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Bookstagram's 102 Best Books of the 21st Century (U.S.)

Organized and compiled by @surabhi.reading, @openbookopen, & @ambershelf.
A few notes on methodology:
* We made a survey inviting bookstagrammers to submit their ballot for the ten best books published in the U.S. in the 21st century. We shared it widely over 4 days.
* We received 324 ballots and a total of 3,156 individual book votes. Not everyone who submitted a ballot submitted ten books.
* We only accepted one ballot from each individual. If a person submitted two different ballots, we only counted the latest submission.
* We used the same rules as the NYT: books published in the U.S. after January 1, 2000. We disqualified books published before that.
* If someone submitted a series, we counted it as the first book in the series. If the first book was published before January 1, 2000, we disqualified it.
* We sorted books by total number of votes, then chose to present a top 102 instead of a top 100 to avoid a tiebreaker process.
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avg. score: 17 of 102 (16%)
required scores: 1, 7, 12, 17, 26 

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America Is Not the Heart (Elaine Castillo)
America Is Not the Heart (Elaine Castillo)
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Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
3
Brotherless Night (V.V. Ganeshananthan)
Brotherless Night (V.V. Ganeshananthan)
4
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
5
Her Body and Other Parties (Carmen Maria Machado)
Her Body and Other Parties (Carmen Maria Machado)
6
Lincoln in the Bardo (George Saunders)
Lincoln in the Bardo (George Saunders)
7
Sea of Tranquility (Emily St.John Mandel)
Sea of Tranquility (Emily St.John Mandel)
8
Severance (Ling Ma)
Severance (Ling Ma)
9
Stories of Your Life and Others (Ted Chiang)
Stories of Your Life and Others (Ted Chiang)
10
The Idiot (Elif Batuman)
The Idiot (Elif Batuman)
11
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
12
The Nightingale (Kristin Hannah)
The Nightingale (Kristin Hannah)
13
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
14
The Swimmers (Julie Otsuka)
The Swimmers (Julie Otsuka)
15
The Trees (Percival Everett)
The Trees (Percival Everett)
16
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
17
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension (Hanif Abdurrqib)
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension (Hanif Abdurrqib)
18
A Woman Is No Man (Etaf Rum)
A Woman Is No Man (Etaf Rum)
19
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
20
Detransition, Baby (Torrey Peters)
Detransition, Baby (Torrey Peters)
21
Freshwater (Akwaeke Emezi)
Freshwater (Akwaeke Emezi)
22
Hamnet (Maggie O'farrell)
Hamnet (Maggie O'farrell)
23
Invisible Child (Andrea Elliott)
Invisible Child (Andrea Elliott)
24
Open Water (Caleb Azumah Nelson)
Open Water (Caleb Azumah Nelson)
25
The Mountains Sing (Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai)
The Mountains Sing (Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai)
26
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
27
The Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller)
The Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller)
28
A Place for Us (Fatima Farheen Mirza)
A Place for Us (Fatima Farheen Mirza)
29
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
30
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
31
Cantoras (Carolina De Robertis)
Cantoras (Carolina De Robertis)
32
Educated (Tara Westover)
Educated (Tara Westover)
33
Exit West (Mohsin Hamed)
Exit West (Mohsin Hamed)
34
Men We Reaped (Jesmyn Ward)
Men We Reaped (Jesmyn Ward)
35
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Ocean Vuong)
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Ocean Vuong)
36
Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir)
Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir)
37
Small Things Like These (Claire Keegan)
Small Things Like These (Claire Keegan)
38
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies (Deesha Philyaw)
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies (Deesha Philyaw)
39
What My Bones Know (Stephanie Foo)
What My Bones Know (Stephanie Foo)
40
Against the Loveless World (Susan Abulhawa)
Against the Loveless World (Susan Abulhawa)
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