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Have You Read the 21st-Century's 'Greatest Novel So Far'?

Books by Zadie Smith, Hilary Mantel and Ian McEwan are in the top 20 of BBC Culture's poll of American critics to find today's best novel
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
1
Junot Díaz
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
2
Edward P. Jones
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
3
Hilary Mantel
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
4
Marilynne Robinson
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
5
Jonathan Franzen
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
6
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
7
Jennifer Egan
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ben Fountain)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
8
Ben Fountain
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
9
Ian McEwan
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
10
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
11
Zadie Smith
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
12
Jeffrey Eugenides
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
13
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
14
W.G. Sebald
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
15
Elena Ferrante
2004: The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
2004: The Line of Beauty
16
Alan Hollinghurst
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
17
Cormac McCarthy
NW (Zadie Smith)
NW
18
Zadie Smith
2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
2666
19
Roberto Bolaño
The Great Fire
The Great Fire
20
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