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The 25 Finalists in the New York Times Book Review Best Book of the Past 125 Years

In October 2021, editors at the Book Review asked readers to help them choose the best book of the past 125 years. They received thousands of nominations — including novels, memoirs and poetry collections — from readers across the world.
They narrowed those submissions down to 25 finalists. It's a list that reflects the submissions we received, with a few exceptions: Editors decided only one book by a given author could appear on the list, and didn't count nominations for entire series, only individual books. This is the list of those 25 finalists.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
2
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
3
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
4
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
5
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
6
Charlotte's Web (E. B. White)
Charlotte's Web (E. B. White)
7
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
8
The Fellowship of the Ring (J. R. R. Tolkein)
The Fellowship of the Ring (J. R. R. Tolkein)
9
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
10
A Gentleman in Moscow (Amor Towles)
A Gentleman in Moscow (Amor Towles)
11
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
12
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
13
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
14
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
15
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (J. K. Rowling)
16
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
17
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
18
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
19
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
20
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
21
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
22
The Overstory (Richard Powers)
The Overstory (Richard Powers)
23
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
24
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
25
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses (James Joyce)
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