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New York Times Best Books From the 21st Century (Short List)

My shortened list, I don't agree with the full 100, though I haven't read that many, these are the ones I read and liked, or are highly-anticipated.
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The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
1
N. K. Jemisin
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
Pachinko
2
Min Jin Lee
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
3
Marjane Satrapi
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home
4
Alison Bechdel
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Zevin, Gabrielle)
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
5
Zevin, Gabrielle
Nickel and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)
Nickel and Dimed
6
Barbara Ehrenreich
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
7
Joan Didion
The Great Believers (Rebecca Makkai)
The Great Believers
8
Rebecca Makkai
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments (Saidiya Hartman)
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments
9
Saidiya Hartman
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
10
Cormac McCarthy
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
11
Elena Ferrante
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
12
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
13
Philip Roth
Detransition, Baby (Torrey Peters)
Detransition, Baby
14
Torrey Peters
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
15
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
16
Colson Whitehead
The Emperor of All Maladies (Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD, Dphil)
The Emperor of All Maladies
17
Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD, Dphil
The Overstory (Richard Powers)
The Overstory
18
Richard Powers
The Friend (Sigrid Nunez)
The Friend
19
Sigrid Nunez
The New Jim Crow (Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
20
Alexander
Men We Reaped (Jesmyn Ward)
Men We Reaped
21
Jesmyn Ward
Evicted (Matthew Desmond)
Evicted
22
Matthew Desmond
Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto
23
Ann Patchett
Heavy (Kiese Laymon)
Heavy
24
Kiese Laymon
The Days of Abandonment (Elena Ferrante)
The Days of Abandonment
25
Elena Ferrante
The Sympathizer (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Sympathizer
26
Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns
27
Isabel Wilkerson
Trust (Herman Diaz)
Trust
28
Herman Diaz
When We Cease to Understand the World (Benjamin Labatut)
When We Cease to Understand the World
29
Benjamin Labatut
Hurricane Season (Fernanda Melchor)
Hurricane Season
30
Fernanda Melchor
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Marlon James)
A Brief History of Seven Killings
31
Marlon James
Citizen (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen
32
Claudia Rankine
The Savage Detectives (Roberto Bolaño)
The Savage Detectives
33
Roberto Bolaño
Erasure (Percival Everett)
Erasure
34
Percival Everett
Stay True (Hua Hsu)
Stay True
35
Hua Hsu
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
36
Jonathan Franzen
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout
37
Paul Beatty
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
38
Edward P. Jones
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
39
Hilary Mantel
The Return (Hisham Matar)
The Return
40
Hisham Matar
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