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Marta's Essential Readings - 21st Century

Forty five books, originally published in 21st century, that were the new quality to me - and therefore I recommend them almost universally.
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The Argonauts (Maggie Nelson)
The Argonauts
1
Maggie Nelson
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
2
W.G. Sebald
Baśń O Wężowym Sercu (Radek Rak)
Baśń O Wężowym Sercu
3
Radek Rak
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (Marlon James)
Black Leopard, Red Wolf
4
Marlon James
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
5
David Mitchell
Convenience Store Woman (Sayaka Murata)
Convenience Store Woman
6
Sayaka Murata
The Corpse Walker (Liao Yiwu)
The Corpse Walker
7
Liao Yiwu
Days Without End (Sebastian Barry)
Days Without End
8
Sebastian Barry
Detransition, Baby (Torrey Peters)
Detransition, Baby
9
Torrey Peters
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned (Wells Tower)
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned
10
Wells Tower
The Fishermen (Chigozie Obioma)
The Fishermen
11
Chigozie Obioma
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home
12
Alison Bechdel
Ghost World (Daniel Clowes)
Ghost World
13
Daniel Clowes
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
14
Marilynne Robinson
Hunger (Roxane Gay)
Hunger
15
Roxane Gay
The Invention of Nature (Andrea Wulf)
The Invention of Nature
16
Andrea Wulf
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
17
Susanna Clarke
Judas (Amos Oz)
Judas
18
Amos Oz
The Luminaries (Eleanor Catton)
The Luminaries
19
Eleanor Catton
A Manual for Cleaning Women (Lucia Berlin)
A Manual for Cleaning Women
20
Lucia Berlin
My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness (Kabi Nagata)
My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness
21
Kabi Nagata
My Tender Matador (Pedro Lemebel)
My Tender Matador
22
Pedro Lemebel
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Ottessa Moshfegh)
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
23
Ottessa Moshfegh
News of the World (Paulette Jiles)
News of the World
24
Paulette Jiles
Niepełnia (Anna Kańtoch)
Niepełnia
25
Anna Kańtoch
Oblivion (Sergei Lebedev)
Oblivion
26
Sergei Lebedev
The Orphanage (Serhiy Zhadan)
The Orphanage
27
Serhiy Zhadan
Piranesi (Susanna Clarke)
Piranesi
28
Susanna Clarke
Problemski Hotel (Dimitri Verhulst)
Problemski Hotel
29
Dimitri Verhulst
Samosiejki (Dominika Słowik)
Samosiejki
30
Dominika Słowik
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets (Svetlana Alexievich,)
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
31
Svetlana Alexievich,
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout
32
Paul Beatty
Stories of Your Life and Others (Ted Chiang)
Stories of Your Life and Others
33
Ted Chiang
Strangers in Their Own Land (Arlie Russell Hochschild)
Strangers in Their Own Land
34
Arlie Russell Hochschild
Swallow Me Whole (Nate Powell)
Swallow Me Whole
35
Nate Powell
Sweetland (Michael Crummey)
Sweetland
36
Michael Crummey
A Tale of Love and Darkness (Amos Oz)
A Tale of Love and Darkness
37
Amos Oz
There There (Tommy Orange)
There There
38
Tommy Orange
This Blinding Absence of Light (Tahar Ben Jelloun)
This Blinding Absence of Light
39
Tahar Ben Jelloun
The Vagrants (Yiyun Li)
The Vagrants
40
Yiyun Li
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