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Lithub's Best of the Decade: What Books Will We Still Be Reading in 10 Years?

"I asked each of my colleagues in the Literary Hub office to make a list of the ten books from the last ten years that they thought we'd still be reading—for good or ill—ten years from now, circa 2030.
The below results collate the responses of 14 people, who range in age and interest as much as possible for a group that works for a literary website. I was not surprised to see Claudia Rankine's Citizen top the list by a wide margin—that's a book that keeps on getting more relevant; one hopes that in ten years we'll be reading it as an artifact, but one also doubts it. Same goes for some of the others on here, though some of course are just very good novels that people will continue to enjoy."
- Emily Temple
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Citizen (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen
Claudia Rankine
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Sing, Unburied, Sing (Jesmyn Ward)
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Jesmyn Ward
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The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead
4
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan
5
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
6
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante
7
Tenth of December (George Saunders)
Tenth of December
George Saunders
8
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn
9
The Sympathizer (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen
10
Nox (Anne Carson)
Nox
Anne Carson
11
Clarice Lispector: The Complete Stories (Clarice Lispector)
Clarice Lispector: The Complete Stories
Clarice Lispector
12
Train Dreams (Denis Johnson)
Train Dreams
Denis Johnson
13
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara
14
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates
15
Her Body and Other Parties (Carmen Maria Machado)
Her Body and Other Parties
Carmen Maria Machado
16
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt
17
Bring Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel)
Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel
18
Dept. of Speculation (Jenny Offill)
Dept. of Speculation
Jenny Offill
19
Salvage the Bones (Jesmyn Ward)
Salvage the Bones
Jesmyn Ward
20
The Argonauts (Maggie Nelson)
The Argonauts
Maggie Nelson
21
The New Jim Crow (Michelle Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander
22
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
N. K. Jemisin
23
Men Explain Things to Me (Rebecca Solnit)
Men Explain Things to Me
Rebecca Solnit
24
The Tiger's Wife (Tea Obrent)
The Tiger's Wife
Tea Obrent
25
There There (Tommy Orange)
There There
Tommy Orange
26
Lost Children Archive (Valeria Luiselli)
Lost Children Archive
Valeria Luiselli
27
The Book of My Lives
The Book of My Lives
28
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
Andy Weir
29
The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas
30
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr
31
Black Water Rising (Attica Locke)
Black Water Rising
Attica Locke
32
Wild (Cheryl Strayed)
Wild
Cheryl Strayed
33
The Maid's Version (Daniel Woodrell)
The Maid's Version
Daniel Woodrell
34
The Idiot (Elif Batuman)
The Idiot
Elif Batuman
35
Create Dangerously (Edwidge Danticat)
Create Dangerously
Edwidge Danticat
36
Killers of the Flower Moon (David Grann)
Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann
37
The Sixth Extinction (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction
Elizabeth Kolbert
38
The Collected Schizophrenias (Esmé Weijun Wang)
The Collected Schizophrenias
Esmé Weijun Wang
39
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
Haruki Murakami
40
This House of Grief (Helen Garner)
This House of Grief
Helen Garner
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