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The Most Important Books of the Last Twenty Years

"The end of December is a time when we are bombarded with end-of-year lists—so much so that they start to blur together. But what about the books that stay with us for years? In an effort to come up with a more enduring, definitive list, I reached out to some of my favorite contemporary writers and asked them to name the most important books published over the last two decades."
Article by Michele Filgate
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Ann Patchett · Azar Nafisi · Ben Fountain · Colson Whitehead · Colum McCann · Curtis Sittenfeld · Eileen Myles · Geoff Dyer · Jane Smiley · Jesmyn Ward · Jess Walter · Jo Ann Beard · Jonathan Franzen · Jonathan Lethem · Kaitlyn Greenidge · Lauren Groff · Leslie Jamison · Maggie Nelson · Paul Harding · Peter Straub · Patti Smith · Porochista Khakpour · Rebecca Solnit · Rick Moody · Roxane Gay · Sarah Waters · Stewart O'Nan · Ruth Ozeki · Victor LaValle
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A Big Enough Lie (Eric Bennett)
A Big Enough Lie (Eric Bennett)
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A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance
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A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
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A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines (Janna Levin)
A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines (Janna Levin)
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A Visit From the Goon Squad
A Visit From the Goon Squad
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Against Identity (Leon Wieseltier)
Against Identity (Leon Wieseltier)
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All Souls' Rising (Madison Smartt Bell)
All Souls' Rising (Madison Smartt Bell)
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Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
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Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
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Beneath the Roses (Gregory Crewdson)
Beneath the Roses (Gregory Crewdson)
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Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
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Birds of America
Birds of America
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Blue Nights
Blue Nights
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Brick Lane
Brick Lane
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Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao
Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao
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Brother, I'm Dying (Edwidge Danticat)
Brother, I'm Dying (Edwidge Danticat)
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Building Stories
Building Stories
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Capital in the 21st Century (Thomas Piketty)
Capital in the 21st Century (Thomas Piketty)
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Citizen (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen (Claudia Rankine)
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Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
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Collected Stories (Lorrie More)
Collected Stories (Lorrie More)
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Command and Control
Command and Control
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The Conference of the Birds (Peter Sís)
The Conference of the Birds (Peter Sís)
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Counternarratives (John Keene)
Counternarratives (John Keene)
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Debt: The First 5000 Years (David Graeber)
Debt: The First 5000 Years (David Graeber)
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Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera (Anne Carson)
Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera (Anne Carson)
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Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
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Drown, Junot Diaz
Drown, Junot Diaz
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Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet (Bill McKibbin)
Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet (Bill McKibbin)
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Falling Out of Time (David Grossman)
Falling Out of Time (David Grossman)
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Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
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For the Relief of Unbearable Urges (Nathan Englander)
For the Relief of Unbearable Urges (Nathan Englander)
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Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
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Global Crisis (Geoffrey Parker)
Global Crisis (Geoffrey Parker)
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Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
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Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage (Alice Munro)
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage (Alice Munro)
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Head off & Split
Head off & Split
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