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The Most Acclaimed Books of the 21st Century - Page 14

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 Stone Sky (N. K. Jemisin)
The Stone Sky
521
N. K. Jemisin
The Obelisk Gate (N.K. Jemison)
The Obelisk Gate
522
N.K. Jemison
When Death Takes Something From You Give It Back (Naja Marie Aidt)
When Death Takes Something From You Give It Back
523
Naja Marie Aidt
Miles From Nowhere (Nami Mun)
Miles From Nowhere
524
Nami Mun
Friday Black (Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah)
Friday Black
525
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America (Nancy Isenberg)
White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
526
Nancy Isenberg
The Power (Naomi Alderman)
The Power
527
Naomi Alderman
The Shock Doctrine (Naomi Klein)
The Shock Doctrine
528
Naomi Klein
This Changes Everything (Naomi Klein)
This Changes Everything
529
Naomi Klein
Uprooted (Naomi Novik)
Uprooted
530
Naomi Novik
The Nix (Nathan Hill)
The Nix
531
Nathan Hill
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Nathaniel Philbrick)
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
532
Nathaniel Philbrick
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
533
Neil Gaiman
Coraline (Neil Gaiman)
Coraline
534
Neil Gaiman
The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman)
The Graveyard Book
535
Neil Gaiman
Check, Please! (Ngozi UKazu)
Check, Please!
536
Ngozi UKazu
Double Fold (Nicholson Baker)
Double Fold
537
Nicholson Baker
Darkmans (Nicola Barker)
Darkmans
538
Nicola Barker
Wide Open (Nicola Barker)
Wide Open
539
Nicola Barker
History of Love (Nicole Krauss)
History of Love
540
Nicole Krauss
Anna in the Tropics (Nilo Cruz)
Anna in the Tropics
541
Nilo Cruz
Who Fears Death (Nnedi Okorafor)
Who Fears Death
542
Nnedi Okorafor
Belonging: A German Reckons With History and Home (Nora Krug)
Belonging: A German Reckons With History and Home
543
Nora Krug
We Need New Names (Noviolet Bulawayo)
We Need New Names
544
Noviolet Bulawayo
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Ocean Vuong)
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
545
Ocean Vuong
Parable of the Talents (Octavia Butler)
Parable of the Talents
546
Octavia Butler
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Olga Tokarczuk)
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
547
Olga Tokarczuk
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain (Oliver Sacks)
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
548
Oliver Sacks
On the Move: A Life (Oliver Sacks)
On the Move: A Life
549
Oliver Sacks
The Mind's Eye (Oliver Sacks)
The Mind's Eye
550
Oliver Sacks
The Trip to Echo Spring (Olivia Laing)
The Trip to Echo Spring
551
Olivia Laing
Snow (Orhan Pamuk)
Snow
552
Orhan Pamuk
Eileen (Ottessa Moshfegh)
Eileen
553
Ottessa Moshfegh
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Ottessa Moshfegh)
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
554
Ottessa Moshfegh
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Oyinkan Braithwaite)
My Sister, the Serial Killer
555
Oyinkan Braithwaite
The Windup Girl (Paolo Bacigalupi)
The Windup Girl
556
Paolo Bacigalupi
The Silence of the Girls (Pat Barker)
The Silence of the Girls
557
Pat Barker
Every Man a Menace (Patricia Hoffman)
Every Man a Menace
558
Patricia Hoffman
Priestdaddy (Patricia Lockwood)
Priestdaddy
559
Patricia Lockwood
Ombria in Shadow (Patricia McKillip)
Ombria in Shadow
560
Patricia McKillip
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