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The Most Acclaimed Books of the 21st Century - Page 15

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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French Exit (Patrick Dewitt)
French Exit
561
Patrick Dewitt
The Sisters Brothers (Patrick Dewitt)
The Sisters Brothers
562
Patrick Dewitt
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
563
Patrick Radden Keefe
Just Kids (Patti Smith)
Just Kids
564
Patti Smith
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout
565
Paul Beatty
Tinkers (Paul Harding)
Tinkers
566
Paul Harding
Sons of Mississippi: A Story of Race and Its Legacy (Paul Hendrickson)
Sons of Mississippi: A Story of Race and Its Legacy
567
Paul Hendrickson
When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi)
When Breath Becomes Air
568
Paul Kalanithi
Run Me to Earth (Paul Yoon)
Run Me to Earth
569
Paul Yoon
Borrowed Finery (Paula Fox)
Borrowed Finery
570
Paula Fox
Out Stealing Horses (Per Petterson)
Out Stealing Horses
571
Per Petterson
Erasure (Percival Everett)
Erasure
572
Percival Everett
Telephone (Percival Everett)
Telephone
573
Percival Everett
Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House (Peter Baker)
Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House
574
Peter Baker
The Ends of the World (Peter Brannen)
The Ends of the World
575
Peter Brannen
True History of the Kelly Gang (Peter Carey)
True History of the Kelly Gang
576
Peter Carey
Shadow Country (Peter Mattiessen)
Shadow Country
577
Peter Mattiessen
What We See When We Read (Peter Mendelsund)
What We See When We Read
578
Peter Mendelsund
Redeployment (Phil Klay)
Redeployment
579
Phil Klay
Everyman (Philip Roth)
Everyman
580
Philip Roth
The Human Stain (Philip Roth)
The Human Stain
581
Philip Roth
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
582
Philip Roth
The Son (Philipp Meyer)
The Son
583
Philipp Meyer
The Amber Spyglass (Phillip Pullman)
The Amber Spyglass
584
Phillip Pullman
We Ride Upon Sticks (Quan Barry)
We Ride Upon Sticks
585
Quan Barry
Water by the Spoonful (Quiara Alegria Hudes)
Water by the Spoonful
586
Quiara Alegria Hudes
Outline (Rachel Cusk)
Outline
587
Rachel Cusk
The Flamethrowers (Rachel Kushner)
The Flamethrowers
588
Rachel Kushner
The Mars Room (Rachel Kushner)
The Mars Room
589
Rachel Kushner
No Visible Bruises: What We Don't Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us (Rachel Louise Snyder)
No Visible Bruises: What We Don't Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
590
Rachel Louise Snyder
Imperial Life in the Emerald City (Rajiv Chandrasekaran)
Imperial Life in the Emerald City
591
Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Luster (Raven Leilani)
Luster
592
Raven Leilani
The Great Believers (Rebecca Makkai)
The Great Believers
593
Rebecca Makkai
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
594
Rebecca Skloot
Hope in the Dark (Rebecca Solnit)
Hope in the Dark
595
Rebecca Solnit
The Faraway Nearby (Rebecca Solnit)
The Faraway Nearby
596
Rebecca Solnit
The Mother of All Questions (Rebecca Solnit)
The Mother of All Questions
597
Rebecca Solnit
When You Reach Me (Rebecca Stead)
When You Reach Me
598
Rebecca Stead
The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins)
The God Delusion
599
Richard Dawkins
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Richard Flanagan)
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
600
Richard Flanagan
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