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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
1
Toni Morrison
Underworld (Don Delillo)
Underworld
2
Don Delillo
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
3
Cormac McCarthy
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
4
John Updike
Rabbit Redux (John Updike)
Rabbit Redux
5
John Updike
Rabbit Is Rich (John Updike)
Rabbit Is Rich
6
John Updike
Rabbit at Rest (John Updike)
Rabbit at Rest
7
John Updike
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
8
Philip Roth
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
9
John Kennedy Toole
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
10
Marilynne Robinson
Winter's Tale (Mark Helprin)
Winter's Tale
11
Mark Helprin
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
12
Don Delillo
The Counterlife
The Counterlife
13
Libra (Don Delillo)
Libra
14
Don Delillo
Where I'm Calling From
Where I'm Calling From
15
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
16
Tim O'Brien
Mating (Norman Rush)
Mating
17
Norman Rush
Jesus' Son: Stories, Denis Johnson
Jesus' Son: Stories, Denis Johnson
18
Operation Shylock (Philip Roth)
Operation Shylock
19
Philip Roth
Independence Day (Richard Ford)
Independence Day
20
Richard Ford
Sabbath's Theater (Philip Roth)
Sabbath's Theater
21
Philip Roth
Cities of the Plain (Cormac McCarthy)
Cities of the Plain
22
Cormac McCarthy
The Crossing
The Crossing
23
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
24
Cormac McCarthy
The Human Stain (Philip Roth)
The Human Stain
25
Philip Roth
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
26
Edward P. Jones
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
27
Philip Roth
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