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The Most Important Books of the Last Twenty Years - Page 3

"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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Anne Carson Autobiography of Red
Anne Carson Autobiography of Red
81
Aegypt
Aegypt
82
The Assassin's Gate: America in Iraq (George Packer)
The Assassin's Gate: America in Iraq
83
George Packer
The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All
The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All
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The Boat (Nam Le)
The Boat
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Nam Le
The Book of Frank (CA Conrad)
The Book of Frank
86
CA Conrad
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis (Lydia Davis)
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
87
Lydia Davis
The Flamethrowers, Rachel Kushner
The Flamethrowers, Rachel Kushner
88
The Freddie Stories (Lynda Barry)
The Freddie Stories
89
Lynda Barry
The Givenness of Things (Marilynne Robinson)
The Givenness of Things
90
Marilynne Robinson
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
91
Arundhati Roy
The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History (David Hackett Fischer)
The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History
92
David Hackett Fischer
The Human Stain (Philip Roth)
The Human Stain
93
Philip Roth
The Intuitionist
The Intuitionist
94
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
95
Edward P. Jones
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
96
Alan Hollinghurst
The Looming Tower
The Looming Tower
97
The Miseducation of Cameron Post (Emily M. Danforth)
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
98
Emily M. Danforth
The Moon Before Morning (W.S. Merwin)
The Moon Before Morning
99
W.S. Merwin
The Mooring of Starting Out (John Ashberry)
The Mooring of Starting Out
100
John Ashberry
The New Jim Crow (Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
101
Alexander
The Patrick Melrose Novels (Edward St. Aubyn)
The Patrick Melrose Novels
102
Edward St. Aubyn
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
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Cormac McCarthy
The Round House (Louise Erdrich)
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104
Louise Erdrich
The Savage Detectives (Roberto Bolaño)
The Savage Detectives
105
Roberto Bolaño
The Shadow of the Sun (Ryszard Kapuscinski)
The Shadow of the Sun
106
Ryszard Kapuscinski
The Shock Doctrine (Naomi Klein)
The Shock Doctrine
107
Naomi Klein
The Sixth Extinction: An Annatural History (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction: An Annatural History
108
Elizabeth Kolbert
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet (David Mitchell)
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet
109
David Mitchell
The Unconsoled
The Unconsoled
110
The Yiddish Policemen's Union (Michael Chabon)
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
111
Michael Chabon
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns
112
Isabel Wilkerson
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle
113
Haruki Murakami
To the Wedding (John Berger)
To the Wedding
114
John Berger
True History of the Ned Kelly Gang
True History of the Ned Kelly Gang
115
Underworld (Don Delillo)
Underworld
116
Don Delillo
Unconquerable World: Power, Nonviolence and the Will of the People (Jonathan Schell)
Unconquerable World: Power, Nonviolence and the Will of the People
117
Jonathan Schell
Voyage of the Sable Venus (Robin Coste Lewis)
Voyage of the Sable Venus
118
Robin Coste Lewis
War (Sebastian Junger)
War
119
Sebastian Junger
We Others (Steven Millhauser)
We Others
120
Steven Millhauser
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