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21st Century Short List Best Books

A short list from https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/21/best-books-of-the-21st-century of the best books in the last 20 years to read.
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The Emperor of All Maladies (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies
1
Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
2
Colson Whitehead
A Death in the Family (James Agee)
A Death in the Family
3
James Agee
Rapture
Rapture
4
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage (Alice Munro)
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
5
Alice Munro
Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Thomas Piketty)
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
6
Thomas Piketty
Light (M. John Harrison)
Light
7
M. John Harrison
Priestdaddy (Patricia Lockwood)
Priestdaddy
8
Patricia Lockwood
Adults in the Room (Varoufakis)
Adults in the Room
9
Varoufakis
The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins)
The God Delusion
10
Richard Dawkins
Stories of Your Life (Ted Chiang)
Stories of Your Life
11
Ted Chiang
The Fifth Season (Jemison)
The Fifth Season
12
Jemison
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
13
Yuval Noah Harari
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
14
Mark Haddon
The Shock Doctrine (Naomi Klein)
The Shock Doctrine
15
Naomi Klein
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
16
Cormac McCarthy
The Corrections (Franzen)
The Corrections
17
Franzen
Nickel and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)
Nickel and Dimed
18
Barbara Ehrenreich
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
19
David Mitchell
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
20
Kazuo Ishiguro
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
21
Marilynne Robinson
Between the World and Me (Ta-|Nehisi)
Between the World and Me
22
Ta-|Nehisi
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
23
Hilary Mantel
Outline (Rachel Cusk)
Outline
24
Rachel Cusk
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Olga Tokarczuk)
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
25
Olga Tokarczuk
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism (Shoshana Zuboff)
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
26
Shoshana Zuboff
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (Carlo Rovelli)
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
27
Carlo Rovelli
Postwar (Tony Judt)
Postwar
28
Tony Judt
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
29
Gone Girl (Gillian)
Gone Girl
30
Gillian
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
31
Philip Roth
Autumn (Ali Smith)
Autumn
32
Ali Smith
The Sixth Extinction (E Kobert)
The Sixth Extinction
33
E Kobert
Underland (Rober M)
Underland
34
Rober M
Tenth of December (George Saunders)
Tenth of December
35
George Saunders
The Omnivore's Dilemma (Michael Pollan)
The Omnivore's Dilemma
36
Michael Pollan
Women and Power (Mary Beard)
Women and Power
37
Mary Beard
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