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The Bookshop Inc's "Not the NYT List: 100 Fine Books From Around the World of the 21st Century"

"A list curated by the Delhi-based bookseller The Bookshop Inc, with contributions from readers, writers, literary critics, and publishing professionals." Published in scroll.in
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Minor Detail (Adania Shibli)
Minor Detail
1
Adania Shibli
Khwabnama (Akhtaruzzaman Elias)
Khwabnama
2
Akhtaruzzaman Elias
Carpentaria (Alexis Wright)
Carpentaria
3
Alexis Wright
Sudden Death (Álvaro Enrigue)
Sudden Death
4
Álvaro Enrigue
The Hungry Tide (Amitav Ghosh)
The Hungry Tide
5
Amitav Ghosh
A Gentleman in Moscow (Amor Towles)
A Gentleman in Moscow
6
Amor Towles
Are Prisons Obsolete? (Angela Y. Davis)
Are Prisons Obsolete?
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Angela Y. Davis
The Mushroom at the End of the World (Anna Tsing)
The Mushroom at the End of the World
8
Anna Tsing
Kitchen Confidential (Anthony Bourdain)
Kitchen Confidential
9
Anthony Bourdain
My Seditious Heart: Collected Nonfiction (Arundhati Roy)
My Seditious Heart: Collected Nonfiction
10
Arundhati Roy
The Night Bookmobile (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Night Bookmobile
11
Audrey Niffenegger
The Queue (Basma Abdel Aziz)
The Queue
12
Basma Abdel Aziz
How to Write About Africa: Collected Works (Binyavanga Wainaina)
How to Write About Africa: Collected Works
13
Binyavanga Wainaina
Cursed Bunny (Bora Chung)
Cursed Bunny
14
Bora Chung
The Last Lover (Can Xue)
The Last Lover
15
Can Xue
The Order of Time (Carlo Rovelli)
The Order of Time
16
Carlo Rovelli
In the Dream House (Carmen Maria Machado)
In the Dream House
17
Carmen Maria Machado
The Literary Conference (César Aira)
The Literary Conference
18
César Aira
The Emperor's Children (Claire Messud)
The Emperor's Children
19
Claire Messud
Blankets (Craig Thompson)
Blankets
20
Craig Thompson
In a Strange Room (Damon Galgut)
In a Strange Room
21
Damon Galgut
The Dawn of Everything (David Graeber and David Wengrow)
The Dawn of Everything
22
David Graeber and David Wengrow
Bhimayana (Srividya Natarajan and S. Anand)
Bhimayana
23
Srividya Natarajan and S. Anand
Mirrors (Eduardo Galeano)
Mirrors
24
Eduardo Galeano
The End of Eddy (Edouard Louis)
The End of Eddy
25
Edouard Louis
Beauty Is a Wound (Eka Kurniawan)
Beauty Is a Wound
26
Eka Kurniawan
Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It (Geoff Dyer)
Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It
27
Geoff Dyer
Cry, Heart, but Never Break (Glenn Ringtved)
Cry, Heart, but Never Break
28
Glenn Ringtved
The Dinner (Herman Koch)
The Dinner
29
Herman Koch
Enter Ghost (Isabella Hammad)
Enter Ghost
30
Isabella Hammad
A Dictator Calls (Ismail Kadare)
A Dictator Calls
31
Ismail Kadare
The Wandering Falcon (Jamil Ahmad)
The Wandering Falcon
32
Jamil Ahmad
Narcopolis (Jeet Thayil)
Narcopolis
33
Jeet Thayil
Go, Went, Gone (Jenny Erpenbeck)
Go, Went, Gone
34
Jenny Erpenbeck
How to Do Nothing (Jenny Odell)
How to Do Nothing
35
Jenny Odell
No Good Men Among the Living (Anand Gopal)
No Good Men Among the Living
36
Anand Gopal
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? (Jeanette Winterson)
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
37
Jeanette Winterson
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
38
Haruki Murakami
Reading Lolita in Tehran (Azar Nafisi)
Reading Lolita in Tehran
39
Azar Nafisi
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
40
Jhumpa Lahiri
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