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Bookstagram's Best Books of the 21st Century (U.S.)
Hosted by kendra_kendra
96 participants, 102 books
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Bookstagram's 102 Best Books of the 21st Century (U.S.) as voted by 324 ballots and compiled by the phenomenal @surabhi.reading, @openbookopen, and @ambershelf. See the first post for 76 to 102, the second post for 48 to 75, the third post for 11 to 47, and the Top 10 here.
There were ties in the voting, so the list includes 102 books and 86 place rankings. The groups that were tied are indicated in the prompt notes. Within each tied group, the books are in alphabetical order by title.
EXAMPLE: Four books were tied for 12th place. Those prompts are numbered from 12 to 15, and prompt 12 is the first book of the four alphabetically. After those four, the next book is ranked 16th.
There is no time limit to this challenge.
There were ties in the voting, so the list includes 102 books and 86 place rankings. The groups that were tied are indicated in the prompt notes. Within each tied group, the books are in alphabetical order by title.
EXAMPLE: Four books were tied for 12th place. Those prompts are numbered from 12 to 15, and prompt 12 is the first book of the four alphabetically. After those four, the next book is ranked 16th.
There is no time limit to this challenge.
Challenge Books
13
My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante
4 books tied for 12th
18
Salvage the Bones
Jesmyn Ward
2 books tied for 17th
20
Chain-Gang All-Stars
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
3 books tied for 19th
21
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
Isabel Wilkerson
3 books tied for 19th