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The Most Acclaimed Books of the 21st Century - Page 11

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 Girl Who Drank the Moon (Kelly Barnhill)
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
401
Kelly Barnhill
Plainsong (Kent Haruf)
Plainsong
402
Kent Haruf
Night Boat to Tangier (Kevin Barry)
Night Boat to Tangier
403
Kevin Barry
Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age (Kevin Boyle)
Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
404
Kevin Boyle
The Yellow Birds (Kevin Powers)
The Yellow Birds
405
Kevin Powers
House of Psychotic Women (Kier-La Janisse)
House of Psychotic Women
406
Kier-La Janisse
2312 (Kim Stanley Robinson)
2312
407
Kim Stanley Robinson
The Inheritance of Loss (Kiran Desai)
The Inheritance of Loss
408
Kiran Desai
Night at the Fiestas (Kirstin Valdez Quade)
Night at the Fiestas
409
Kirstin Valdez Quade
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (Kristoffer Diaz)
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
410
Kristoffer Diaz
The Crossover (Kwame Alexander)
The Crossover
411
Kwame Alexander
Helter Skelter: Fashion Unfriendly (Kyoko Okazaki)
Helter Skelter: Fashion Unfriendly
412
Kyoko Okazaki
And When She Was Good (Laura Lippman)
And When She Was Good
413
Laura Lippman
Fates and Furies (Lauren Groff)
Fates and Furies
414
Lauren Groff
Osama (Lavie Tidhar)
Osama
415
Lavie Tidhar
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief (Lawrence Wright)
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
416
Lawrence Wright
Thirteen Days in September (Lawrence Wright)
Thirteen Days in September
417
Lawrence Wright
Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David (Lawrence Wright)
Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David
418
Lawrence Wright
Swimming Studies (Leanne Shapton)
Swimming Studies
419
Leanne Shapton
The Perfect Nanny (Leila Slimani)
The Perfect Nanny
420
Leila Slimani
The Club (Leo Damrosch)
The Club
421
Leo Damrosch
The Man Who Loved Dogs (Leonardo Padura)
The Man Who Loved Dogs
422
Leonardo Padura
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X (Les Payne and Tamara Payne)
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
423
Les Payne and Tamara Payne
The Empathy Exams (Leslie Jamison)
The Empathy Exams
424
Leslie Jamison
Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World (Liaquat Ahamed)
Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World
425
Liaquat Ahamed
Euphoria (Lily King)
Euphoria
426
Lily King
The News From Paraguay (Lily Tuck)
The News From Paraguay
427
Lily Tuck
The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh (Linda Colley)
The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh
428
Linda Colley
When I Lived in Modern Times (Linda Grant)
When I Lived in Modern Times
429
Linda Grant
A Single Shard (Linda Sue Park)
A Single Shard
430
Linda Sue Park
Severance (Ling Ma)
Severance
431
Ling Ma
Hamilton (2016) (Lin-Manuel Miranda)
Hamilton (2016)
432
Lin-Manuel Miranda
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
433
Lionel Shriver
Small Fry (Lisa Brennan-Jobs)
Small Fry
434
Lisa Brennan-Jobs
Asymmetry (Lisa Halliday)
Asymmetry
435
Lisa Halliday
The Glorious Heresies (Lisa McInerney)
The Glorious Heresies
436
Lisa McInerney
Paladin of Souls (Lois McMaster Bujold)
Paladin of Souls
437
Lois McMaster Bujold
Bad Blood (Lorna Sage)
Bad Blood
438
Lorna Sage
A Gate at the Stairs (Lorrie Moore)
A Gate at the Stairs
439
Lorrie Moore
See What Can Be Done (Lorrie Moore)
See What Can Be Done
440
Lorrie Moore
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