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100 Best Books of the 21st Century NYT

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My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
1
Elena Ferrante
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns
2
Isabel Wilkerson
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
3
Hilary Mantel
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
4
Edward P. Jones
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
5
Jonathan Franzen
2666 (Roberto Bolano)
2666
6
Roberto Bolano
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
7
Colson Whitehead
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
8
W.G. Sebald
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
9
Kazuo Ishiguro
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
10
Marilynne Robinson
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
11
Junot Díaz
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
12
Joan Didion
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
13
Cormac McCarthy
Outline (Rachel Cusk)
Outline
14
Rachel Cusk
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
Pachinko
15
Min Jin Lee
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
16
Michael Chabon
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout
17
Paul Beatty
Lincoln in the Bardo (George Saunders)
Lincoln in the Bardo
18
George Saunders
Say Nothing (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Say Nothing
19
Patrick Radden Keefe
Erasure (Percival Everett)
Erasure
20
Percival Everett
Evicted (Matthew Desmond)
Evicted
21
Matthew Desmond
Behind the Beautiful Forevers (Katherine Boo)
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
22
Katherine Boo
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage (Alice Munro)
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
23
Alice Munro
The Overstory (Richard Powers)
The Overstory
24
Richard Powers
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx (Adrian Nicole Leblanc)
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
25
Adrian Nicole Leblanc
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
26
Ian McEwan
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
27
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
28
David Mitchell
The Last Samurai (Helen Dewitt)
The Last Samurai
29
Helen Dewitt
Sing, Unburied, Sing (Jesmyn Ward)
Sing, Unburied, Sing
30
Jesmyn Ward
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
31
Zadie Smith
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
32
Alan Hollinghurst
Salvage the Bones (Jesmyn Ward)
Salvage the Bones
33
Jesmyn Ward
Citizen (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen
34
Claudia Rankine
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home
35
Alison Bechdel
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
36
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Years (Annie Ernaux)
The Years
37
Annie Ernaux
The Savage Detectives (Roberto Bolaño)
The Savage Detectives
38
Roberto Bolaño
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
39
Jennifer Egan
H Is for Hawk (Helen MacDonald)
H Is for Hawk
40
Helen MacDonald
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