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"The end of December is a time when we are bombarded with end-of-year lists—so much so that they start to blur together. But what about the books that stay with us for years? In an effort to come up with a more enduring, definitive list, I reached out to some of my favorite contemporary writers and asked them to name the most important books published over the last two decades."
Article by Michele Filgate
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Ann Patchett · Azar Nafisi · Ben Fountain · Colson Whitehead · Colum McCann · Curtis Sittenfeld · Eileen Myles · Geoff Dyer · Jane Smiley · Jesmyn Ward · Jess Walter · Jo Ann Beard · Jonathan Franzen · Jonathan Lethem · Kaitlyn Greenidge · Lauren Groff · Leslie Jamison · Maggie Nelson · Paul Harding · Peter Straub · Patti Smith · Porochista Khakpour · Rebecca Solnit · Rick Moody · Roxane Gay · Sarah Waters · Stewart O'Nan · Ruth Ozeki · Victor LaValle
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How the Dead Dream (Lydia Millet)
How the Dead Dream
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Lydia Millet
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America (Kiese Laymon)
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America
42
Kiese Laymon
I Love Dick - Chris Kraus
I Love Dick - Chris Kraus
43
Eileen Myles Inferno
Eileen Myles Inferno
44
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
45
David Foster Wallace
Intoxicated by My Illness (Anatole Broyard)
Intoxicated by My Illness
46
Anatole Broyard
Jane (Maggie Nelson)
Jane
47
Maggie Nelson
Lovely Green Eyes (Arnost Lustig)
Lovely Green Eyes
48
Arnost Lustig
Make Your Home Among Strangers (Jennine Capo Crucet)
Make Your Home Among Strangers
49
Jennine Capo Crucet
Matterhorn
Matterhorn
50
Mind of an Outlaw (Norman Mailer)
Mind of an Outlaw
51
Norman Mailer
My Perfect Life (Lynda Barry)
My Perfect Life
52
Lynda Barry
My Struggle (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
My Struggle
53
Karl Ove Knausgaard
Native Guard (Natasha Trethewey)
Native Guard
54
Natasha Trethewey
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
55
Elena Ferrante
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
56
Kazuo Ishiguro
Nickel and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)
Nickel and Dimed
57
Barbara Ehrenreich
NW (Zadie Smith)
NW
58
Zadie Smith
Old Filth (Jane Gardam)
Old Filth
59
Jane Gardam
One Big Self (CD Wright)
One Big Self
60
CD Wright
Our Word Is Our Weapon: Selected Writings (Subcomandante Marcos)
Our Word Is Our Weapon: Selected Writings
61
Subcomandante Marcos
Parable of the Talents (Octavia Butler)
Parable of the Talents
62
Octavia Butler
Paradise (Toni Morrison)
Paradise
63
Toni Morrison
Pastoralia
Pastoralia
64
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
65
Marjane Satrapi
Power Politics (Arundhati Roy)
Power Politics
66
Arundhati Roy
Preparation for the Next Life (Atticus Lish)
Preparation for the Next Life
67
Atticus Lish
Proxy (R. Erica Doyle)
Proxy
68
R. Erica Doyle
Random Family
Random Family
69
Reason in a Dark Time (Dale Jamieson)
Reason in a Dark Time
70
Dale Jamieson
Remainder (Tom McCarthy)
Remainder
71
Tom McCarthy
The Rings of Saturn (W.G. Sebald)
The Rings of Saturn
72
W.G. Sebald
I Must Be Living Twice (Eileen Myles)
I Must Be Living Twice
73
Eileen Myles
Alice Munro: Selected Stories (Alice Munro)
Alice Munro: Selected Stories
74
Alice Munro
Stag's Leap
Stag's Leap
75
Steal Away (CD Wright)
Steal Away
76
CD Wright
Stranger Things Happen
Stranger Things Happen
77
Tenth of December (George Saunders)
Tenth of December
78
George Saunders
Testo Junkie (Beatriz Preciado)
Testo Junkie
79
Beatriz Preciado
The Activist (Renee Gladman)
The Activist
80
Renee Gladman
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