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TrueLit’s 100 Best Books of the Quarter Century

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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.

Rank by popularity

Cover of Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

Kafka on the Shore

Haruki Murakami, 2001

Cover of Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Olga Tokarczuk, 2009

Cover of House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

House of Leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski, 1999

Cover of Seiobo There Below by László Krasznahorkai

Seiobo There Below

László Krasznahorkai, 2008

Cover of Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming by László Krasznahorkai

Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming

László Krasznahorkai, 2016

Cover of Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon

Inherent Vice

Thomas Pynchon, 2009

Cover of A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James

A Brief History of Seven Killings

Marlon James, 2014

Cover of Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann

Ducks, Newburyport

Lucy Ellmann, 2019

Cover of No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

No Country for Old Men

Cormac McCarthy, 2005

Cover of Freedom by Jonathan Franzen

Freedom

Jonathan Franzen, 2010

Cover of Outline by Rachel Cusk

Outline

Rachel Cusk, 2014

Cover of Trieste by Daša Drndić

Trieste

Daša Drndić, 2007

Cover of Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

Small Things Like These

Claire Keegan, 2021

Cover of The Maniac by Benjamín Labatut

The Maniac

Benjamín Labatut, 2023

Cover of The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century by Olga Ravn

The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century

Olga Ravn, 2018

Cover of Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner

Leaving the Atocha Station

Ben Lerner, 2011

Cover of Milkman by Anna Burns

Milkman

Anna Burns, 2018

Cover of Atonement by Ian McEwan

Atonement

Ian McEwan, 2001

Cover of The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen

The Netanyahus

Joshua Cohen, 2021

Cover of Wizard of the Crow by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Wizard of the Crow

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, 2004

Cover of Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee, 2017

Cover of Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel, 2014

Cover of Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann

Tyll

Daniel Kehlmann, 2017

Cover of Secondhand Time by Svetlana Alexievich

Secondhand Time

Svetlana Alexievich, 2013

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