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Overview
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
The New York Times (2024) 100 Best Books of the 21st century
31 participants (100 books)
Overview
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
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Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
Liked it? Try “James” by Percival Everett or “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store” by james McBride
62
10:04
Ben Lerner
Liked it? Try “The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.” by Adelle Waldman or “Open City” by Teju Cole or “How Should a Person Be?” by Sheila Heti
63
Veronica
Mary Gaitskill
Liked it? Try “The Quick and the Dead” by Joy Williams or “ Look at Me” by Jennifer Egan or “Lightning Field” by Dana Spiotta
64
The Great Believers
Rebecca Makkai
Liked it? Try “The Interestings” by Meg Wolitzer or “A Little Life” by Hanya Yanagihara or “The Emperor’s Children” by Claire Messud
65
The Plot Against America
Philip Roth
Liked it? Try “The Biography of X” by Catherine Lacey or “The Netanyahus” by Joshua Cohen
66
We the Animals
Justin Torres
Liked it? Try “Shuggie Brain” by Douglas Stuart or “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” by Charles Blow or “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” by Ocean Vuong
67
Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity
Andrew Solomon
Liked it? Try “Strangers to Ourselves” by Rachel Aviv or “NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity” by Steven Silberman
68
The Friend
Sigrid Nunez
Liked it? Try “Autumn” by Ali Smith or “Stay True” by Hua Hsu
69
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Michelle Alexander
Liked it? Try “Locking Up Our Own” by James Forman Jr. or “America on Fire” by Elizabeth Hinton or “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent” by Isabel Wilkerson
70
All Aunt Hagar's Children: Stories
Edward P. Jones
Liked it? Try “The Office of Historical Corrections” by Danielle Evans or “Perish” by LaToya Watkins
71
The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood; Youth; Dependency
Tove Ditlevsen
Liked it? Try “The End of Eddy” by Édouard Louis
72
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
Svetlana Alexiévich
Liked it? Try “Gulag” by Anne Applebaum or “Is Journalism Worth Dying For? Final Dispatches” by Anna Politkovskaya