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The Most Acclaimed Books of the 21st Century - Page 3

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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A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
81
Bill Bryson
Fever Chart (Bill Cotter)
Fever Chart
82
Bill Cotter
The World Broke in Two (Bill Goldstein)
The World Broke in Two
83
Bill Goldstein
Peplum (Blutch)
Peplum
84
Blutch
Chronicles: Volume One (Bob Dylan)
Chronicles: Volume One
85
Bob Dylan
An Octoroon (Branden Jacobs-Jenkins)
An Octoroon
86
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
The Madonnas of Echo Park (Brando Skyhorse)
The Madonnas of Echo Park
87
Brando Skyhorse
Y: The Last Man (Brian K. Vaughan)
Y: The Last Man
88
Brian K. Vaughan
Daredevil (Brian Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev)
Daredevil
89
Brian Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev
A Long Long Time Ago and Essentially True (Brigid Pasulka)
A Long Long Time Ago and Essentially True
90
Brigid Pasulka
The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett)
The Vanishing Half
91
Brit Bennett
Clybourne Park (Bruce Norris)
Clybourne Park
92
Bruce Norris
Just Mercy (Bryan Stevenson)
Just Mercy
93
Bryan Stevenson
Memorial (Bryan Washington)
Memorial
94
Bryan Washington
Witchmark (C.L.Polk)
Witchmark
95
C.L.Polk
Smut Peddler (C.Spike Trodman (Edit.))
Smut Peddler
96
C.Spike Trodman (Edit.)
Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste (Carl Wilson)
Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste
97
Carl Wilson
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (Carlo Rovelli)
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
98
Carlo Rovelli
The Order of Time (Carlo Rovelli)
The Order of Time
99
Carlo Rovelli
Waiting for Snow in Havana (Carlos Eire)
Waiting for Snow in Havana
100
Carlos Eire
Her Body and Other Parties (Carmen Maria Machado)
Her Body and Other Parties
101
Carmen Maria Machado
In the Dream House (Carmen Maria Machado)
In the Dream House
102
Carmen Maria Machado
Rapture (Carol Ann Duffy)
Rapture
103
Carol Ann Duffy
Prairie Fires (Caroline Fraser)
Prairie Fires
104
Caroline Fraser
The Quantum Rose (Catherine Asaro)
The Quantum Rose
105
Catherine Asaro
Minor Feelings (Cathy Park Hong)
Minor Feelings
106
Cathy Park Hong
Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng)
Everything I Never Told You
107
Celeste Ng
The Art of Fielding (Chad Harbach)
The Art of Fielding
108
Chad Harbach
Know My Name (Chanel Miller)
Know My Name
109
Chanel Miller
Black Hole (Charles Burns)
Black Hole
110
Charles Burns
Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design (Charles Montgomery)
Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design
111
Charles Montgomery
Interior Chinatown (Charles Yu)
Interior Chinatown
112
Charles Yu
This Young Monster (Charlie Fox)
This Young Monster
113
Charlie Fox
All the Birds in the Sky (Charlie Jane Anders)
All the Birds in the Sky
114
Charlie Jane Anders
Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House (Cheryl Mendelson)
Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House
115
Cheryl Mendelson
Tiny Beautiful Things (Cheryl Strayed)
Tiny Beautiful Things
116
Cheryl Strayed
Wild (Cheryl Strayed)
Wild
117
Cheryl Strayed
Louis Riel: A Comic Strip Biography (Chester Brown)
Louis Riel: A Comic Strip Biography
118
Chester Brown
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
119
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
120
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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