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New York Times Book Review's Best Books Since 2000

The New York Times' compilation of best books and editors' picks from 2000-2023, including fiction and nonfiction.
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The Bee Sting (Paul Murray)
The Bee Sting
Paul Murray
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Chain-Gang All-Stars (Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah)
Chain-Gang All-Stars
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
3
Eastbound (Maylis De Kerangal)
Eastbound
Maylis De Kerangal
4
The Fraud (Zadie Smith)
The Fraud
Zadie Smith
5
North Woods (Daniel Mason)
North Woods
Daniel Mason
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The Best Minds (Jonathan Rosen)
The Best Minds
Jonathan Rosen
7
Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs (Kerry Howley)
Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs
Kerry Howley
8
Fire Weather: A True Story From a Hotter World (John Vaillant)
Fire Weather: A True Story From a Hotter World
John Vaillant
9
Master Slave Husband Wife (Ilyon Woo)
Master Slave Husband Wife
Ilyon Woo
10
Some People Need Killing (Patricia Evangelista)
Some People Need Killing
Patricia Evangelista
11
The Candy House (Jennifer Egan)
The Candy House
Jennifer Egan
12
Checkout 19 (Claire-Louise Bennett)
Checkout 19
Claire-Louise Bennett
13
Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver)
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
14
The Furrows (Namwali Serpell)
The Furrows
Namwali Serpell
15
Trust (Herman Diaz)
Trust
Herman Diaz
16
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us (Ed Yong)
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong
17
Stay True (Hua Hsu)
Stay True
Hua Hsu
18
Strangers to Ourselves (Rachel Aviv)
Strangers to Ourselves
Rachel Aviv
19
Under the Skin (Linda Villarosa)
Under the Skin
Linda Villarosa
20
We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland (Fintan O'Toole)
We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland
Fintan O'Toole
21
How Beautiful We Were (Imbolo Mbue)
How Beautiful We Were
Imbolo Mbue
22
Intimacies (Katie Kitamura)
Intimacies
Katie Kitamura
23
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois (Honorée Fanonne Jeffers)
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
24
No One Is Talking About This (Patricia Lockwood)
No One Is Talking About This
Patricia Lockwood
25
When We Cease to Understand the World (Benjamín Labatut)
When We Cease to Understand the World
Benjamín Labatut
26
The Copenhagen Trilogy (Tove Ditlevsen)
The Copenhagen Trilogy
Tove Ditlevsen
27
How the Word Is Passed (Clint Smith)
How the Word Is Passed
Clint Smith
28
Invisible Child (Andrea Elliott)
Invisible Child
Andrea Elliott
29
On Juneteenth (Annette Gordon-Reed)
On Juneteenth
Annette Gordon-Reed
30
Red Comet (Heather L. Clark)
Red Comet
Heather L. Clark
31
A Children's Bible (Lydia Millet)
A Children's Bible
Lydia Millet
32
Deacon King Kong (James McBride)
Deacon King Kong
James McBride
33
Hamnet (Maggie O'farrell)
Hamnet
Maggie O'farrell
34
Homeland Elegies (Ayad Akhtar)
Homeland Elegies
Ayad Akhtar
35
The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett)
The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett
36
Hidden Valley Road (Robert Kolker)
Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker
37
A Promised Land (Barack Obama)
A Promised Land
Barack Obama
38
Shakespeare in a Divided America (James Shapiro)
Shakespeare in a Divided America
James Shapiro
39
Uncanny Valley (Anna Wiener)
Uncanny Valley
Anna Wiener
40
War (Margaret MacMillan)
War
Margaret MacMillan
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