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Bookstagram's 102 Best Books of the 21st Century (U.S.)

Organized and compiled by @surabhi.reading, @openbookopen, & @ambershelf.
A few notes on methodology:
* We made a survey inviting bookstagrammers to submit their ballot for the ten best books published in the U.S. in the 21st century. We shared it widely over 4 days.
* We received 324 ballots and a total of 3,156 individual book votes. Not everyone who submitted a ballot submitted ten books.
* We only accepted one ballot from each individual. If a person submitted two different ballots, we only counted the latest submission.
* We used the same rules as the NYT: books published in the U.S. after January 1, 2000. We disqualified books published before that.
* If someone submitted a series, we counted it as the first book in the series. If the first book was published before January 1, 2000, we disqualified it.
* We sorted books by total number of votes, then chose to present a top 102 instead of a top 100 to avoid a tiebreaker process.
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America Is Not the Heart (Elaine Castillo)
America Is Not the Heart
1
Elaine Castillo
Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
Born a Crime
2
Trevor Noah
Brotherless Night (V.V. Ganeshananthan)
Brotherless Night
3
V.V. Ganeshananthan
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
4
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Her Body and Other Parties (Carmen Maria Machado)
Her Body and Other Parties
5
Carmen Maria Machado
Lincoln in the Bardo (George Saunders)
Lincoln in the Bardo
6
George Saunders
Sea of Tranquility (Emily St.John Mandel)
Sea of Tranquility
7
Emily St.John Mandel
Severance (Ling Ma)
Severance
8
Ling Ma
Stories of Your Life and Others (Ted Chiang)
Stories of Your Life and Others
9
Ted Chiang
The Idiot (Elif Batuman)
The Idiot
10
Elif Batuman
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
11
Rebecca Skloot
The Nightingale (Kristin Hannah)
The Nightingale
12
Kristin Hannah
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
The Shadow of the Wind
13
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Swimmers (Julie Otsuka)
The Swimmers
14
Julie Otsuka
The Trees (Percival Everett)
The Trees
15
Percival Everett
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
16
Joan Didion
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension (Hanif Abdurrqib)
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
17
Hanif Abdurrqib
A Woman Is No Man (Etaf Rum)
A Woman Is No Man
18
Etaf Rum
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
19
Ian McEwan
Detransition, Baby (Torrey Peters)
Detransition, Baby
20
Torrey Peters
Freshwater (Akwaeke Emezi)
Freshwater
21
Akwaeke Emezi
Hamnet (Maggie O'farrell)
Hamnet
22
Maggie O'farrell
Invisible Child (Andrea Elliott)
Invisible Child
23
Andrea Elliott
Open Water (Caleb Azumah Nelson)
Open Water
24
Caleb Azumah Nelson
The Mountains Sing (Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai)
The Mountains Sing
25
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
The Night Circus
26
Erin Morgenstern
The Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller)
The Song of Achilles
27
Madeline Miller
A Place for Us (Fatima Farheen Mirza)
A Place for Us
28
Fatima Farheen Mirza
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
29
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
An American Marriage
30
Tayari Jones
Cantoras (Carolina De Robertis)
Cantoras
31
Carolina De Robertis
Educated (Tara Westover)
Educated
32
Tara Westover
Exit West (Mohsin Hamed)
Exit West
33
Mohsin Hamed
Men We Reaped (Jesmyn Ward)
Men We Reaped
34
Jesmyn Ward
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Ocean Vuong)
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
35
Ocean Vuong
Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir)
Project Hail Mary
36
Andy Weir
Small Things Like These (Claire Keegan)
Small Things Like These
37
Claire Keegan
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies (Deesha Philyaw)
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
38
Deesha Philyaw
What My Bones Know (Stephanie Foo)
What My Bones Know
39
Stephanie Foo
Against the Loveless World (Susan Abulhawa)
Against the Loveless World
40
Susan Abulhawa
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