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100 Best Books of the 21st Century (Non Pretentious Version)

We've seen a lot of these lists recently and this is my version. You will see that these picks are not very "high brow" because I mainly read for enjoyment and I don't think that makes books any less valuable. I also focused a lot on genre fiction because I feel like those are often under appreciated by lists like these.
My limits were max 2 books per author and only 1 book in a series. I also read every book on this list.
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All Boys Aren't Blue (George M. Johnson)
All Boys Aren't Blue
George M. Johnson
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All Systems Red (Martha Wells)
All Systems Red
Martha Wells
3
An Immense World (Ed Yong)
An Immense World
Ed Yong
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Annihilation (Jeff Vandermeer)
Annihilation
Jeff Vandermeer
5
The Bear and the Nightingale (Katherine Arden)
The Bear and the Nightingale
Katherine Arden
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The Beautiful Ones (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
The Beautiful Ones
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
7
Becoming (Michelle Obama)
Becoming
Michelle Obama
8
Bitterthorn (Kat Dunn)
Bitterthorn
Kat Dunn
9
Braiding Sweetgrass (Robin Wall Kimmerer)
Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer
10
Brief Answers to Big Questions (Stephen Hawking)
Brief Answers to Big Questions
Stephen Hawking
11
Bunny (Mona Awad)
Bunny
Mona Awad
12
Call Us What We Carry: Poems (Amanda Gorman)
Call Us What We Carry: Poems
Amanda Gorman
13
Chlorine (Jade Song)
Chlorine
Jade Song
14
The City of Dreaming Books (Walter Moers)
The City of Dreaming Books
Walter Moers
15
Cultish (Amanda Montell)
Cultish
Amanda Montell
16
Dark Matter (Michelle Paver)
Dark Matter
Michelle Paver
17
A Darker Shade of Magic (V.E. Schwab)
A Darker Shade of Magic
V.E. Schwab
18
The Death of Vivek Oji (Akwaeke Emezi)
The Death of Vivek Oji
Akwaeke Emezi
19
The Deep (Rivers Solomon)
The Deep
Rivers Solomon
20
The Diviners (Libba Bray)
The Diviners
Libba Bray
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A Dowry of Blood (S. T. Gibson)
A Dowry of Blood
S. T. Gibson
22
Echo (Thomas Olde Heuvelt)
Echo
Thomas Olde Heuvelt
23
Every Heart a Doorway (Seanan McGuire)
Every Heart a Doorway
Seanan McGuire
24
Exhalation (Ted Chiang)
Exhalation
Ted Chiang
25
Felon (Reginald Dwayne Betts)
Felon
Reginald Dwayne Betts
26
Firekeeper's Daughter (Angeline Boulley)
Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley
27
The Hacienda (Isabel Canas)
The Hacienda
Isabel Canas
28
Happiness Falls (Angie Kim)
Happiness Falls
Angie Kim
29
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
J.K. Rowling
30
The Hollow Places (T. Kingfisher)
The Hollow Places
T. Kingfisher
31
Honey Girl (Morgan Rogers)
Honey Girl
Morgan Rogers
32
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
33
Hurricane Child (Kacen Callender)
Hurricane Child
Kacen Callender
34
If We Were Villains (M.L. Rio)
If We Were Villains
M.L. Rio
35
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Iain Reid)
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Iain Reid
36
In the Dream House (Carmen Maria Machado)
In the Dream House
Carmen Maria Machado
37
Into the Drowning Deep (Mira Grant)
Into the Drowning Deep
Mira Grant
38
The Jasmine Throne (Tasha Suri)
The Jasmine Throne
Tasha Suri
39
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
Susanna Clarke
40
Kaikeyi (Vaishnavi Patel)
Kaikeyi
Vaishnavi Patel
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