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The Most Acclaimed Books of the 21st Century - Page 10

This list is composed of prize-winning books and entries on retrospective critics' lists from the past two decades. The sources are:
Man Booker Prize; Pulitzer Prize: Fiction, Drama; National Book Award: Fiction, Nonfiction; Hugo Award; Nebula Award; World Fantasy Award; PEN/Faulkner Award; Newberry Medal; Women's Prize for Fiction; Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction; National Book Critics Circle Award Fiction; Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award
The Guardian 100 Best Books of 21st Century; Tournament of Books semi-finalists and winners 2005-2020; NYT Ten Best Books Through Time (2004-2020); NYT Best American plays Since ANGELS IN AMERICA; CrimeReads 10 Best Crime Novels of the Last Decade; Slate's Best Nonfiction from the Past 25 Years; AV Club's best comics of 2000-9/2010s; Vox best books of the 2010s; Lithub 10 Best Memoirs/Essay Collection of the 2010s; The Independent best essay collections of the 2010s; Vulture's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
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The Fortress of Solitude (Jonathan Lethem)
The Fortress of Solitude
361
Jonathan Lethem
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
362
Jonathan Safran Foer
We Have No Idea (Jorge Cham)
We Have No Idea
363
Jorge Cham
Netherland (Joseph O'Neill)
Netherland
364
Joseph O'Neill
Then We Came to the End (Joshua Ferris)
Then We Came to the End
365
Joshua Ferris
Honored Guest (Joy Williams)
Honored Guest
366
Joy Williams
Three Junes (Julia Glass)
Three Junes
367
Julia Glass
Disappearing Earth (Julia Phillips)
Disappearing Earth
368
Julia Phillips
Levels of Life (Julian Barnes)
Levels of Life
369
Julian Barnes
The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes)
The Sense of an Ending
370
Julian Barnes
The Buddha in the Attic (Julie Otsuka)
The Buddha in the Attic
371
Julie Otsuka
The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Diaz)
The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao
372
Junot Diaz
Mary and O'Neil (Justin Cronin)
Mary and O'Neil
373
Justin Cronin
My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness (Kabi Nagata)
My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness
374
Kabi Nagata
Queen of the Conquered (Kacen Callender)
Queen of the Conquered
375
Kacen Callender
Home Fire (Kamila Shamsie)
Home Fire
376
Kamila Shamsie
The Association of Small Bombs (Karan Mahajan)
The Association of Small Bombs
377
Karan Mahajan
The Battle for God (Karen Armstrong)
The Battle for God
378
Karen Armstrong
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (Karen Joy Fowler)
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
379
Karen Joy Fowler
Swamplandia! (Karen Russell)
Swamplandia!
380
Karen Russell
My Struggle Book 3 (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
My Struggle Book 3
381
Karl Ove Knausgaard
My Struggle: Book 1 (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
My Struggle: Book 1
382
Karl Ove Knausgaard
My Struggle: Book 2 (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
My Struggle: Book 2
383
Karl Ove Knausgaard
My Struggle: Book 4 (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
My Struggle: Book 4
384
Karl Ove Knausgaard
My Struggle: Book 5 (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
My Struggle: Book 5
385
Karl Ove Knausgaard
A God in Ruins (Kate Atkinson)
A God in Ruins
386
Kate Atkinson
Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)
Life After Life
387
Kate Atkinson
One Good Turn (Kate Atkinson)
One Good Turn
388
Kate Atkinson
Hark! a Vagrant (Kate Beaton)
Hark! a Vagrant
389
Kate Beaton
The Great Man (Kate Christensen)
The Great Man
390
Kate Christensen
Flora & Ulysses (Kate DiCamillo)
Flora & Ulysses
391
Kate DiCamillo
The Tale of Despereaux (Kate DiCamillo)
The Tale of Despereaux
392
Kate DiCamillo
The Idea of Perfection (Kate Grenville)
The Idea of Perfection
393
Kate Grenville
A Short History of Women (Kate Walbert)
A Short History of Women
394
Kate Walbert
The One and Only Ivan (Katherine Applegate)
The One and Only Ivan
395
Katherine Applegate
The Bear and the Nightingale (Katherine Arden)
The Bear and the Nightingale
396
Katherine Arden
Behind the Beautiful Forevers (Katherine Boo)
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
397
Katherine Boo
Sharks in the Time of Saviors (Kawai Strong Washburn)
Sharks in the Time of Saviors
398
Kawai Strong Washburn
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
399
Kazuo Ishiguro
A Terrible Country (Keith Gessen)
A Terrible Country
400
Keith Gessen
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