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Todd's 100+ Fav Books of Fiction Written in the 21st Century (Not Sure How Much NYT Overlap)

As promised (or threatened) here is my 21st century fiction list. It includes novels, short stories, and a play (or two). Happy Reading.
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Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
1
Ian McEwan
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
2
Mark Haddon
City of Bones (Cassandra Clare)
City of Bones
3
Cassandra Clare
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
4
Stieg Larsson
A Man Called Ove (Fredrik Backman)
A Man Called Ove
5
Fredrik Backman
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
6
Emily St John Mandel
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
7
Cormac McCarthy
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
8
Colson Whitehead
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Mary Ann Shaffer)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
9
Mary Ann Shaffer
The Testaments (Margaret Atwood)
The Testaments
10
Margaret Atwood
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
11
Khalid Hosseini
The Girl Who Played With Fire (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl Who Played With Fire
12
Stieg Larsson
Everything Everything (Nicola Yoon)
Everything Everything
13
Nicola Yoon
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Ottessa Moshfegh)
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
14
Ottessa Moshfegh
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
15
Andy Weir
Normal People (Sally Rooney)
Normal People
16
Sally Rooney
The Dutch House (Ann Patchett)
The Dutch House
17
Ann Patchett
The Vegetarian (Han Kang)
The Vegetarian
18
Han Kang
Less (Andrew Sean Greer)
Less
19
Andrew Sean Greer
Convenience Store Woman (Sayaka Murata)
Convenience Store Woman
20
Sayaka Murata
Binti (Nnedi Okorafor)
Binti
21
Nnedi Okorafor
Beautiful World, Where Are You (Sally Rooney)
Beautiful World, Where Are You
22
Sally Rooney
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Heather Morris)
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
23
Heather Morris
Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto
24
Ann Patchett
Exit West (Mohsin Hamed)
Exit West
25
Mohsin Hamed
The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead)
The Nickel Boys
26
Colson Whitehead
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
27
Jeffrey Eugenides
Sea of Tranquility (Emily St.John Mandel)
Sea of Tranquility
28
Emily St.John Mandel
Artemis (Andy Weir)
Artemis
29
Andy Weir
The Three-Body Problem (Cixin Liu)
The Three-Body Problem
30
Cixin Liu
Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
Ready Player One
31
Ernest Cline
Britt-Marie Was Here (Fredrik Backman)
Britt-Marie Was Here
32
Fredrik Backman
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
33
Jhumpa Lahiri
Son (Lois Lowry)
Son
34
Lois Lowry
On Chesil Beach (Ian McEwan)
On Chesil Beach
35
Ian McEwan
Leave the World Behind (Rumaan Alman)
Leave the World Behind
36
Rumaan Alman
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
37
J.K. Rowling
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
38
Cormac McCarthy
The Amber Spyglass (Phillip Pullman)
The Amber Spyglass
39
Phillip Pullman
Redshirts (John Scalzi)
Redshirts
40
John Scalzi
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