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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
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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Pastoralia
George Saunders
Liked it? Try “Swamplandia!” by Karen Russell or “Friday Black” by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
86
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
David W. Blight
Liked it? Try “The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family” by Kerri K. Greenidge or “Freedom National” by James Oakes
87
Detransition, Baby
Torrey Peters
Liked it? Try “I Heard Her Call My Name” by Lucy Sante or “Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta” by James Hannaham
88
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
Lydia Davis
Liked it? Try “Ninety-Nine Stories of God” by Joy Williams or “Tell Me: Thirty Stories” by Mary Robison
89
The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between
Hisham Matar
Liked it? Try “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama” by Nathan Thrall or “House of Stone” by Anthony Shadid or “My Father’s Fortune” by Michael Frayan
90
The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Liked it? Try “Man of My Time” by Dalia Sofer or “Tomás Nevinson” by Javier Marías
91
The Human Stain
Philip Roth
Liked it? Try “Vladmir” by Julia May Jonas or “Blue Angel” by Francine Prose
92
The Days of Abandonment
Elena Ferrante
Liked it? Try “Eileen” by Ottessa Moshfegh or “Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation” by Rachel Cusk
93
Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel
Liked it? Try “Severance” by Ling Ma or “The Passage” by Justin Cronin
95
Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel
Liked it? Try “This is Happiness” by Niall Williams or “The Western Wind” by Samantha Harvey
96
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals
Saidiya Hartman
Liked it? Try “In the Wake: On Blackness and Being” by Christina Sharpe or “All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, A Black Family Keepsake” by Tiya Miles