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Telerama's 25 Best Books of 21st Century

The 25 masterpieces of world literature that will mark the 21st century. The French cultural magazine Télérama published a list of the 25 best books of the 21st century. The jury was composed of 10 people in each of the following categories: francophone writers, non-francophone writers, French publishers, International publishers, academic literary critics, translators and libraires.
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2666 (Roberto Bolano)
2666
1
Roberto Bolano
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
2
W.G. Sebald
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets (Svetlana Alexievich,)
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
3
Svetlana Alexievich,
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
4
Cormac McCarthy
The Human Stain (Philip Roth)
The Human Stain
5
Philip Roth
The Years (Annie Ernaux)
The Years
6
Annie Ernaux
The Books of Jacob (Olga Tokarczuk)
The Books of Jacob
7
Olga Tokarczuk
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
8
Joan Didion
The Adversary (Emmanuel Carrère)
The Adversary
9
Emmanuel Carrère
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
10
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Disturbance: Surviving Charlie Hebdo (Philippe Lançon)
Disturbance: Surviving Charlie Hebdo
11
Philippe Lançon
Solenoid (Mircea Cărtărescu)
Solenoid
12
Mircea Cărtărescu
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
13
Mark Z. Danielewski
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
14
Haruki Murakami
The Vegetarian (Han Kang)
The Vegetarian
15
Han Kang
The Feast of the Goat (Mario Vargas Llosa)
The Feast of the Goat
16
Mario Vargas Llosa
O (Miki Liukkonen)
O
17
Miki Liukkonen
The Hunger Angel (Herta Müller)
The Hunger Angel
18
Herta Müller
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
19
Colson Whitehead
Purge (Sofi Oksanen)
Purge
20
Sofi Oksanen
The Most Secret Memory of Men (Mohamed Mbougar Sarr)
The Most Secret Memory of Men
21
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
The Argonauts (Maggie Nelson)
The Argonauts
22
Maggie Nelson
Snow (Orhan Pamuk)
Snow
23
Orhan Pamuk
A Tale of Love and Darkness (Amos Oz)
A Tale of Love and Darkness
24
Amos Oz
The Map and the Territory (Michel Houellebecq)
The Map and the Territory
25
Michel Houellebecq
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