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100 21st-Century Novels to Love

A Sunday Times list of their writers' and critics' 100 favourite novels published this century: limited to one book per writer and including, at the end, works originally written in a foreign language some of which, though published in the previous century, have only recently been published in English. This list provoked some very heated arguments in my household: it is to be noted that there are no children's, fantasy or graphic novels included, omissions some might consider unforgivable.
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Conversations With Friends (Sally Rooney)
Conversations With Friends
1
Sally Rooney
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge
2
Elizabeth Strout
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
3
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
4
Mark Haddon
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
5
Cormac McCarthy
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
6
Jonathan Franzen
The Green Road (Anne Enright)
The Green Road
7
Anne Enright
The Essex Serpent (Sarah Perry)
The Essex Serpent
8
Sarah Perry
Disobedience (Naomi Alderman)
Disobedience
9
Naomi Alderman
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
10
Anthony Doerr
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
11
Jeffrey Eugenides
Then We Came to the End
Then We Came to the End
12
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
13
Jennifer Egan
Brooklyn (Colm Toibin)
Brooklyn
14
Colm Toibin
West (Carys Davies)
West
15
Carys Davies
Golden Hill (Francis Spufford)
Golden Hill
16
Francis Spufford
An Officer an a Spy (Robert Harris)
An Officer an a Spy
17
Robert Harris
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
18
David Mitchell
All My Puny Sorrows (Miriam Toews)
All My Puny Sorrows
19
Miriam Toews
The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
20
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
21
Lionel Shriver
Spies (Michael Frayn)
Spies
22
Michael Frayn
Hope: A Tragedy (Shalom Auslander)
Hope: A Tragedy
23
Shalom Auslander
Late in the Day (Tessa Hadley)
Late in the Day
24
Tessa Hadley
Old Filth (Jane Gardam)
Old Filth
25
Jane Gardam
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
26
Yann Martel
NW (Zadie Smith)
NW
27
Zadie Smith
All Families Are Psychotic (Douglas Coupland)
All Families Are Psychotic
28
Douglas Coupland
God's Own Country (Ross Raisin)
God's Own Country
29
Ross Raisin
Legend of a Suicide (David Vann)
Legend of a Suicide
30
David Vann
If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things (Jon McGregor)
If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things
31
Jon McGregor
The Little Red Chairs (Edna O' Brien)
The Little Red Chairs
32
Edna O' Brien
Grief Is the Thing With Feathers (Max John Porter)
Grief Is the Thing With Feathers
33
Max John Porter
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
34
Philip Roth
Arlington Park (Rachel Cusk)
Arlington Park
35
Rachel Cusk
Let the Great World Spin (Colum McCann)
Let the Great World Spin
36
Colum McCann
The Forgiven (Lawrence Osborne)
The Forgiven
37
Lawrence Osborne
Mister Pip (Lloyd Jones)
Mister Pip
38
Lloyd Jones
The Secret River (Kate Grenville)
The Secret River
39
Kate Grenville
Burial Rites (Hannah Kent)
Burial Rites
40
Hannah Kent
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