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GQ's 21 Books From the 21st Century Every Man Should Read

We spent months chiseling down a list of not just our favorite books from the 2000s but also the works of fiction that we most readily recommend to our fathers, brothers, and non-blood-related bros. This list isn't ranked. NB it was published in 2013, so see the more recent GQ list I published which they published just last month.
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The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
1
Jonathan Franzen
The Human Stain (Philip Roth)
The Human Stain
2
Philip Roth
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
3
Cormac McCarthy
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
4
Zadie Smith
True History of the Kelly Gang (Peter Carey)
True History of the Kelly Gang
5
Peter Carey
2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
2666
6
Roberto Bolaño
Tree of Smoke (Denis Johnson)
Tree of Smoke
7
Denis Johnson
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned (Wells Tower)
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned
8
Wells Tower
The Fortress of Solitude (Jonathan Lethem)
The Fortress of Solitude
9
Jonathan Lethem
Pastoralia (George Saunders)
Pastoralia
10
George Saunders
Runaway (Alice Munro)
Runaway
11
Alice Munro
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
12
W.G. Sebald
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
13
David Mitchell
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
14
Marilynne Robinson
The Art of Fielding (Chad Harbach)
The Art of Fielding
15
Chad Harbach
Netherland (Joseph O'Neill)
Netherland
16
Joseph O'Neill
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
17
Junot Díaz
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
18
Alan Hollinghurst
Saturday (Ian McEwan)
Saturday
19
Ian McEwan
The Yellow Birds (Kevin Powers)
The Yellow Birds
20
Kevin Powers
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
21
Jhumpa Lahiri
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