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Best Novels of the 21st Century (Combined)

Reading through the list of best books of the 21st century published in 2024 by the New York Times, the New York Times readers, The Guardian and the Sunday Times. But I picked out only the fiction books from these lists.
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Stay With Me (Ayobami Adebayo)
Stay With Me
1
Ayobami Adebayo
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
2
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
3
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
The White Tiger
4
Aravind Adiga
Disobedience (Naomi Alderman)
Disobedience
5
Naomi Alderman
The Zone of Interest (Martin Amis)
The Zone of Interest
6
Martin Amis
The Yacoubian Building (Alaa Al Aswany)
The Yacoubian Building
7
Alaa Al Aswany
Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)
Life After Life
8
Kate Atkinson
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
9
Margaret Atwood
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
10
Margaret Atwood
Mother's Milk (Edward St. Aubyn)
Mother's Milk
11
Edward St. Aubyn
Hope: A Tragedy (Shalom Auslander)
Hope: A Tragedy
12
Shalom Auslander
A Man Called Ove (Fredrik Backman)
A Man Called Ove
13
Fredrik Backman
Darkmans (Nicola Barker)
Darkmans
14
Nicola Barker
The Silence of the Girls (Pat Barker)
The Silence of the Girls
15
Pat Barker
The Noise of Time (Julian Barnes)
The Noise of Time
16
Julian Barnes
The Secret Scripture (Sebastian Barry)
The Secret Scripture
17
Sebastian Barry
Days Without End (Sebastian Barry)
Days Without End
18
Sebastian Barry
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout
19
Paul Beatty
The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett)
The Vanishing Half
20
Brit Bennett
A Manual for Cleaning Women (Lucia Berlin)
A Manual for Cleaning Women
21
Lucia Berlin
The Savage Detectives (Roberto Bolaño)
The Savage Detectives
22
Roberto Bolaño
2666 (Roberto Bolano)
2666
23
Roberto Bolano
Any Human Heart
Any Human Heart
24
True History of the Kelly Gang (Peter Carey)
True History of the Kelly Gang
25
Peter Carey
Limonov (Emmanuel Carrère)
Limonov
26
Emmanuel Carrère
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
27
Michael Chabon
Stories of Your Life and Others (Ted Chiang)
Stories of Your Life and Others
28
Ted Chiang
Piranesi (Susanna Clarke)
Piranesi
29
Susanna Clarke
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
30
Suzanne Collins
Harvest (Jim Crace)
Harvest
31
Jim Crace
Outline (Rachel Cusk)
Outline
32
Rachel Cusk
Arlington Park (Rachel Cusk)
Arlington Park
33
Rachel Cusk
West (Carys Davies)
West
34
Carys Davies
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis (Lydia Davis)
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
35
Lydia Davis
The Last Samurai (Helen Dewitt)
The Last Samurai
36
Helen Dewitt
Trust (Herman Diaz)
Trust
37
Herman Diaz
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
38
Junot Díaz
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
39
Anthony Doerr
Cloud Cuckoo Land (Anthony Doerr)
Cloud Cuckoo Land
40
Anthony Doerr
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