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NYT Best Books of the 21st Century

As voted on by 503 novelists, nonfiction writers, poets, critics and other book lovers — with a little help from the staff of The New York Times Book Review.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/best-books-21st-century.html
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My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
1
Elena Ferrante
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
2
Kazuo Ishiguro
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
3
Emily St John Mandel
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Gabrielle Zevin)
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
4
Gabrielle Zevin
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
5
Cormac McCarthy
Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver)
Demon Copperhead
6
Barbara Kingsolver
Small Things Like These (Claire Keegan)
Small Things Like These
7
Claire Keegan
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
8
Donna Tartt
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
9
David Mitchell
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
10
Colson Whitehead
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
Pachinko
11
Min Jin Lee
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
12
Marjane Satrapi
The Overstory (Richard Powers)
The Overstory
13
Richard Powers
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
14
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Vegetarian (Han Kang)
The Vegetarian
15
Han Kang
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
16
Ian McEwan
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
17
Hilary Mantel
Bring Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel)
Bring Up the Bodies
18
Hilary Mantel
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
19
Jennifer Egan
Lincoln in the Bardo (George Saunders)
Lincoln in the Bardo
20
George Saunders
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
21
Michael Chabon
Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto
22
Ann Patchett
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
23
Jonathan Franzen
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
24
Junot Díaz
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
25
Jeffrey Eugenides
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
26
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Say Nothing (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Say Nothing
27
Patrick Radden Keefe
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home
28
Alison Bechdel
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge
29
Elizabeth Strout
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
30
Joan Didion
The Story of the Lost Child (Elena Ferrante)
The Story of the Lost Child
31
Elena Ferrante
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
32
Zadie Smith
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
33
N. K. Jemisin
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
34
W.G. Sebald
When We Cease to Understand the World (Benjamin Labatut)
When We Cease to Understand the World
35
Benjamin Labatut
Trust (Herman Diaz)
Trust
36
Herman Diaz
Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)
Life After Life
37
Kate Atkinson
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets (Svetlana Alexievich,)
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
38
Svetlana Alexievich,
On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
39
Zadie Smith
The Years (Annie Ernaux)
The Years
40
Annie Ernaux
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