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The Bibliophile's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century: A Response to the NYT - Page 2

As many of you are no doubt aware (despite the breaking news this weekend), the NYT published a list of what it considers to be the 100 best books so far of the 21st century. This list is MY version, so the 100 best books published so far this century in my opinion. I agree with them regarding many books, but diverge in relation to others. Just FYI - my list is not ranked.
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James (Percival Everett)
James
41
Percival Everett
Kitchen Confidential (Anthony Bourdain)
Kitchen Confidential
42
Anthony Bourdain
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
43
Khaled Hosseini
The Last President of Europe: Emmanuel MacRon's Race to Revive France and Save the World (Emmanuel MacRon)
The Last President of Europe: Emmanuel MacRon's Race to Revive France and Save the World
44
Emmanuel MacRon
The Last Samurai (Helen Dewitt)
The Last Samurai
45
Helen Dewitt
Lessons in Chemistry (Bonnie Garmus)
Lessons in Chemistry
46
Bonnie Garmus
Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)
Life After Life
47
Kate Atkinson
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
48
Yann Martel
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
49
Alan Hollinghurst
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
50
Hanya Yanagihara
The Maid (Nita Prose)
The Maid
51
Nita Prose
A Man in Full (Tom Wolfe)
A Man in Full
52
Tom Wolfe
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
53
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Miseducation of Cameron Post (Emily M. Danforth)
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
54
Emily M. Danforth
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
55
Elena Ferrante
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Richard Flanagan)
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
56
Richard Flanagan
New Cold Wars (David E. Sanger)
New Cold Wars
57
David E. Sanger
Nickel and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)
Nickel and Dimed
58
Barbara Ehrenreich
The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead)
The Nickel Boys
59
Colson Whitehead
The Night Watchman (Louise Erdrich)
The Night Watchman
60
Louise Erdrich
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge
61
Elizabeth Strout
On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
62
Zadie Smith
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Ocean Vuong)
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
63
Ocean Vuong
Open (Andre Agassi)
Open
64
Andre Agassi
The Orphan Master's Son (Adam Johnson)
The Orphan Master's Son
65
Adam Johnson
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
66
Margaret Atwood
The Overstory (Richard Powers)
The Overstory
67
Richard Powers
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
Pachinko
68
Min Jin Lee
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
69
Philip Roth
A Promised Land (Barack Obama)
A Promised Land
70
Barack Obama
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Edmund Morris)
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
71
Edmund Morris
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
72
Cormac McCarthy
Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens
73
Yuval Noah Harari
Saturday (Ian McEwan)
Saturday
74
Ian McEwan
The Savage Detectives (Roberto Bolano)
The Savage Detectives
75
Roberto Bolano
Scar Tissue (Anthony Kiedis)
Scar Tissue
76
Anthony Kiedis
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout
77
Paul Beatty
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafón)
The Shadow of the Wind
78
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Shards (Bret Easton Ellis)
The Shards
79
Bret Easton Ellis
She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement (Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey)
She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
80
Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey
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