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Vulture's Best Books of the Century (For Now) - Page 2

A panel of critics tells us what belongs on a list of the 100 most important books of the 2000s … so far
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The Amber Spyglass (Philip Pullman)
The Amber Spyglass
41
Philip Pullman
True History of the Kelly Gang (Peter Carey)
True History of the Kelly Gang
42
Peter Carey
The Beauty of the Husband (Anne Carson)
The Beauty of the Husband
43
Anne Carson
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse (Louise Erdrich)
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
44
Louise Erdrich
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
45
W.G. Sebald
Fingersmith (Sarah Waters)
Fingersmith
46
Sarah Waters
The Time of Our Singing
The Time of Our Singing
47
The Book of Salt, Monique Truong
The Book of Salt, Monique Truong
48
Mortals
Mortals
49
Home Land
Home Land
50
Oblivion
Oblivion
51
Honored Guest: Stories, Joy Williams
Honored Guest: Stories, Joy Williams
52
Suite Francaise (Irene Nemirovsky)
Suite Francaise
53
Irene Nemirovsky
The Sluts (Dennis Cooper)
The Sluts
54
Dennis Cooper
Voices From Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (Svetlana Alexievich)
Voices From Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
55
Svetlana Alexievich
Magic for Beginners (Kelly Link)
Magic for Beginners
56
Kelly Link
The Afterlife (Donald Antrim)
The Afterlife
57
Donald Antrim
Winter's Bone
Winter's Bone
58
Wizard of the Crow (Ngugi Wa Thiong'o)
Wizard of the Crow
59
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
American Genius (Lynne Tillman)
American Genius
60
Lynne Tillman
Eat the Document (Dana Spiotta)
Eat the Document
61
Dana Spiotta
The Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
The Harry Potter Series
62
J.K. Rowling
Sleeping It off in Rapid City (August Kleinzahler)
Sleeping It off in Rapid City
63
August Kleinzahler
The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
The White Tiger
64
Aravind Adiga
The Lazarus Project
The Lazarus Project
65
Home (Marilynne Robinson)
Home
66
Marilynne Robinson
Fine Just the Way It Is (Annie Proulx)
Fine Just the Way It Is
67
Annie Proulx
Boyhood: Scenes From Provincial Life (J. M. Coetzee)
Boyhood: Scenes From Provincial Life
68
J. M. Coetzee
Notes From No Man's Land (Eula Biss)
Notes From No Man's Land
69
Eula Biss
Spreadeagle (Kevin Killian)
Spreadeagle
70
Kevin Killian
Super Sad True Love Story (Gary Shteyngart)
Super Sad True Love Story
71
Gary Shteyngart
Seven Years (Peter Stamm)
Seven Years
72
Peter Stamm
The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes)
The Sense of an Ending
73
Julian Barnes
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
74
Haruki Murakami
The Gentrification of the Mind (Sarah Schulman)
The Gentrification of the Mind
75
Sarah Schulman
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ben Fountain)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
76
Ben Fountain
Capital (John Lanchester)
Capital
77
John Lanchester
Maddaddam Trilogy (Margaret Atwood)
Maddaddam Trilogy
78
Margaret Atwood
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena (Anthony Marra)
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
79
Anthony Marra
Taipei
Taipei
80
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