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NYT Best Books of the 21st Century - Page 3

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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Postwar (Tony Judt)
Postwar
81
Tony Judt
We the Animals (Justin Torres)
We the Animals
82
Justin Torres
Stay True (Hua Hsu)
Stay True
83
Hua Hsu
Runaway (Alice Munro)
Runaway
84
Alice Munro
The Last Samurai (Helen Dewitt)
The Last Samurai
85
Helen Dewitt
H Is for Hawk (Helen MacDonald)
H Is for Hawk
86
Helen MacDonald
Behind the Beautiful Forevers (Katherine Boo)
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
87
Katherine Boo
Tree of Smoke (Denis Johnson)
Tree of Smoke
88
Denis Johnson
Septology (Jon Fosse)
Septology
89
Jon Fosse
The Copenhagen Trilogy (Tove Ditlevsen)
The Copenhagen Trilogy
90
Tove Ditlevsen
Salvage the Bones (Jesmyn Ward)
Salvage the Bones
91
Jesmyn Ward
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis (Lydia Davis)
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
92
Lydia Davis
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
93
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Men We Reaped (Jesmyn Ward)
Men We Reaped
94
Jesmyn Ward
Pulphead (John Jeremiah Sullivan)
Pulphead
95
John Jeremiah Sullivan
All Aunt Hagar's Children (Edward P. Jones)
All Aunt Hagar's Children
96
Edward P. Jones
The Flamethrowers (Rachel Kushner)
The Flamethrowers
97
Rachel Kushner
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments (Saidiya Hartman)
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments
98
Saidiya Hartman
Veronica (Mary Gaitskill)
Veronica
99
Mary Gaitskill
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx (Adrian Nicole Leblanc)
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
100
Adrian Nicole Leblanc
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