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The Most Acclaimed Books of the 21st Century - Page 2

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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Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto
41
Ann Patchett
Milkman (Anna Burns)
Milkman
42
Anna Burns
The Chimes (Anna Smaill)
The Chimes
43
Anna Smaill
Uncanny Valley (Anna Wiener)
Uncanny Valley
44
Anna Wiener
The Beauty of the Husband (Anne Carson)
The Beauty of the Husband
45
Anne Carson
The Forgotten Waltz (Anne Enright)
The Forgotten Waltz
46
Anne Enright
The Gathering (Anne Enright)
The Gathering
47
Anne Enright
The Green Road (Anne Enright)
The Green Road
48
Anne Enright
The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame (Anne Ishii)
The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame
49
Anne Ishii
Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play (Anne Washburn)
Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play
50
Anne Washburn
The Hemingses of Monticello (Annette Gordon-Reed)
The Hemingses of Monticello
51
Annette Gordon-Reed
The Flick (Annie Baker)
The Flick
52
Annie Baker
The Years (Annie Ernaux)
The Years
53
Annie Ernaux
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Anthony Bourdain)
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
54
Anthony Bourdain
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
55
Anthony Doerr
The Tsar of Love and Techno (Anthony Mara)
The Tsar of Love and Techno
56
Anthony Mara
The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
The White Tiger
57
Aravind Adiga
My Father's Paradise (Ariel Sabar)
My Father's Paradise
58
Ariel Sabar
A Memory Called Empire (Arkady Martine)
A Memory Called Empire
59
Arkady Martine
Elegy on Kinderklavier (Arna Bontemps Hemenway)
Elegy on Kinderklavier
60
Arna Bontemps Hemenway
One of Us (Åsne Seierstad,)
One of Us
61
Åsne Seierstad,
Bluebird, Bluebird (Attica Locke)
Bluebird, Bluebird
62
Attica Locke
Preparation for the Next Life (Atticus Lish)
Preparation for the Next Life
63
Atticus Lish
Crispin: The Cross of Lead (Avi)
Crispin: The Cross of Lead
64
Avi
Disgraced: A Play (Ayad Akhtar)
Disgraced: A Play
65
Ayad Akhtar
Homeland Elegies (Ayad Akhtar)
Homeland Elegies
66
Ayad Akhtar
Call Me Zebra (Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi)
Call Me Zebra
67
Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi
Nothing to Envy (Barbara Demick)
Nothing to Envy
68
Barbara Demick
Nickel and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)
Nickel and Dimed
69
Barbara Ehrenreich
The Lacuna (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Lacuna
70
Barbara Kingsolver
All About Love: New Visions (Bell Hooks)
All About Love: New Visions
71
Bell Hooks
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ben Fountain)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
72
Ben Fountain
Brief Encounters With Che Guevara (Ben Fountain)
Brief Encounters With Che Guevara
73
Ben Fountain
10:04 (Ben Lerner)
10:04
74
Ben Lerner
Leaving the Atocha Station (Ben Lerner)
Leaving the Atocha Station
75
Ben Lerner
The Topeka School (Ben Lerner)
The Topeka School
76
Ben Lerner
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Benjamin Alire Saenz)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
77
Benjamin Alire Saenz
Everything Begins & Ends at the Kentucky Club (Benjamin Alire Sáenz)
Everything Begins & Ends at the Kentucky Club
78
Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo)
Girl, Woman, Other
79
Bernardine Evaristo
The Body Keeps the Score (Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD)
The Body Keeps the Score
80
Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD
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