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New York Times: Best Work of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years

Early in 2006, the Book Review's editor, Sam Tanenhaus, sent out a short letter to a couple of hundred prominent writers, critics, editors and other literary sages, asking them to please identify "the single best work of American fiction published in the last 25 years." Following are the results.
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
2
Underworld
Underworld
3
Blood Meridian
Blood Meridian
4
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
5
Rabbit Redux (John Updike)
Rabbit Redux (John Updike)
6
Rabbit Is Rich (John Updike)
Rabbit Is Rich (John Updike)
7
Rabbit at Rest
Rabbit at Rest
8
American Pastoral
American Pastoral
9
Confederacy of Dunces
Confederacy of Dunces
10
Housekeeping
Housekeeping
11
Winter's Tale (Mark Helprin)
Winter's Tale (Mark Helprin)
12
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise (Don Delillo)
13
The Counterlife
The Counterlife
14
Libra (Don Delillo)
Libra (Don Delillo)
15
Where I'm Calling From
Where I'm Calling From
16
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried
17
Mating (Norman Rush)
Mating (Norman Rush)
18
Jesus' Son: Stories, Denis Johnson
Jesus' Son: Stories, Denis Johnson
19
Operation Shylock (Philip Roth)
Operation Shylock (Philip Roth)
20
Independence Day (Richard Ford)
Independence Day (Richard Ford)
21
Sabbath's Theater (Philip Roth)
Sabbath's Theater (Philip Roth)
22
Cities of the Plain (Cormac McCarthy)
Cities of the Plain (Cormac McCarthy)
23
The Crossing
The Crossing
24
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
25
The Human Stain (Philip Roth)
The Human Stain (Philip Roth)
26
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
27
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
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