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Best 21st Century Novels (So Far...)

This list attempts to create a sort of canon of 21st century fiction (some of these are not novels, but story collections). This list combines popular titles, major award winners, as well as critical favorites. Which book is your favorite?
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White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
1
Zadie Smith
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
2
Jonathan Franzen
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
3
Kazuo Ishiguro
Freedom (Jonathan Franzen)
Freedom
4
Jonathan Franzen
The Last Samurai (Helen Dewitt)
The Last Samurai
5
Helen Dewitt
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
6
Mark Z. Danielewski
Stories of Your Life (Ted Chiang)
Stories of Your Life
7
Ted Chiang
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
8
N. K. Jemisin
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
9
Hanya Yanagihara
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
10
Gillian Flynn
My Struggle (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
My Struggle
11
Karl Ove Knausgaard
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
12
Hilary Mantel
Bringing Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel)
Bringing Up the Bodies
13
Hilary Mantel
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
14
Michael Chabon
NW (Zadie Smith)
NW
15
Zadie Smith
Small Island (Andrea Levy)
Small Island
16
Andrea Levy
True History of the Kelly Gang (Peter Carey)
True History of the Kelly Gang
17
Peter Carey
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
18
Elena Ferrante
Mother's Milk (Edward St. Aubyn)
Mother's Milk
19
Edward St. Aubyn
How Should a Person Be? (Sheila Heti)
How Should a Person Be?
20
Sheila Heti
Outline (Rachel Cusk)
Outline
21
Rachel Cusk
Leaving the Atocha Station
Leaving the Atocha Station
22
2666 (Roberto Bolano)
2666
23
Roberto Bolano
The Savage Detectives (Roberto Bolaño)
The Savage Detectives
24
Roberto Bolaño
The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
The White Tiger
25
Aravind Adiga
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout
26
Paul Beatty
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
27
Ian McEwan
The Flamethrowers (Rachel Kushner)
The Flamethrowers
28
Rachel Kushner
Erasure (Percival Everett)
Erasure
29
Percival Everett
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
30
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Marriage Plot (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Marriage Plot
31
Jeffrey Eugenides
Platform (Michel Houellebecq)
Platform
32
Michel Houellebecq
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
33
Edward P. Jones
The Human Stain (Philip Roth)
The Human Stain
34
Philip Roth
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
35
Alan Hollinghurst
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
36
Cormac McCarthy
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
37
Junot Díaz
Mr Fox (Helen Oyeyemi)
Mr Fox
38
Helen Oyeyemi
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
39
Colson Whitehead
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
40
Donna Tartt
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