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100 21st-Century Novels to Love - Page 2

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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Any Human Heart
Any Human Heart
41
Daughters of Jerusalem (Charlotte Mendelson)
Daughters of Jerusalem
42
Charlotte Mendelson
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
43
Kazuo Ishiguro
Notes on a Scandal (Zoe Heller)
Notes on a Scandal
44
Zoe Heller
All That Man Is (David Szalay)
All That Man Is
45
David Szalay
The Noise of Time (Julian Barnes)
The Noise of Time
46
Julian Barnes
Fingersmith (Sarah Waters)
Fingersmith
47
Sarah Waters
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
48
Ian McEwan
Train Dreams (Denis Johnson)
Train Dreams
49
Denis Johnson
The Zone of Interest (Martin Amis)
The Zone of Interest
50
Martin Amis
You Don't Have to Live Like This (Benjamin Markovits)
You Don't Have to Live Like This
51
Benjamin Markovits
Mothering Sunday: A Romance (Graham Swift)
Mothering Sunday: A Romance
52
Graham Swift
Digging to America (Anne Tyler)
Digging to America
53
Anne Tyler
Small Island (Andrea Levy)
Small Island
54
Andrea Levy
Breath (Tim Winton)
Breath
55
Tim Winton
The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
The White Tiger
56
Aravind Adiga
Little Fires Everywhere (Celeste Ng)
Little Fires Everywhere
57
Celeste Ng
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
58
Junot Díaz
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
59
Margaret Atwood
The Secret Scripture (Sebastian Barry)
The Secret Scripture
60
Sebastian Barry
The Year of the Runaways (Sunjeev Sahota)
The Year of the Runaways
61
Sunjeev Sahota
The Son (Philipp Meyer)
The Son
62
Philipp Meyer
English Passengers (Matthew Kneale)
English Passengers
63
Matthew Kneale
The Interestings (Meg Wolitzer)
The Interestings
64
Meg Wolitzer
Home Fire (Kamila Shamsie)
Home Fire
65
Kamila Shamsie
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
66
Marilynne Robinson
True History of the Kelly Gang (Peter Carey)
True History of the Kelly Gang
67
Peter Carey
Star of the Sea
Star of the Sea
68
Stay With Me (Ayobámi Adébáyo)
Stay With Me
69
Ayobámi Adébáyo
The Constant Gardener (John Le Carre)
The Constant Gardener
70
John Le Carre
Midwinter Break (Bernard MacLaverty)
Midwinter Break
71
Bernard MacLaverty
Harvest (Jim Crace)
Harvest
72
Jim Crace
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
73
Hilary Mantel
Home (Toni Morrison)
Home
74
Toni Morrison
The Siege (Helen Dunmore)
The Siege
75
Helen Dunmore
How to Be Good (Nick Hornby)
How to Be Good
76
Nick Hornby
Lincoln in the Bardo (George Saunders)
Lincoln in the Bardo
77
George Saunders
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
78
Alan Hollinghurst
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
79
Colson Whitehead
Darkmans (Nicola Barker)
Darkmans
80
Nicola Barker
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