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Kirkus Reviews' Best Fiction of the 21st Century (So Far) - Page 2

Everything that Kirkus Reviews stands for—integrity, honesty and accessible reviews written with an insider's eye—started with Virginia Kirkus. She was a persuasive, hard-charging businesswoman, a visionary who saw a need in publishing that no one before her had adequately addressed.
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Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
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Small Island (Andrea Levy)
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Andrea Levy
The Three-Body Problem (Cixin Liu)
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Cixin Liu
The Story of My Teeth (Valeria Luiselli)
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Severance (Ling Ma)
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Her Body and Other Parties (Carmen Maria Machado)
Her Body and Other Parties
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Carmen Maria Machado
Daring and the Duke (Sarah MacLean)
Daring and the Duke
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Sarah MacLean
The Great Believers (Rebecca Makkai)
The Great Believers
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Rebecca Makkai
Station Eleven (Emily St. John Mandel)
Station Eleven
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Emily St. John Mandel
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
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Hilary Mantel
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store (James McBride)
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
62
James McBride
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
63
Cormac McCarthy
The Ninth Hour (Alice Mcdermott)
The Ninth Hour
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Alice Mcdermott
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
65
Ian McEwan
Red, White and Royal Blue (Casey McQuiston)
Red, White and Royal Blue
66
Casey McQuiston
All Our Names (Dinaw Mengestu)
All Our Names
67
Dinaw Mengestu
The Emperor's Children (Claire Messud)
The Emperor's Children
68
Claire Messud
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
69
David Mitchell
Collected Stories (Lorrie Moore)
Collected Stories
70
Lorrie Moore
Love (Toni Morrison)
Love
71
Toni Morrison
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
72
Haruki Murakami
The Bee Sting (Paul Murray)
The Bee Sting
73
Paul Murray
The Sympathizer (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Sympathizer
74
Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Friend (Sigrid Nunez)
The Friend
75
Sigrid Nunez
Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto
76
Ann Patchett
Binocular Vision (Edith Pearlman)
Binocular Vision
77
Edith Pearlman
Detransition, Baby (Torrey Peters)
Detransition, Baby
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Torrey Peters
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies (Deesha Philyaw)
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Deesha Philyaw
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Marilynne Robinson
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