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New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

As voted on by 503 novelists, nonfiction writers, poets, critics and other book lovers — with a little help from the staff of
The New York Times Book Review.
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Tree of Smoke (Denis Johnson)
Tree of Smoke
1
Denis Johnson
How to Be Both (Ali Smith)
How to Be Both
2
Ali Smith
Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto
3
Ann Patchett
Men We Reaped (Jesmyn Ward)
Men We Reaped
4
Jesmyn Ward
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments (Saidiya Hartman)
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments
5
Saidiya Hartman
Bring Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel)
Bring Up the Bodies
6
Hilary Mantel
On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
7
Zadie Smith
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
8
Emily St John Mandel
The Days of Abandonment (Elena Ferrante)
The Days of Abandonment
9
Elena Ferrante
The Human Stain (Philip Roth)
The Human Stain
10
Philip Roth
The Sympathizer (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Sympathizer
11
Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Return (Hisham Matar)
The Return
12
Hisham Matar
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis (Lydia Davis)
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
13
Lydia Davis
Detransition, Baby (Torrey Peters)
Detransition, Baby
14
Torrey Peters
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (David W. Blight)
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
15
David W. Blight
Pastoralia (George Saunders)
Pastoralia
16
George Saunders
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
17
Siddhartha Mukherjee
When We Cease to Understand the World (Benjamín Labatut)
When We Cease to Understand the World
18
Benjamín Labatut
Hurricane Season (Fernanda Melchor)
Hurricane Season
19
Fernanda Melchor
Pulphead (John Jeremiah Sullivan)
Pulphead
20
John Jeremiah Sullivan
The Story of the Lost Child (Elena Ferrante)
The Story of the Lost Child
21
Elena Ferrante
A Manual for Cleaning Women (Lucia Berlin)
A Manual for Cleaning Women
22
Lucia Berlin
Septology (Jon Fosse)
Septology
23
Jon Fosse
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
An American Marriage
24
Tayari Jones
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Gabrielle Zevin)
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
25
Gabrielle Zevin
Exit West (Mohsin Hamed)
Exit West
26
Mohsin Hamed
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge
27
Elizabeth Strout
The Passage of Power (Robert A. Caro)
The Passage of Power
28
Robert A. Caro
Second Hand Time (Sviatlana Aleksievich)
Second Hand Time
29
Sviatlana Aleksievich
The Copenhagen Trilogy (Tove Ditlevsen)
The Copenhagen Trilogy
30
Tove Ditlevsen
All Aunt Hagar's Children (Edward P. Jones)
All Aunt Hagar's Children
31
Edward P. Jones
The New Jim Crow (Michelle Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
32
Michelle Alexander
The Friend (Sigrid Nunez)
The Friend
33
Sigrid Nunez
Far From the Tree (Robin Benway)
Far From the Tree
34
Robin Benway
We the Animals (Justin Torres)
We the Animals
35
Justin Torres
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
36
Philip Roth
The Great Believers (Rebecca Makkai)
The Great Believers
37
Rebecca Makkai
Veronica (Mary Gaitskill)
Veronica
38
Mary Gaitskill
10:04 (Ben Lerner)
10:04
39
Ben Lerner
Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver)
Demon Copperhead
40
Barbara Kingsolver
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