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The Most Important Novels of the 21st Century (At Least According to "Goodreads") - Page 2

Not sure what qualifies these books, which range from masterpieces to Jonathan Franzen, as "important" except that they're literary. Certainly, genre fiction like the Harry Potter and Twilight series have sold more copies and inspired more imitations (and movies), which makes them, in a cold-bloodedly economic sense, far more important than Margaret Atwood's bleak depictions of female entrapment. But what are the English majors of 2214 going to be downloading to the microchips implanted in their brains -- "The Blind Assassin" or "Fifty Shades of Grey?"
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
41
Jonathan Safran Foer
On Chesil Beach (Ian McEwan)
On Chesil Beach
42
Ian McEwan
March
March
43
The Cellist of Sarajevo
The Cellist of Sarajevo
44
Slow Man
Slow Man
45
Galore
Galore
46
The Book of Negroes (US Title: Someone Knows My Name) (Lawrence Hill)
The Book of Negroes (US Title: Someone Knows My Name)
47
Lawrence Hill
Shalimar the Clown
Shalimar the Clown
48
Matterhorn
Matterhorn
49
Seven Types of Ambiguity
Seven Types of Ambiguity
50
The Feast of the Goat
The Feast of the Goat
51
Nemesis
Nemesis
52
Everyman
Everyman
53
The Yiddish Policemen's Union (Michael Chabon)
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
54
Michael Chabon
Darkmans
Darkmans
55
When We Were Orphans
When We Were Orphans
56
Tree of Smoke
Tree of Smoke
57
Unaccustomed Earth (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Unaccustomed Earth
58
Jhumpa Lahiri
Tinkers
Tinkers
59
Your Face Tomorrow
Your Face Tomorrow
60
The Kindly Ones (Jonathan Littell)
The Kindly Ones
61
Jonathan Littell
Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
Angels and Demons
62
Dan Brown
Zeitoun
Zeitoun
63
The City & the City (China Miéville)
The City & the City
64
China Miéville
Saturday (Ian McEwan)
Saturday
65
Ian McEwan
Inherent Vice
Inherent Vice
66
Arthur & George
Arthur & George
67
The Tiger's Wife (Tea Obreht)
The Tiger's Wife
68
Tea Obreht
Gould's Book of Fish
Gould's Book of Fish
69
Snow (Orhan Pamuk)
Snow
70
Orhan Pamuk
Requiem for a Lost Empire
Requiem for a Lost Empire
71
True History of the Kelly Gang (Peter Carey)
True History of the Kelly Gang
72
Peter Carey
Against the Day (Thomas Pynchon)
Against the Day
73
Thomas Pynchon
The Poet and the Murderer
The Poet and the Murderer
74
The Memory of Love
The Memory of Love
75
Once Upon a River
Once Upon a River
76
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafón)
The Shadow of the Wind
77
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Erasure
Erasure
78
Annabel
Annabel
79
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
80
Lionel Shriver
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