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(Yet Another) Best Books of (A Quarter Of) the 21st Century - Page 2

This list shares eleven of its entries with the NYT list and seven with the NYT Readers' list, so I at least can't be faulted for lack of creativity in that regard. I also adhered to stricter rules (only one book per author and minimal time traveling via translated into English editions), else this would've looked a tad different.
Also, folks are aware that the 21st century doesn't technically start till 2001, right?
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Grotesque (Natsuo Kirino)
Grotesque
41
Natsuo Kirino
The Shock Doctrine (Naomi Klein)
The Shock Doctrine
42
Naomi Klein
Cinderella's Sisters: A Revisionist History of Footbinding (Dorothy Ko)
Cinderella's Sisters: A Revisionist History of Footbinding
43
Dorothy Ko
The Lowland (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Lowland
44
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Moor's Account (Laila Lalami)
The Moor's Account
45
Laila Lalami
The Instructions (Adam Levin)
The Instructions
46
Adam Levin
The Kindly Ones (Jonathan Littell)
The Kindly Ones
47
Jonathan Littell
Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening (Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda)
Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening
48
Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
Beijing Coma (Ma Jian)
Beijing Coma
49
Ma Jian
Heart Berries (Terese Marie Mailhot)
Heart Berries
50
Terese Marie Mailhot
Censoring an Iranian Love Story (Shahriar Mandanipour)
Censoring an Iranian Love Story
51
Shahriar Mandanipour
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
52
Hilary Mantel
Three Apples Fell From Heaven (Micheline Aharonian Marcom)
Three Apples Fell From Heaven
53
Micheline Aharonian Marcom
A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing (Eimear McBride)
A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing
54
Eimear McBride
Let the Great World Spin (Colum McCann)
Let the Great World Spin
55
Colum McCann
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
56
Cormac McCarthy
The Scar (China Miéville)
The Scar
57
China Miéville
The War Works Hard (Dunya Mikhail)
The War Works Hard
58
Dunya Mikhail
From the Ruins of Empire (Pankaj Mishra)
From the Ruins of Empire
59
Pankaj Mishra
A Writer's House in Wales (Jan Morris)
A Writer's House in Wales
60
Jan Morris
Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland (Sarah Moss)
Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland
61
Sarah Moss
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
62
Haruki Murakami
Three Strong Women (Marie Ndiaye)
Three Strong Women
63
Marie Ndiaye
Jane: A Murder (Maggie Nelson)
Jane: A Murder
64
Maggie Nelson
Amsterdam Stories (Nescio)
Amsterdam Stories
65
Nescio
Traveler of the Century (Andrés Neuman)
Traveler of the Century
66
Andrés Neuman
Wizard of the Crow (Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'o)
Wizard of the Crow
67
Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'o
The Sympathizer (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Sympathizer
68
Viet Thanh Nguyen
At Swim, Two Boys (Jamie O'Neill)
At Swim, Two Boys
69
Jamie O'Neill
Happiness, Like Water (Chinelo Okparanta)
Happiness, Like Water
70
Chinelo Okparanta
Purge (Sofi Oksanen)
Purge
71
Sofi Oksanen
When the Emperor Was Divine (Julie Otsuka)
When the Emperor Was Divine
72
Julie Otsuka
Mr Fox (Helen Oyeyemi)
Mr Fox
73
Helen Oyeyemi
Scenes From Village Life (Amos Oz)
Scenes From Village Life
74
Amos Oz
A Tale for the Time Being (Ruth Ozeki)
A Tale for the Time Being
75
Ruth Ozeki
Mrs. S (K. Patrick)
Mrs. S
76
K. Patrick
A Naked Singularity (Sergio De La Pava)
A Naked Singularity
77
Sergio De La Pava
Zong! (M. Nourbese Philip)
Zong!
78
M. Nourbese Philip
Citizen: An American Lyric (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen: An American Lyric
79
Claudia Rankine
Southland (Nina Revoyr)
Southland
80
Nina Revoyr
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