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NYT Best Books of the 21st Century - Page 2

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.
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Exit West (Mohsin Hamed)
Exit West
41
Mohsin Hamed
The Sympathizer (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Sympathizer
42
Viet Thanh Nguyen
2666 (Roberto Bolano)
2666
43
Roberto Bolano
Erasure (Percival Everett)
Erasure
44
Percival Everett
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
An American Marriage
45
Tayari Jones
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout
46
Paul Beatty
Evicted (Matthew Desmond)
Evicted
47
Matthew Desmond
A Manual for Cleaning Women (Lucia Berlin)
A Manual for Cleaning Women
48
Lucia Berlin
Detransition, Baby (Torrey Peters)
Detransition, Baby
49
Torrey Peters
The New Jim Crow (Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
50
Alexander
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns
51
Isabel Wilkerson
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
52
Marilynne Robinson
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
53
Alan Hollinghurst
Sing, Unburied, Sing (Jesmyn Ward)
Sing, Unburied, Sing
54
Jesmyn Ward
Outline (Rachel Cusk)
Outline
55
Rachel Cusk
The Days of Abandonment (Elena Ferrante)
The Days of Abandonment
56
Elena Ferrante
The Friend (Sigrid Nunez)
The Friend
57
Sigrid Nunez
Tenth of December (George Saunders)
Tenth of December
58
George Saunders
Pastoralia (George Saunders)
Pastoralia
59
George Saunders
How to Be Both (Ali Smith)
How to Be Both
60
Ali Smith
The Human Stain (Philip Roth)
The Human Stain
61
Philip Roth
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
62
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
63
Edward P. Jones
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
64
Philip Roth
The Savage Detectives (Roberto Bolaño)
The Savage Detectives
65
Roberto Bolaño
Citizen (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen
66
Claudia Rankine
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (David W. Blight)
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
67
David W. Blight
Heavy (Kiese Laymon)
Heavy
68
Kiese Laymon
Far From the Tree (Andrew Solomon)
Far From the Tree
69
Andrew Solomon
Nickel and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)
Nickel and Dimed
70
Barbara Ehrenreich
The Great Believers (Rebecca Makkai)
The Great Believers
71
Rebecca Makkai
The Argonauts (Maggie Nelson)
The Argonauts
72
Maggie Nelson
Train Dreams (Denis Johnson)
Train Dreams
73
Denis Johnson
A Mercy (Toni Morrison)
A Mercy
74
Toni Morrison
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Marlon James)
A Brief History of Seven Killings
75
Marlon James
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage (Alice Munro)
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
76
Alice Munro
The Passage of Power (Robert A. Caro)
The Passage of Power
77
Robert A. Caro
Hurricane Season (Fernanda Melchor)
Hurricane Season
78
Fernanda Melchor
10:04 (Ben Lerner)
10:04
79
Ben Lerner
The Return (Hisham Matar)
The Return
80
Hisham Matar
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