winner of the Chalkdust Magazine Book of the Year 2021, plus the winner of our readers’ vote, will be announced in issue 15.

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