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Vulture's Premature Attempt at the 21st Century Canon - Page 2

What if you could start a canon from scratch? New York magazine's Vulture thought it might be fun to speculate (very prematurely) on what a canon of the 21st century might look like right now. A couple of months ago, they reached out to dozens of critics and authors — well-established voices (Michiko Kakutani, Luc Sante), more radical thinkers (Eileen Myles), younger reviewers for outlets like n+1, and some of their best-read contributors, too. They asked each of them to name several books that belong among the most important 100 works of fiction, memoir, poetry, and essays since 2000 and tallied the results. The purpose was not to build a fixed library but to take a blurry selfie of a cultural moment.
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Dept. of Speculation (Jenny Offill)
Dept. of Speculation
41
Jenny Offill
All My Puny Sorrows (Miriam Toews)
All My Puny Sorrows
42
Miriam Toews
Citizen (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen
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Claudia Rankine
Consent Not to Be a Single Being (Fred Moten)
Consent Not to Be a Single Being
44
Fred Moten
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
45
Michael Chabon
Amber Spyglass
Amber Spyglass
46
True History of the Kelly Gang (Peter Carey)
True History of the Kelly Gang
47
Peter Carey
The Beauty of the Husband (Anne Carson)
The Beauty of the Husband
48
Anne Carson
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse (Louise Erdrich)
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
49
Louise Erdrich
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
50
W.G. Sebald
Fingersmith (Sarah Waters)
Fingersmith
51
Sarah Waters
The Time of Our Singing
The Time of Our Singing
52
The Book of Salt, Monique Truong
The Book of Salt, Monique Truong
53
Mortals
Mortals
54
Home Land
Home Land
55
Oblivion
Oblivion
56
Honored Guest: Stories, Joy Williams
Honored Guest: Stories, Joy Williams
57
Suite Francaise (Irene Nemirovsky)
Suite Francaise
58
Irene Nemirovsky
The Sluts (Dennis Cooper)
The Sluts
59
Dennis Cooper
Voices From Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (Svetlana Alexievich)
Voices From Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
60
Svetlana Alexievich
Magic for Beginners (Kelly Link)
Magic for Beginners
61
Kelly Link
The Afterlife (Donald Antrim)
The Afterlife
62
Donald Antrim
Winter's Bone
Winter's Bone
63
Wizard of the Crow (Ngugi Wa Thiong'o)
Wizard of the Crow
64
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
American Genius (Lynne Tillman)
American Genius
65
Lynne Tillman
Eat the Document (Dana Spiotta)
Eat the Document
66
Dana Spiotta
The Harry Potter Series
The Harry Potter Series
67
Sleeping It off in Rapid City (August Kleinzahler)
Sleeping It off in Rapid City
68
August Kleinzahler
The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
The White Tiger
69
Aravind Adiga
The Lazarus Project
The Lazarus Project
70
Home (Marilynne Robinson)
Home
71
Marilynne Robinson
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
72
Marilynne Robinson
Fine Just the Way It Is (Annie Proulx)
Fine Just the Way It Is
73
Annie Proulx
Boyhood: Scenes From Provincial Life (J. M. Coetzee)
Boyhood: Scenes From Provincial Life
74
J. M. Coetzee
Notes From No Man's Land (Eula Biss)
Notes From No Man's Land
75
Eula Biss
Spreadeagle (Kevin Killian)
Spreadeagle
76
Kevin Killian
Super Sad True Love Story (Gary Shteyngart)
Super Sad True Love Story
77
Gary Shteyngart
Seven Years (Peter Stamm)
Seven Years
78
Peter Stamm
The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes)
The Sense of an Ending
79
Julian Barnes
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
80
Haruki Murakami
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