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The Most Acclaimed Books of the 21st Century - Page 2

This list is composed of prize-winning books and entries on retrospective critics' lists from the past two decades. The sources are:
Man Booker Prize; Pulitzer Prize: Fiction, Drama; National Book Award: Fiction, Nonfiction; Hugo Award; Nebula Award; World Fantasy Award; PEN/Faulkner Award; Newberry Medal; Women's Prize for Fiction; Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction; National Book Critics Circle Award Fiction; Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award
The Guardian 100 Best Books of 21st Century; Tournament of Books semi-finalists and winners 2005-2020; NYT Ten Best Books Through Time (2004-2020); NYT Best American plays Since ANGELS IN AMERICA; CrimeReads 10 Best Crime Novels of the Last Decade; Slate's Best Nonfiction from the Past 25 Years; AV Club's best comics of 2000-9/2010s; Vox best books of the 2010s; Lithub 10 Best Memoirs/Essay Collection of the 2010s; The Independent best essay collections of the 2010s; Vulture's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
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Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
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Milkman (Anna Burns)
Milkman (Anna Burns)
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The Chimes (Anna Smaill)
The Chimes (Anna Smaill)
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Uncanny Valley (Anna Wiener)
Uncanny Valley (Anna Wiener)
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The Beauty of the Husband (Anne Carson)
The Beauty of the Husband (Anne Carson)
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The Forgotten Waltz (Anne Enright)
The Forgotten Waltz (Anne Enright)
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The Gathering (Anne Enright)
The Gathering (Anne Enright)
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The Green Road (Anne Enright)
The Green Road (Anne Enright)
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The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame (Anne Ishii)
The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame (Anne Ishii)
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Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play (Anne Washburn)
Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play (Anne Washburn)
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The Hemingses of Monticello (Annette Gordon-Reed)
The Hemingses of Monticello (Annette Gordon-Reed)
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The Flick (Annie Baker)
The Flick (Annie Baker)
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The Years (Annie Ernaux)
The Years (Annie Ernaux)
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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Anthony Bourdain)
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Anthony Bourdain)
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All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
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The Tsar of Love and Techno (Anthony Mara)
The Tsar of Love and Techno (Anthony Mara)
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The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
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My Father's Paradise (Ariel Sabar)
My Father's Paradise (Ariel Sabar)
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A Memory Called Empire (Arkady Martine)
A Memory Called Empire (Arkady Martine)
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Elegy on Kinderklavier (Arna Bontemps Hemenway)
Elegy on Kinderklavier (Arna Bontemps Hemenway)
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One of Us (Åsne Seierstad,)
One of Us (Åsne Seierstad,)
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Bluebird, Bluebird (Attica Locke)
Bluebird, Bluebird (Attica Locke)
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Preparation for the Next Life (Atticus Lish)
Preparation for the Next Life (Atticus Lish)
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Crispin: The Cross of Lead (Avi)
Crispin: The Cross of Lead (Avi)
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Disgraced: A Play (Ayad Akhtar)
Disgraced: A Play (Ayad Akhtar)
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Homeland Elegies (Ayad Akhtar)
Homeland Elegies (Ayad Akhtar)
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Call Me Zebra (Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi)
Call Me Zebra (Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi)
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Nothing to Envy (Barbara Demick)
Nothing to Envy (Barbara Demick)
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Nickel and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)
Nickel and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)
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The Lacuna (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Lacuna (Barbara Kingsolver)
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All About Love: New Visions (Bell Hooks)
All About Love: New Visions (Bell Hooks)
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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ben Fountain)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ben Fountain)
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Brief Encounters With Che Guevara (Ben Fountain)
Brief Encounters With Che Guevara (Ben Fountain)
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10:04 (Ben Lerner)
10:04 (Ben Lerner)
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Leaving the Atocha Station (Ben Lerner)
Leaving the Atocha Station (Ben Lerner)
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The Topeka School (Ben Lerner)
The Topeka School (Ben Lerner)
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Benjamin Alire Saenz)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Benjamin Alire Saenz)
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Everything Begins & Ends at the Kentucky Club (Benjamin Alire Sáenz)
Everything Begins & Ends at the Kentucky Club (Benjamin Alire Sáenz)
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Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo)
Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo)
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The Body Keeps the Score (Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD)
The Body Keeps the Score (Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD)
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