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Lithub's Best of the Decade: What Books Will We Still Be Reading in 10 Years?

"I asked each of my colleagues in the Literary Hub office to make a list of the ten books from the last ten years that they thought we'd still be reading—for good or ill—ten years from now, circa 2030.
The below results collate the responses of 14 people, who range in age and interest as much as possible for a group that works for a literary website. I was not surprised to see Claudia Rankine's Citizen top the list by a wide margin—that's a book that keeps on getting more relevant; one hopes that in ten years we'll be reading it as an artifact, but one also doubts it. Same goes for some of the others on here, though some of course are just very good novels that people will continue to enjoy."
- Emily Temple
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Citizen (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen
1
Claudia Rankine
Sing, Unburied, Sing (Jesmyn Ward)
Sing, Unburied, Sing
2
Jesmyn Ward
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
3
Colson Whitehead
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
4
Jennifer Egan
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
5
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
6
Elena Ferrante
Tenth of December (George Saunders)
Tenth of December
7
George Saunders
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
8
Gillian Flynn
The Sympathizer (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Sympathizer
9
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Nox (Anne Carson)
Nox
10
Anne Carson
Clarice Lispector: The Complete Stories (Clarice Lispector)
Clarice Lispector: The Complete Stories
11
Clarice Lispector
Train Dreams (Denis Johnson)
Train Dreams
12
Denis Johnson
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
13
Hanya Yanagihara
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
14
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Her Body and Other Parties (Carmen Maria Machado)
Her Body and Other Parties
15
Carmen Maria Machado
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
16
Donna Tartt
Bring Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel)
Bring Up the Bodies
17
Hilary Mantel
Dept. of Speculation (Jenny Offill)
Dept. of Speculation
18
Jenny Offill
Salvage the Bones (Jesmyn Ward)
Salvage the Bones
19
Jesmyn Ward
The Argonauts (Maggie Nelson)
The Argonauts
20
Maggie Nelson
The New Jim Crow (Michelle Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
21
Michelle Alexander
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
22
N. K. Jemisin
Men Explain Things to Me (Rebecca Solnit)
Men Explain Things to Me
23
Rebecca Solnit
The Tiger's Wife (Tea Obrent)
The Tiger's Wife
24
Tea Obrent
There There (Tommy Orange)
There There
25
Tommy Orange
Lost Children Archive (Valeria Luiselli)
Lost Children Archive
26
Valeria Luiselli
The Book of My Lives
The Book of My Lives
27
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
28
Andy Weir
The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
The Hate U Give
29
Angie Thomas
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
30
Anthony Doerr
Black Water Rising (Attica Locke)
Black Water Rising
31
Attica Locke
Wild (Cheryl Strayed)
Wild
32
Cheryl Strayed
The Maid's Version (Daniel Woodrell)
The Maid's Version
33
Daniel Woodrell
The Idiot (Elif Batuman)
The Idiot
34
Elif Batuman
Create Dangerously (Edwidge Danticat)
Create Dangerously
35
Edwidge Danticat
Killers of the Flower Moon (David Grann)
Killers of the Flower Moon
36
David Grann
The Sixth Extinction (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction
37
Elizabeth Kolbert
The Collected Schizophrenias (Esmé Weijun Wang)
The Collected Schizophrenias
38
Esmé Weijun Wang
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
39
Haruki Murakami
This House of Grief (Helen Garner)
This House of Grief
40
Helen Garner
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