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The Bibliophile's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century: A Response to the NYT - Page 3

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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Shuggie Bain: A Novel (Douglas Stuart)
Shuggie Bain: A Novel
81
Douglas Stuart
Small Mercies (Dennis Lehane)
Small Mercies
82
Dennis Lehane
Spring (Ali Smith)
Spring
83
Ali Smith
Station Eleven (Emily St. John Mandel)
Station Eleven
84
Emily St. John Mandel
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*Ck (Mark Manson)
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*Ck
85
Mark Manson
Swimming in the Dark (Tomasz Jedrowski)
Swimming in the Dark
86
Tomasz Jedrowski
The Sympathizer (Viet Thanh Nguyen - Vietnam)
The Sympathizer
87
Viet Thanh Nguyen - Vietnam
Team of Rivals (Doris Kearns Goodwin)
Team of Rivals
88
Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Testaments (Margaret Atwood)
The Testaments
89
Margaret Atwood
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
90
Khaled Hosseini
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Gabrielle Zevin)
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
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Gabrielle Zevin
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
92
Colson Whitehead
The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett)
The Vanishing Half
93
Brit Bennett
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
94
Jennifer Egan
Where the Crawdads Sing (Delia Owens)
Where the Crawdads Sing
95
Delia Owens
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
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Zadie Smith
The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
The White Tiger
97
Aravind Adiga
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
98
Hilary Mantel
The Women (Kristin Hannah)
The Women
99
Kristin Hannah
Young Mungo (Douglas Stuart)
Young Mungo
100
Douglas Stuart
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