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TrueLit’s 100 Best Books of the Quarter Century
A list curated by the members of the subreddit r/truelit through community voting.
When We Cease to Understand the World
Benjamín Labatut, 2019
Happening
Annie Ernaux, 2000
Border Districts
Gerald Murnane, 2017
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, 2022
The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, 2015
Bleeding Edge
Thomas Pynchon, 2013
The Human Stain
Philip Roth, 2000
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Díaz, 2007
Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 2013
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Ottessa Moshfegh, 2018
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Matthew Desmond, 2016
Seeing
José Saramago, 2004
Zone
Mathias Énard, 2008
Submission
Michel Houellebecq, 2015
HHhH
Laurent Binet, 2010
Minor Detail
Adania Shibli, 2017
The Instructions
Adam Levin, 2010
The Adversary
Emmanuel Carrère, 2000
Tomb of Sand
Geetanjali Shree, 2018
Cannonball
Joseph McElroy, 2013
A General Theory of Oblivion
José Eduardo Agualusa, 2012
My Work
Olga Ravn, 2020
Tram 83
Fiston Mwanza Mujila, 2014
The Flame Throwers
Rachel Kushner, 2013
§ About this list
- Books
- 99
- Published
- 1993–2023
- Average rating
- 4.0 / 5 across 22,498 ratings
- Genres
- Classics, History, Science Fiction, Fantasy
Most-rated on TrueLit’s 100 Best Books of the Quarter Century
- 1Piranesi · Susanna Clarke
- 2The Road · Cormac McCarthy
- 3Station Eleven · Emily St. John Mandel
Common questions about TrueLit’s 100 Best Books of the Quarter Century
- How many books are on TrueLit’s 100 Best Books of the Quarter Century?
- TrueLit’s 100 Best Books of the Quarter Century has 99 books, published between 1993 and 2023.
- Which book on TrueLit’s 100 Best Books of the Quarter Century is the most popular?
- Piranesi by Susanna Clarke is the most-rated book on the list, with 1,873 ratings and a 4.2 average.
- What is the highest-rated book on TrueLit’s 100 Best Books of the Quarter Century?
- Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond has the highest average rating among the list's books with at least 100 ratings: 4.6 out of 5.
- Where should I start with TrueLit’s 100 Best Books of the Quarter Century?
- Start with Piranesi, The Road and Station Eleven: the three most-rated books on the list.
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- The books on this list are tagged Classics, History, Science Fiction and Fantasy.
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