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Vulture's 100+ Best Books of the 21st Century (So Far)

1: The Best Book of the Century (for Now)
2 - 16: The New Classics
17 - 45: The High Canon
46 - 108: The Rest of the (Premature, Debatable, Arbitrary, But Still Illuminating) Canon
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The Last Samurai (Helen Dewitt)
The Last Samurai
1
Helen Dewitt
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
2
Jonathan Franzen
Freedom (Jonathan Franzen)
Freedom
3
Jonathan Franzen
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
4
Kazuo Ishiguro
How Should a Person Be? (Sheila Heti)
How Should a Person Be?
5
Sheila Heti
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
6
Elena Ferrante
The Argonauts (Maggie Nelson)
The Argonauts
7
Maggie Nelson
2666 (Roberto Bolano)
2666
8
Roberto Bolano
The Savage Detectives (Roberto Bolaño)
The Savage Detectives
9
Roberto Bolaño
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout
10
Paul Beatty
Outline (Rachel Cusk)
Outline
11
Rachel Cusk
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
12
Ian McEwan
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
13
Joan Didion
Leaving the Atocha Station (Ben Lerner)
Leaving the Atocha Station
14
Ben Lerner
10:04 (Ben Lerner)
10:04
15
Ben Lerner
The Flame Throwers (Rachel Kushner)
The Flame Throwers
16
Rachel Kushner
Erasure (Percival Everett)
Erasure
17
Percival Everett
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
18
Jeffrey Eugenides
Platform (Michel Houellebecq)
Platform
19
Michel Houellebecq
Do Everything in the Dark (Gary Indiana)
Do Everything in the Dark
20
Gary Indiana
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
21
Edward P. Jones
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
22
Philip Roth
The Human Stain (Philip Roth)
The Human Stain
23
Philip Roth
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
24
Alan Hollinghurst
Veronica (Mary Gaitskill)
Veronica
25
Mary Gaitskill
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
26
Cormac McCarthy
Ooga-Booga (Frederick Seidel)
Ooga-Booga
27
Frederick Seidel
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
28
Junot Díaz
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
29
Hilary Mantel
The Possessed (Elif Batuman)
The Possessed
30
Elif Batuman
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake (Aimee Bender)
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
31
Aimee Bender
Mr Fox (Helen Oyeyemi)
Mr Fox
32
Helen Oyeyemi
Lives Other Than My Own (Emmanuel Carrère)
Lives Other Than My Own
33
Emmanuel Carrère
The Kingdom (Emmanuel Carrere)
The Kingdom
34
Emmanuel Carrere
Zone One (Colson Whitehead)
Zone One
35
Colson Whitehead
Sag Harbor (Colson Whitehead)
Sag Harbor
36
Colson Whitehead
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
37
Gillian Flynn
NW (Zadie Smith)
NW
38
Zadie Smith
White Girls (Hilton Als)
White Girls
39
Hilton Als
My Struggle: A Man in Love (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
My Struggle: A Man in Love
40
Karl Ove Knausgaard
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