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New York Times: Best Work of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years

Early in 2006, the Book Review's editor, Sam Tanenhaus, sent out a short letter to a couple of hundred prominent writers, critics, editors and other literary sages, asking them to please identify "the single best work of American fiction published in the last 25 years." Following are the results.
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
Toni Morrison
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Underworld (Don Delillo)
Underworld
Don Delillo
3
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy
4
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
John Updike
5
Rabbit Redux (John Updike)
Rabbit Redux
John Updike
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Rabbit Is Rich (John Updike)
Rabbit Is Rich
John Updike
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Rabbit at Rest
Rabbit at Rest
8
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
Philip Roth
9
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole
10
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
Marilynne Robinson
11
Winter's Tale (Mark Helprin)
Winter's Tale
Mark Helprin
12
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
Don Delillo
13
The Counterlife
The Counterlife
14
Libra (Don Delillo)
Libra
Don Delillo
15
Where I'm Calling From
Where I'm Calling From
16
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried
17
Mating (Norman Rush)
Mating
Norman Rush
18
Jesus' Son: Stories, Denis Johnson
Jesus' Son: Stories, Denis Johnson
19
Operation Shylock (Philip Roth)
Operation Shylock
Philip Roth
20
Independence Day (Richard Ford)
Independence Day
Richard Ford
21
Sabbath's Theater (Philip Roth)
Sabbath's Theater
Philip Roth
22
Cities of the Plain (Cormac McCarthy)
Cities of the Plain
Cormac McCarthy
23
The Crossing
The Crossing
24
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
Cormac McCarthy
25
The Human Stain (Philip Roth)
The Human Stain
Philip Roth
26
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
Edward P. Jones
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The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
Philip Roth
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