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Overview
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.
Bookstagram's Best Books of the 21st Century (U.S.)
105 participants (102 books)
Overview
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
26
Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo
2 books tied for 26th
27
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
2 books tied for 26th
30
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Michelle Alexander
4 books tied for 28th
31
The Undocumented Americans
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
4 books tied for 28th
32
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Jesmyn Ward
2 books tied for 32nd
34
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
Hanif Abdurraqib
6 books tied for 34th
35
All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr
6 books tied for 34th
36
Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates
6 books tied for 34th