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New York Times Book Review's Best Books Since 2000

The New York Times' compilation of best books and editors' picks from 2000-2023, including fiction and nonfiction.
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The Bee Sting (Paul Murray)
The Bee Sting
1
Paul Murray
Chain-Gang All-Stars (Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah)
Chain-Gang All-Stars
2
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Eastbound (Maylis De Kerangal)
Eastbound
3
Maylis De Kerangal
The Fraud (Zadie Smith)
The Fraud
4
Zadie Smith
North Woods (Daniel Mason)
North Woods
5
Daniel Mason
The Best Minds (Jonathan Rosen)
The Best Minds
6
Jonathan Rosen
Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs (Kerry Howley)
Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs
7
Kerry Howley
Fire Weather: A True Story From a Hotter World (John Vaillant)
Fire Weather: A True Story From a Hotter World
8
John Vaillant
Master Slave Husband Wife (Ilyon Woo)
Master Slave Husband Wife
9
Ilyon Woo
Some People Need Killing (Patricia Evangelista)
Some People Need Killing
10
Patricia Evangelista
The Candy House (Jennifer Egan)
The Candy House
11
Jennifer Egan
Checkout 19 (Claire-Louise Bennett)
Checkout 19
12
Claire-Louise Bennett
Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver)
Demon Copperhead
13
Barbara Kingsolver
The Furrows (Namwali Serpell)
The Furrows
14
Namwali Serpell
Trust (Herman Diaz)
Trust
15
Herman Diaz
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us (Ed Yong)
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
16
Ed Yong
Stay True (Hua Hsu)
Stay True
17
Hua Hsu
Strangers to Ourselves (Rachel Aviv)
Strangers to Ourselves
18
Rachel Aviv
Under the Skin (Linda Villarosa)
Under the Skin
19
Linda Villarosa
We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland (Fintan O'Toole)
We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland
20
Fintan O'Toole
How Beautiful We Were (Imbolo Mbue)
How Beautiful We Were
21
Imbolo Mbue
Intimacies (Katie Kitamura)
Intimacies
22
Katie Kitamura
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois (Honorée Fanonne Jeffers)
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
23
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
No One Is Talking About This (Patricia Lockwood)
No One Is Talking About This
24
Patricia Lockwood
When We Cease to Understand the World (Benjamín Labatut)
When We Cease to Understand the World
25
Benjamín Labatut
The Copenhagen Trilogy (Tove Ditlevsen)
The Copenhagen Trilogy
26
Tove Ditlevsen
How the Word Is Passed (Clint Smith)
How the Word Is Passed
27
Clint Smith
Invisible Child (Andrea Elliott)
Invisible Child
28
Andrea Elliott
On Juneteenth (Annette Gordon-Reed)
On Juneteenth
29
Annette Gordon-Reed
Red Comet (Heather L. Clark)
Red Comet
30
Heather L. Clark
A Children's Bible (Lydia Millet)
A Children's Bible
31
Lydia Millet
Deacon King Kong (James McBride)
Deacon King Kong
32
James McBride
Hamnet (Maggie O'farrell)
Hamnet
33
Maggie O'farrell
Homeland Elegies (Ayad Akhtar)
Homeland Elegies
34
Ayad Akhtar
The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett)
The Vanishing Half
35
Brit Bennett
Hidden Valley Road (Robert Kolker)
Hidden Valley Road
36
Robert Kolker
A Promised Land (Barack Obama)
A Promised Land
37
Barack Obama
Shakespeare in a Divided America (James Shapiro)
Shakespeare in a Divided America
38
James Shapiro
Uncanny Valley (Anna Wiener)
Uncanny Valley
39
Anna Wiener
War (Margaret MacMillan)
War
40
Margaret MacMillan
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