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The New York Times (2024) 100 Best Books of the 21st century
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25 participants, 100 books
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As voted on by 503 novelists, nonfiction writers, poets, critics and other book lovers
In collaboration with the Upshot, The NY Times sent a survey to hundreds of literary luminaries, asking them to name the 10 best books published since Jan. 1, 2000 (translations included). The result is a 100 books long list with the titles understood to be the most memorable and influential books of the century so far.
° This list was published in 2024
° You can find at least one recommendation of similar readings per title by clicking the info button (the little circle with and "i" in the middle) for any book below; all were taken from the original article
In collaboration with the Upshot, The NY Times sent a survey to hundreds of literary luminaries, asking them to name the 10 best books published since Jan. 1, 2000 (translations included). The result is a 100 books long list with the titles understood to be the most memorable and influential books of the century so far.
° This list was published in 2024
° You can find at least one recommendation of similar readings per title by clicking the info button (the little circle with and "i" in the middle) for any book below; all were taken from the original article
Challenge Books
13
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
Liked it? Try “On Such a Full Sea” by Chang-Rae Lee or “The Buried Giant” by Kazuo Ishiguo
14
Outline
Rachel Cusk
Liked it? Try “Checkout 19” by Claire-Louise Bennett or “Topics of Conversation” by Miranda Popkey
15
Pachinko
Min Jin Lee
Liked it? Try “Homegoing” by Yaa Gyasi or “The Covenant of Water” by Abraham Verghese or “Kantika” by Elizabeth Graver
16
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Michael Chabon
Liked it? Try “Carter Beats the Devil” by Glen David Gold or “The Fortress of Solitude” by Jonathan Lethem
17
The Sellout
Paul Beatty
Liked it? Try “Harry Sylvester Bird” by Chinelo Okparanta or “We Cast a Shadow” by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
18
Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders
Liked it? Try “Sing, Unburied, Sing” by Jesmyn Ward or “Grief Is the Thing With Feathers” by Max Porter or “Hamnet” by Maggie O’Farrell
19
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe
Liked it? Try “A Fever in the Heartland” by Timothy Egan or “We Own This City” by Justin Fenton
20
Erasure
Percival Everett
Liked it? Try “Yellowface” by R. F. Kuang or “The Sellout” by Paul Beatty
21
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Matthew Desmond
Liked it? Try “Nickel and Dimed” by Barbara Ehrenreich or “Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and Mother’s Will to Survive” by Stephanie Land
22
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Katherine Boo
Liked it? Try “Nothing to Envy” by Barbara Demick or “Waiting to Be Arrested at Night” by Tahir Hamut Izgil; translated by Joshua L Freeman
23
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories
Alice Munro
Liked it? Try “So Late in the Day” by Claire Keegan or “Nora Webster” by Colm Tóibín
24
The Overstory
Richard Powers
Liked it? Try “Greenwood” by Michael Christie or “Entangled Life” by Merlin Sheldrake