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GQ's 21 Books From the 21st Century Every Man Should Read

We spent months chiseling down a list of not just our favorite books from the 2000s but also the works of fiction that we most readily recommend to our fathers, brothers, and non-blood-related bros. This list isn't ranked. NB it was published in 2013, so see the more recent GQ list I published which they published just last month.
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The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen
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The Human Stain (Philip Roth)
The Human Stain
Philip Roth
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The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
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White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
Zadie Smith
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True History of the Kelly Gang (Peter Carey)
True History of the Kelly Gang
Peter Carey
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2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
2666
Roberto Bolaño
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Tree of Smoke (Denis Johnson)
Tree of Smoke
Denis Johnson
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Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned (Wells Tower)
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned
Wells Tower
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The Fortress of Solitude (Jonathan Lethem)
The Fortress of Solitude
Jonathan Lethem
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Pastoralia (George Saunders)
Pastoralia
George Saunders
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Runaway (Alice Munro)
Runaway
Alice Munro
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Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
W.G. Sebald
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Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell
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Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
Marilynne Robinson
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The Art of Fielding (Chad Harbach)
The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach
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Netherland (Joseph O'Neill)
Netherland
Joseph O'Neill
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Díaz
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The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
Alan Hollinghurst
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Saturday (Ian McEwan)
Saturday
Ian McEwan
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The Yellow Birds (Kevin Powers)
The Yellow Birds
Kevin Powers
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The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
Jhumpa Lahiri
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