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The Most Acclaimed Books of the 21st Century - Page 18

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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11/22/63 (Stephen King)
11/22/63
681
Stephen King
On Writing (Stephen King)
On Writing
682
Stephen King
Finishing the Hat (Stephen Sondheim)
Finishing the Hat
683
Stephen Sondheim
Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan (Steve Coll)
Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan
684
Steve Coll
Born Standing Up (Steve Martin)
Born Standing Up
685
Steve Martin
How We Got to Now (Steven Johnson)
How We Got to Now
686
Steven Johnson
How Democracies Die (Steven Levitsky)
How Democracies Die
687
Steven Levitsky
Dangerous Laughter (Steven Millhauser)
Dangerous Laughter
688
Steven Millhauser
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
689
Stieg Larsson
Saudade (Suneeta Peres Da Costa)
Saudade
690
Suneeta Peres Da Costa
Quiet (Susan Cain)
Quiet
691
Susan Cain
Trust Exercise (Susan Choi)
Trust Exercise
692
Susan Choi
In the Darkroom (Susan Faludi)
In the Darkroom
693
Susan Faludi
The Higher Power of Lucky (Susan Patron)
The Higher Power of Lucky
694
Susan Patron
In America (Susan Sontag)
In America
695
Susan Sontag
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
696
Susanna Clarke
Piranesi (Susanna Clarke)
Piranesi
697
Susanna Clarke
In the Blood (Suzan-Lori Parks)
In the Blood
698
Suzan-Lori Parks
Topdog/Underdog (Suzan-Lori Parks)
Topdog/Underdog
699
Suzan-Lori Parks
Empire of Cotton (Sven Beckert)
Empire of Cotton
700
Sven Beckert
Voices From Chernobyl (Svetlana Alexievich)
Voices From Chernobyl
701
Svetlana Alexievich
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets (Svetlana Alexievich,)
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
702
Svetlana Alexievich,
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (T.J. Stiles)
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
703
T.J. Stiles
When You Trap a Tiger (Tae Keller)
When You Trap a Tiger
704
Tae Keller
Sunny (Taiyo Matsumoto)
Sunny
705
Taiyo Matsumoto
Broken Harbour (Tana French)
Broken Harbour
706
Tana French
In the Woods (Tana French)
In the Woods
707
Tana French
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
708
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Educated (Tara Westover)
Educated
709
Tara Westover
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
An American Marriage
710
Tayari Jones
The Tiger's Wife (Tea Obrent)
The Tiger's Wife
711
Tea Obrent
Exhalation (Ted Chiang)
Exhalation
712
Ted Chiang
Stories of Your Life and Others (Ted Chiang)
Stories of Your Life and Others
713
Ted Chiang
Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing (Ted Conover)
Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing
714
Ted Conover
Open City (Teju Cole)
Open City
715
Teju Cole
Night Watch (Terry Pratchett)
Night Watch
716
Terry Pratchett
Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Thomas Piketty)
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
717
Thomas Piketty
Against the Day (Thomas Pynchon)
Against the Day
718
Thomas Pynchon
Inherent Vice (Thomas Pynchon)
Inherent Vice
719
Thomas Pynchon
On a Sunbeam (Tillie Walden)
On a Sunbeam
720
Tillie Walden
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