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Beyond the Modern Library: The 35 Greatest Novels of the 21st Century So Far (+15 Rejects)

Two sides of 21st century fiction, according to the 2013 source article by nighthawk4486.
1-35: The Greats
36-50: The Not-So-Goodies
nighthawk4486 gives interesting, sometimes vicious, reasons for his choices within each category.
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Jonathan Sstrange and Mister Norrell
Jonathan Sstrange and Mister Norrell
2
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
3
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
4
The Tiger's Wife (Tea Obreht)
The Tiger's Wife (Tea Obreht)
5
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
6
Empire Falls (Richard Russo)
Empire Falls (Richard Russo)
7
The Imperfectionists (Tom Rachman)
The Imperfectionists (Tom Rachman)
8
Freedom (Jonathan Franzen)
Freedom (Jonathan Franzen)
9
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
10
Bel Canto (Ann Pratchett)
Bel Canto (Ann Pratchett)
11
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
12
Shalimar the Clown (Salman Rushdie)
Shalimar the Clown (Salman Rushdie)
13
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
14
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
15
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
16
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
17
Snow (Orhan Pamuk)
Snow (Orhan Pamuk)
18
On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
19
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
20
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
21
Exit Ghost (Philip Roth)
Exit Ghost (Philip Roth)
22
Everyman
Everyman
23
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
24
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
25
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
26
The Passage (Justin Cronin)
The Passage (Justin Cronin)
27
The Girl Who Fell From the Sky (Heidi W. Durrow)
The Girl Who Fell From the Sky (Heidi W. Durrow)
28
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
29
True History of the Ned Kelly Gang
True History of the Ned Kelly Gang
30
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
31
The Golem and the Jinni (Helene Wecker)
The Golem and the Jinni (Helene Wecker)
32
Inherent Vice (Thomas Pynchon)
Inherent Vice (Thomas Pynchon)
33
Bridge of Sighs
Bridge of Sighs
34
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
35
Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man
Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man
36
The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
37
The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Kim Edwards)
The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Kim Edwards)
38
Absurdistan (Gary Shteyngart)
Absurdistan (Gary Shteyngart)
39
Special Topics in Calamity Physics (Marisha Pessl)
Special Topics in Calamity Physics (Marisha Pessl)
40
Everything Is Illuminated (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Everything Is Illuminated (Jonathan Safran Foer)
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