The Best Books of the 21st Century

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18 participants (100 books)

26 Aug 2024—30 Dec 2029

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according to NYT Readers in 2024

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Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

300 pages • 2016 • 97 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Atonement by Ian McEwan

Atonement

Ian McEwan

351 pages • 2001 • 164 editions

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

Patrick Radden Keefe

441 pages • 2018 • 66 editions

nonfiction history politics true crime dark informative reflective medium-paced
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

The Corrections

Jonathan Franzen

653 pages • 2001 • 86 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional funny reflective slow-paced
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

Gilead #1

Gilead

Marilynne Robinson

247 pages • 2004 • 51 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

Lincoln in the Bardo

George Saunders

368 pages • 2017 • 64 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Road by Cormac McCarthy

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

241 pages • 2006 • 174 editions

fiction dystopian literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Thomas Cromwell #1

Wolf Hall

Hilary Mantel

653 pages • 2009 • 119 editions

fiction historical literary challenging dark tense slow-paced
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead

306 pages • 2016 • 122 editions

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Overstory by Richard Powers

The Overstory

Richard Powers

502 pages • 2018 • 68 editions

fiction literary emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced