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NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century (26 Read, 32 Want to Read, as of July 2024)

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The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
1
Jonathan Franzen
2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
2666
2
Roberto Bolaño
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
3
W.G. Sebald
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
4
Junot Díaz
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
5
Joan Didion
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
Pachinko
6
Min Jin Lee
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
7
Michael Chabon
Lincoln in the Bardo (George Saunders)
Lincoln in the Bardo
8
George Saunders
Say Nothing (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Say Nothing
9
Patrick Radden Keefe
Behind the Beautiful Forevers (Katherine Boo)
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
10
Katherine Boo
The Last Samurai (Helen Dewitt)
The Last Samurai
11
Helen Dewitt
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
12
Zadie Smith
The Savage Detectives (Roberto Bolaño)
The Savage Detectives
13
Roberto Bolaño
Small Things Like These (Claire Keegan)
Small Things Like These
14
Claire Keegan
Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 (Tony Judt)
Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
15
Tony Judt
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
16
N. K. Jemisin
A Mercy (Toni Morrison)
A Mercy
17
Toni Morrison
Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)
Life After Life
18
Kate Atkinson
Nickel and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)
Nickel and Dimed
19
Barbara Ehrenreich
10:04 (Ben Lerner)
10:04
20
Ben Lerner
Veronica (Mary Gaitskill)
Veronica
21
Mary Gaitskill
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
22
Philip Roth
Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity (Andrew Solomon)
Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity
23
Andrew Solomon
The Copenhagen Trilogy (Tove Ditlevsen)
The Copenhagen Trilogy
24
Tove Ditlevsen
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets (Svetlana Alexievich,)
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
25
Svetlana Alexievich,
The Passage of Power (Robert Caro)
The Passage of Power
26
Robert Caro
Exit West (Mohsin Hamid)
Exit West
27
Mohsin Hamid
The Story of the Lost Child (Elena Ferrante)
The Story of the Lost Child
28
Elena Ferrante
When We Cease to Understand the World (Benjamín Labatut)
When We Cease to Understand the World
29
Benjamín Labatut
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
30
Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Human Stain (Philip Roth)
The Human Stain
31
Philip Roth
The Days of Abandonment (Elena Ferrante)
The Days of Abandonment
32
Elena Ferrante
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