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The Nyts Top 100 Books of the 21st Century

The New York Times Top 100 Books of the 21st Century. This list was released July 9th. What do you think of this list?
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Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto
1
Ann Patchett
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home
2
Alison Bechdel
Bring Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel)
Bring Up the Bodies
3
Hilary Mantel
Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver)
Demon Copperhead
4
Barbara Kingsolver
The Overstory (Richard Powers)
The Overstory
5
Richard Powers
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
6
Colson Whitehead
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Gabrielle Zevin)
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
7
Gabrielle Zevin
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
8
N. K. Jemisin
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
9
Marjane Satrapi
Small Things Like These (Claire Keegan)
Small Things Like These
10
Claire Keegan
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
11
Donna Tartt
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
12
David Mitchell
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
13
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
14
Michael Chabon
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
15
Hilary Mantel
Say Nothing (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Say Nothing
16
Patrick Radden Keefe
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
17
Emily St John Mandel
Lincoln in the Bardo (George Saunders)
Lincoln in the Bardo
18
George Saunders
How to Be Both (Ali Smith)
How to Be Both
19
Ali Smith
Exit West (Mohsin Hamid)
Exit West
20
Mohsin Hamid
The Friend (Sigrid Nunez)
The Friend
21
Sigrid Nunez
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
22
Jennifer Egan
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
23
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Pastoralia
Pastoralia
24
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
Pachinko
25
Min Jin Lee
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout
26
Paul Beatty
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge
27
Elizabeth Strout
When We Cease to Understand the World (Benjamín Labatut)
When We Cease to Understand the World
28
Benjamín Labatut
On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
29
Zadie Smith
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
30
Elena Ferrante
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets (Svetlana Alexievich,)
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
31
Svetlana Alexievich,
The New Jim Crow (Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
32
Alexander
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns
33
Isabel Wilkerson
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
34
Marilynne Robinson
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
35
Junot Díaz
Stay True (Hua Hsu)
Stay True
36
Hua Hsu
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
37
Joan Didion
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
38
Jeffrey Eugenides
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
39
W.G. Sebald
Nickel and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)
Nickel and Dimed
40
Barbara Ehrenreich
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