The NYT Top 100 Books of the 21st Century

As voted on by 503 novelists, nonfiction writers, poets, critics and other book lovers — with a little help from the staff of The New York Times Book Review. Shop the NYT Top 100 Books of the 21st Century, a definitive list of must-read novels and modern classics selected by The New York Times. This collection brings together the best books of the 21st century, from award-winning fiction to influential contemporary works.

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My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante - 9781787702226
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My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante
The story of Elena and Lila begins in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant...
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson - 9780141995151
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The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson
The epic story of how millions of black Americans fled the Jim Crow south, told...
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel - 9780008381691
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Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel
Now a major TV seriesWinner of the Man Booker PrizeThe first book in Hilary Mantel's...
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The Known World by Edward P. Jones - 9780008706142
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The Known World
Edward P. Jones
The masterful, Pulitzer Prize-winning literary epic about the painful and complex realities of slave life...
The Corrections
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The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen
THE NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'A genuine masterpiece, the first great American novel of the twenty-first...
2666 by Roberto Bolano - 9781784879396
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2666
Roberto Bolano
A major, retrospective launch of Roberto Bolano's work - now published as a Vintage Classics...
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead - 9780708898406
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The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017 WINNER OF THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD...
Austerlitz by W. G. Sebald - 9780241984482
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Austerlitz
W. G. Sebald
Sebald's heartbreaking and profound masterpiece of a man's journey through European history, published as an...
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro - 9780571258093
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Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
In one of the most acclaimed and strange novels of recent years, Kazuo Ishiguro imagines...
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson - 9781844081486
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Gilead
Marilynne Robinson
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION and THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD AN...
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz - 9780571239733
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Diaz
Things have never been easy for Oscar. A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family...
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion - 9780008485122
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The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion
Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of...
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The Road by Cormac McCarthy - 9781035003792
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The Road
Cormac McCarthy
The post-apocalyptic modern classic with an introduction by novelist John Banville. In a burned-out America,...
Outline by Rachel Cusk - 9780571346769
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Outline
Rachel Cusk
A woman arrives in Athens in the height of the summer to teach a writing...
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee - 9781838930509
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Pachinko
Min Jin Lee
* The million-copy bestseller* * National Book Award finalist * * An instant New York...
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon - 9781841154930
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Michael Chabon
Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY...
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The Sellout by Paul Beatty - 9781786071460
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The Sellout
Paul Beatty
WINNER THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016 Born in the 'agrarian ghetto' of Dickens - on...
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders - 9781408871775
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Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders
WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017 A STORY OF LOVE AFTER DEATH 'A masterpiece'...
Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe - 9780008159269
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Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY Now an...
Erasure by Percival Everett - 9780571370894
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Erasure
Percival Everett
'Truly brilliant.' Los Angeles Review of Books 'A classic.' The Times 'A remarkable novel.' Wall...
Evicted by Matthew Desmond - 9780141983318
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Evicted
Matthew Desmond
This searing, heartbreaking book tells the story of poverty today, and the people who live...
Behind The Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, And Hope In A Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo - 9781921844638
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Behind The Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, And Hope In A Mumbai Undercity
Katherine Boo
From Pulitzer Prize winner Katherine Boo comes a landmark work of narrative nonfiction that tells...
The Overstory by Richard Powers - 9781784708245
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The Overstory
Richard Powers
Moving through America's history and its landscape, this is a wondrous, exhilarating novel about nine...
Atonement by Ian McEwan - 9780099429791
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Atonement
Ian McEwan
'The best thing he has ever written' Observer Discover the modern classic that has sold...
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - 9780008610517
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Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
**DREAM COUNT, the searing new bestselling novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is out now!** WINNER...
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell - 9781399725996
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Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell
A SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY EDITION CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF CLOUD ATLAS With an introduction by Gabrielle...
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst - 9781529077209
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The Line of Beauty
Alan Hollinghurst
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF PICADOR BOOKS Winner of the Man Booker Prize, The Line of...
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward - 9781408897720
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Salvage the Bones
Jesmyn Ward
_______________ 'A brilliantly pacy adventure story ... Ward writes like a dream' - The Times...
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