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Vulture's 100+ Best Books of the 21st Century (So Far) - Page 2

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 Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
41
Donna Tartt
Dept. of Speculation (Jenny Offill)
Dept. of Speculation
42
Jenny Offill
All My Puny Sorrows (Miriam Toews)
All My Puny Sorrows
43
Miriam Toews
Citizen (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen
44
Claudia Rankine
Consent Not to Be a Single Being (Fred Moten)
Consent Not to Be a Single Being
45
Fred Moten
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
46
Michael Chabon
The Amber Spyglass (Philip Pullman)
The Amber Spyglass
47
Philip Pullman
True History of the Kelly Gang (Peter Carey)
True History of the Kelly Gang
48
Peter Carey
The Beauty of the Husband (Anne Carson)
The Beauty of the Husband
49
Anne Carson
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse (Louise Erdrich)
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
50
Louise Erdrich
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
51
W.G. Sebald
Fingersmith (Sarah Waters)
Fingersmith
52
Sarah Waters
The Time of Our Singing (Richard Powers)
The Time of Our Singing
53
Richard Powers
The Book of Salt (Monique Truong)
The Book of Salt
54
Monique Truong
Mortals (Norman Rush)
Mortals
55
Norman Rush
Home Land (Sam Lipsyte)
Home Land
56
Sam Lipsyte
Oblivion (David Foster Wallace)
Oblivion
57
David Foster Wallace
Honored Guest (Joy Williams)
Honored Guest
58
Joy Williams
Suite Française (Irène Némirovsky)
Suite Française
59
Irène Némirovsky
The Sluts (Dennis Cooper)
The Sluts
60
Dennis Cooper
Voices From Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (Svetlana Alexievich)
Voices From Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
61
Svetlana Alexievich
Magic for Beginners (Kelly Link)
Magic for Beginners
62
Kelly Link
The Afterlife (Donald Antrim)
The Afterlife
63
Donald Antrim
Winter's Bone (Daniel Woodrell)
Winter's Bone
64
Daniel Woodrell
Wizard of the Crow (Ngugi Wa Thiong'o)
Wizard of the Crow
65
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
American Genius (Lynne Tillman)
American Genius
66
Lynne Tillman
Eat the Document (Dana Spiotta)
Eat the Document
67
Dana Spiotta
Harry Potter (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter
68
J. K. Rowling
Sleeping It off in Rapid City (August Kleinzahler)
Sleeping It off in Rapid City
69
August Kleinzahler
The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
The White Tiger
70
Aravind Adiga
The Lazarus Project
The Lazarus Project
71
Home (Marilynne Robinson)
Home
72
Marilynne Robinson
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
73
Marilynne Robinson
Fine Just the Way It Is (Annie Proulx)
Fine Just the Way It Is
74
Annie Proulx
Boyhood: Scenes From Provincial Life (J. M. Coetzee)
Boyhood: Scenes From Provincial Life
75
J. M. Coetzee
Notes From No Man's Land (Eula Biss)
Notes From No Man's Land
76
Eula Biss
Spreadeagle (Kevin Killian)
Spreadeagle
77
Kevin Killian
Super Sad True Love Story (Gary Shteyngart)
Super Sad True Love Story
78
Gary Shteyngart
Seven Years (Peter Stamm)
Seven Years
79
Peter Stamm
The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes)
The Sense of an Ending
80
Julian Barnes
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