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Readers Pick Their 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

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Readers Pick Their 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

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Cover of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong, 2019

Cover of Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

Cloud Atlas

David Mitchell, 2003

Cover of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi, 2016

Cover of James by Percival Everett

James

Percival Everett, 2024

Cover of The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls, 2005

Cover of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot, 2009

Cover of My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

Ottessa Moshfegh, 2018

Cover of Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

Small Things Like These

Claire Keegan, 2021

Cover of Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Know My Name

Chanel Miller, 2019

Cover of The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead, 2016

Cover of In the Dream House

In the Dream House

2019

Cover of The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead, 2019

Cover of Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Anthony Doerr, 2021

Cover of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

Michael Chabon, 2000

Cover of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer, 19

Cover of Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

Middlesex

Jeffrey Eugenides, 2002

Cover of Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Americanah

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 2013

Cover of Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

Just Mercy

Bryan Stevenson, 2014

Cover of Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

Hamnet

Maggie O'Farrell, 2019

Cover of Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Patrick Radden Keefe, 2021

Cover of 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, 2018

Cover of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson, 2020

Cover of Atonement by Ian McEwan

Atonement

Ian McEwan, 2001

Cover of Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

Girl, Woman, Other

Bernardine Evaristo, 2019

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