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The New Yorker: A Speculative 20 Under 40

Rationale: In 1999 'The New Yorker' magazine selected the "best" 20 writers under age 40. How have the careers of those authors progressed in the intervening 20 years?
To get an impression of each writer's impact, I chose their most widely read work published since 1999, using Goodreads. (David Foster Wallace died in 2008.).
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Lincoln in the Bardo (George Saunders)
Lincoln in the Bardo
1
George Saunders
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
2
David Foster Wallace
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
3
Sherman Alexie
Hotels of North America (Rick Moody)
Hotels of North America
4
Rick Moody
May We Be Forgiven (A.M. Homes)
May We Be Forgiven
5
A.M. Homes
The Cookbook Collector, Allegra Goodman
The Cookbook Collector, Allegra Goodman
6
Europe Central (William T. Vollmann)
Europe Central
7
William T. Vollmann
Bound (Antonya Nelson)
Bound
8
Antonya Nelson
The Surrendered (Chang-Rae Lee)
The Surrendered
9
Chang-Rae Lee
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
10
Michael Chabon
A Doubter's Almanac (Ethan Canin)
A Doubter's Almanac
11
Ethan Canin
The Verificationist (Donald Antrim)
The Verificationist
12
Donald Antrim
Jim the Boy (Tony Earley)
Jim the Boy
13
Tony Earley
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
14
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Diaz)
The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
15
Junot Diaz
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
16
Jonathan Franzen
Breath, Eyes, Memory (Edwidge Danticat)
Breath, Eyes, Memory
17
Edwidge Danticat
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
18
Jhumpa Lahiri
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank (Nathan Englander)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
19
Nathan Englander
Who Is Rich? (Matthew Klam)
Who Is Rich?
20
Matthew Klam
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