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The Most Acclaimed Books of the 21st Century - Page 7

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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Absurdistan (Gary Shteyngart)
Absurdistan
241
Gary Shteyngart
Super Sad True Love Story (Gary Shteyngart)
Super Sad True Love Story
242
Gary Shteyngart
American Born Chinese (Gene Luen Yang)
American Born Chinese
243
Gene Luen Yang
Soldier of Sidon (Gene Wolf)
Soldier of Sidon
244
Gene Wolf
The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America (George Packer)
The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America
245
George Packer
Lincoln in the Bardo (George Saunders)
Lincoln in the Bardo
246
George Saunders
Tenth of December (George Saunders)
Tenth of December
247
George Saunders
March (Geraldine Brooks)
March
248
Geraldine Brooks
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
249
Gillian Flynn
The Resisters (Gish Jen)
The Resisters
250
Gish Jen
The Facts of Life (Graham Joyce)
The Facts of Life
251
Graham Joyce
All-Star Superman (Grant Morrison)
All-Star Superman
252
Grant Morrison
Darwin's Radio (Greg Bear)
Darwin's Radio
253
Greg Bear
Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea (Guy Delisle)
Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea
254
Guy Delisle
Ysabel (Guy Gavriel Kay)
Ysabel
255
Guy Gavriel Kay
Waiting (Ha Jin)
Waiting
256
Ha Jin
War Trash (Ha Jin)
War Trash
257
Ha Jin
The New Me (Halle Butler)
The New Me
258
Halle Butler
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
259
Hanya Yanagihara
The People in the Trees (Hanya Yanagihara)
The People in the Trees
260
Hanya Yanagihara
Red Pill (Hari Kunzru)
Red Pill
261
Hari Kunzru
White Tears (Hari Kunzru)
White Tears
262
Hari Kunzru
Medical Apartheid (Harriet Washington)
Medical Apartheid
263
Harriet Washington
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
264
Haruki Murakami
Absolutely on Music: Conversations With Seiji Ozawa (Haruki Murakami)
Absolutely on Music: Conversations With Seiji Ozawa
265
Haruki Murakami
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
266
Haruki Murakami
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (Haruki Murakami)
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
267
Haruki Murakami
The Dictionary of Animal Languages (Heidi Sopinka)
The Dictionary of Animal Languages
268
Heidi Sopinka
Lightning Rods (Helen Dewitt)
Lightning Rods
269
Helen Dewitt
The Last Samurai (Helen Dewitt)
The Last Samurai
270
Helen Dewitt
The Siege (Helen Dunmore)
The Siege
271
Helen Dunmore
This House of Grief (Helen Garner)
This House of Grief
272
Helen Garner
H Is for Hawk (Helen MacDonald)
H Is for Hawk
273
Helen MacDonald
Mr Fox (Helen Oyeyemi)
Mr Fox
274
Helen Oyeyemi
Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life (Hermione Lee)
Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life
275
Hermione Lee
Temporary (Hilary Leichter)
Temporary
276
Hilary Leichter
Bring Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel)
Bring Up the Bodies
277
Hilary Mantel
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
278
Hilary Mantel
White Girls (Hilton Als)
White Girls
279
Hilton Als
The Return (Hisham Matar)
The Return
280
Hisham Matar
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