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The Most Acclaimed Books of the 21st Century - Page 13

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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Cost of Living (Martyna Majok)
Cost of Living
481
Martyna Majok
Women & Power (Mary Beard)
Women & Power
482
Mary Beard
Veronica (Mary Gaitskill)
Veronica
483
Mary Gaitskill
Lit (Mary Karr)
Lit
484
Mary Karr
Stiff (Mary Roach)
Stiff
485
Mary Roach
The Calculating Stars (Mary Robinette Kowal)
The Calculating Stars
486
Mary Robinette Kowal
The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia (Masha Gessen)
The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
487
Masha Gessen
Last Stop on Market Street (Matt De La Pena)
Last Stop on Market Street
488
Matt De La Pena
Hawkeye (Matt Fraction)
Hawkeye
489
Matt Fraction
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Matthew Desmond)
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
490
Matthew Desmond
Liberty's Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary War (Maya Jasanoff)
Liberty's Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary War
491
Maya Jasanoff
Merci Suarez Changes Gears (Meg Medina)
Merci Suarez Changes Gears
492
Meg Medina
Dare Me (Megan Abbott)
Dare Me
493
Megan Abbott
The Thief (Megan Whalen Turner)
The Thief
494
Megan Whalen Turner
Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows (Melanie Joy)
Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
495
Melanie Joy
Octopus Pie (Meredith Gran)
Octopus Pie
496
Meredith Gran
Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes From the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 (Michael Azerrad)
Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes From the American Indie Underground 1981-1991
497
Michael Azerrad
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
498
Michael Chabon
The Yiddish Policemen's Union (Michael Chabon)
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
499
Michael Chabon
A Gentleman's Guide to Graceful Living (Michael Dahlie)
A Gentleman's Guide to Graceful Living
500
Michael Dahlie
Tales Designed to Thrizzle (Michael Kupperman)
Tales Designed to Thrizzle
501
Michael Kupperman
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (Michael Lewis)
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
502
Michael Lewis
Warlight (Michael Ondaatje)
Warlight
503
Michael Ondaatje
How to Change Your Mind (Michael Pollan)
How to Change Your Mind
504
Michael Pollan
The Omnivore's Dilemma (Michael Pollan)
The Omnivore's Dilemma
505
Michael Pollan
A Strange Loop (Michael R. Jackson)
A Strange Loop
506
Michael R. Jackson
Man Gone Down (Michael Thomas)
Man Gone Down
507
Michael Thomas
The Book of Strange New Things (Michel Faber)
The Book of Strange New Things
508
Michel Faber
Platform (Michel Houellebecq)
Platform
509
Michel Houellebecq
The New Jim Crow (Michelle Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
510
Michelle Alexander
I'll Be Gone in the Dark (Michelle McNamara)
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
511
Michelle McNamara
Breasts and Eggs (Mieko Kawakami)
Breasts and Eggs
512
Mieko Kawakami
Little Heathens (Mildred Armstrong Kalish)
Little Heathens
513
Mildred Armstrong Kalish
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
Pachinko
514
Min Jin Lee
The Memory Palace (Mira Bartok)
The Memory Palace
515
Mira Bartok
Women Talking (Miriam Toews)
Women Talking
516
Miriam Toews
Exit West (Mohsin Hamid)
Exit West
517
Mohsin Hamid
The Laramie Project (Moisés Kaufman & Members of the Tectonic Theater)
The Laramie Project
518
Moisés Kaufman & Members of the Tectonic Theater
Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education (Mychal Denzel Smith)
Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education
519
Mychal Denzel Smith
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
520
N. K. Jemisin
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