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The Most Acclaimed Books of the 21st Century - Page 4

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 City & the City (China Miéville)
The City & the City
121
China Miéville
Sea Monsters (Chloe Aridjis)
Sea Monsters
122
Chloe Aridjis
Graceland (Chris Abani)
Graceland
123
Chris Abani
War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (Chris Hedges)
War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
124
Chris Hedges
Achewood (Chris Onstad)
Achewood
125
Chris Onstad
Building Stories (Chris Ware)
Building Stories
126
Chris Ware
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth (Chris Ware)
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
127
Chris Ware
The Acme Novelty Library (Chris Ware)
The Acme Novelty Library
128
Chris Ware
The Sleepwalkers (Christopher Clark)
The Sleepwalkers
129
Christopher Clark
Arguably (Christopher Hitchens)
Arguably
130
Christopher Hitchens
Bud, Not Buddy (Christopher Paul Curtis)
Bud, Not Buddy
131
Christopher Paul Curtis
The Three-Body Problem (Cixin Liu)
The Three-Body Problem
132
Cixin Liu
The Emperor's Children (Claire Messud)
The Emperor's Children
133
Claire Messud
The Sudden Appearance of Hope (Claire North)
The Sudden Appearance of Hope
134
Claire North
Moon Over Manifest (Clare Vanderpool)
Moon Over Manifest
135
Clare Vanderpool
Citizen: An American Lyric (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen: An American Lyric
136
Claudia Rankine
Brooklyn (Colm Toibin)
Brooklyn
137
Colm Toibin
The Master (Colm Tóibín)
The Master
138
Colm Tóibín
The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead)
The Nickel Boys
139
Colson Whitehead
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
140
Colson Whitehead
Let the Great World Spin (Colum McCann)
Let the Great World Spin
141
Colum McCann
Blackout/All Clear (Connie Willis)
Blackout/All Clear
142
Connie Willis
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
143
Cormac McCarthy
Blankets (Craig Thompson)
Blankets
144
Craig Thompson
Prep (Curtis Sittenfeld)
Prep
145
Curtis Sittenfeld
Kira-Kira (Cynthia Kadohota)
Kira-Kira
146
Cynthia Kadohota
Heir to the Glimmering World (Cynthia Ozick)
Heir to the Glimmering World
147
Cynthia Ozick
Vernon God Little (D.B.C.Pierre)
Vernon God Little
148
D.B.C.Pierre
This Is Your Brain on Music: Understanding a Human Obsession (Daniel J. Levitin)
This Is Your Brain on Music: Understanding a Human Obsession
149
Daniel J. Levitin
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
Thinking, Fast and Slow
150
Daniel Kahneman
The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million (Daniel Mendelsohn)
The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million
151
Daniel Mendelsohn
The Office of Historical Corrections (Danielle Evans)
The Office of Historical Corrections
152
Danielle Evans
Half a Life (Darin Straus)
Half a Life
153
Darin Straus
DC: The New Frontier (Darwyn Cooke)
DC: The New Frontier
154
Darwyn Cooke
Columbine (Dave Cullen)
Columbine
155
Dave Cullen
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers)
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
156
Dave Eggers
A Hologram for the King (Dave Eggers)
A Hologram for the King
157
Dave Eggers
Proof (David Auburn)
Proof
158
David Auburn
The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation (David Brian Davis)
The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation
159
David Brian Davis
How Music Works (David Byrne)
How Music Works
160
David Byrne
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