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(Yet Another) Best Books of (A Quarter Of) the 21st Century - Page 3

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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Field Notes on Democracy: Listening to Grasshoppers (Arundhati Roy)
Field Notes on Democracy: Listening to Grasshoppers
81
Arundhati Roy
The Complete Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
The Complete Persepolis
82
Marjane Satrapi
The Bastard of Istanbul (Elif Shafak)
The Bastard of Istanbul
83
Elif Shafak
Empress (Shan Sa)
Empress
84
Shan Sa
Crush (Richard Siken)
Crush
85
Richard Siken
There but for the (Ali Smith)
There but for The
86
Ali Smith
On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
87
Zadie Smith
Bad Girls (Camila Sosa Villada)
Bad Girls
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Camila Sosa Villada
The Garden of the Evening Mists (Tan Twan Eng)
The Garden of the Evening Mists
89
Tan Twan Eng
Mãn (Kim Thúy)
Mãn
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Kim Thúy
The Master (Colm Tóibín)
The Master
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Colm Tóibín
The Slynx (Tatyana Tolstaya)
The Slynx
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The Book of Salt (Monique Truong)
The Book of Salt
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Monique Truong
The Ministry of Pain (Dubravka Ugresic)
The Ministry of Pain
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Dubravka Ugresic
The Royal Family (William T. Vollman)
The Royal Family
95
William T. Vollman
Indian Horse (Richard Wagamese)
Indian Horse
96
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The Collected Schizophrenias (Esmé Weijun Wang)
The Collected Schizophrenias
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Jonny Appleseed (Joshua Whitehead)
Jonny Appleseed
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Joshua Whitehead
I Hotel (Karen Tei Yamashita)
I Hotel
99
Karen Tei Yamashita
Let It Bang: A Young Black Man's Reluctant Odyssey Into Guns (R.J.Young)
Let It Bang: A Young Black Man's Reluctant Odyssey Into Guns
100
R.J.Young
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