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Lithub's Best of the Decade: What Books Will We Still Be Reading in 10 Years? - Page 2

"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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The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
41
Homer
The Dream of My Return (Horacio Castellanos Moya)
The Dream of My Return
42
Horacio Castellanos Moya
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns
43
Isabel Wilkerson
Hillbilly Elegy (JD Vance)
Hillbilly Elegy
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JD Vance
The Infatuations (Javier Marías)
The Infatuations
45
Javier Marías
Pulphead (John Jeremiah Sullivan)
Pulphead
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John Jeremiah Sullivan
The Buddha in the Attic (Julie Otsuka)
The Buddha in the Attic
47
Julie Otsuka
Vampires in the Lemon Grove (Karen Russell)
Vampires in the Lemon Grove
48
Karen Russell
My Struggle (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
My Struggle
49
Karl Ove Knausgaard
Calling a Wolf a Wolf (Kaveh Akbar)
Calling a Wolf a Wolf
50
Kaveh Akbar
Severance (Ling Ma)
Severance
51
Ling Ma
I Am Malala (Malala Yousafzai)
I Am Malala
52
Malala Yousafzai
Maddaddam (Margaret Atwood)
Maddaddam
53
Margaret Atwood
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Marlon James)
A Brief History of Seven Killings
54
Marlon James
The Big Short
The Big Short
55
Women Talking (Miriam Toews)
Women Talking
56
Miriam Toews
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Ocean Vuong)
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
57
Ocean Vuong
Flights (Olga Tokarczuk)
Flights
58
Olga Tokarczuk
When My Brother Was an Aztec (Natalie Diaz)
When My Brother Was an Aztec
59
Natalie Diaz
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Ottessa Moshfegh)
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
60
Ottessa Moshfegh
So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood (Patrick Modiano)
So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood
61
Patrick Modiano
Say Nothing (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Say Nothing
62
Patrick Radden Keefe
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout
63
Paul Beatty
Just Kids (Patti Smith)
Just Kids
64
Patti Smith
An Unnecessary Woman (Rabih Alameddine)
An Unnecessary Woman
65
Rabih Alameddine
The Flamethrowers (Rachel Kushner)
The Flamethrowers
66
Rachel Kushner
Normal People (Sally Rooney)
Normal People
67
Sally Rooney
The Passage of Power (Robert A. Caro)
The Passage of Power
68
Robert A. Caro
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
69
Rebecca Skloot
Dreamland (Sam Quinones)
Dreamland
70
Sam Quinones
Underland (Robert MacFarlane)
Underland
71
Robert MacFarlane
The Gentrification of the Mind (Sarah Schulman)
The Gentrification of the Mind
72
Sarah Schulman
The Emperor of All Maladies (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies
73
Siddhartha Mukherjee
In the Darkroom (Susan Faludi)
In the Darkroom
74
Susan Faludi
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets (Svetlana Alexievich,)
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
75
Svetlana Alexievich,
Educated: A Memoir (Tara Westover)
Educated: A Memoir
76
Tara Westover
On a Sunbeam (Tillie Walden)
On a Sunbeam
77
Tillie Walden
Bloodlands (Timothy Snyder)
Bloodlands
78
Timothy Snyder
On Tyranny (Timothy Snyder)
On Tyranny
79
Timothy Snyder
Bossypants (Tina Fey)
Bossypants
80
Tina Fey
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