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Vulture's 100 Most Important Books of the 2000s ... So Far

From Vulture.com: "We thought it might be fun to speculate (very prematurely) on what a canon of the 21st century might look like right now. A couple of months ago, we reached out to dozens of critics and authors — well-established voices (Michiko Kakutani, Luc Sante), more radical thinkers (Eileen Myles), younger reviewers for outlets like n+1, and some of our best-read contributors, too. We asked each of them to name several books that belong among the most important 100 works of fiction, memoir, poetry, and essays since 2000 and tallied the results. The purpose was not to build a fixed library but to take a blurry selfie of a cultural moment."
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The Last Samurai (Helen Dewitt)
The Last Samurai (Helen Dewitt)
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The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
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Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
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How Should a Person Be? (Sheila Heti)
How Should a Person Be? (Sheila Heti)
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The Neapolitan Novels (Elena Ferrante)
The Neapolitan Novels (Elena Ferrante)
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The Argonauts (Maggie Nelson)
The Argonauts (Maggie Nelson)
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2666
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The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
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Outline (Rachel Cusk)
Outline (Rachel Cusk)
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Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
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The Year of Magical Thinking
The Year of Magical Thinking
12
Leaving the Atocha Station
Leaving the Atocha Station
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The Flamethrowers (Rachel Kushner)
The Flamethrowers (Rachel Kushner)
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Erasure
Erasure
15
Middlesex
Middlesex
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Platform
Platform
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Do Everything in the Dark (Gary Indiana)
Do Everything in the Dark (Gary Indiana)
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The Known World
The Known World
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The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
20
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
21
Veronica (Mary Gaitskill)
Veronica (Mary Gaitskill)
22
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
23
Ooga Booga
Ooga Booga
24
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
25
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
26
The Possessed (Elif Batuman)
The Possessed (Elif Batuman)
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The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake (Aimee Bender)
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake (Aimee Bender)
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Mr. Fox
Mr. Fox
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Lives Other Than My Own (Emmanuel Carrere)
Lives Other Than My Own (Emmanuel Carrere)
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Zone One (Colson Whitehead)
Zone One (Colson Whitehead)
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Gone Girl
Gone Girl
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NW (Zadie Smith)
NW (Zadie Smith)
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White Girls (Hilton Als)
White Girls (Hilton Als)
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My Struggle: A Man in Love (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
My Struggle: A Man in Love (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
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The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
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Dept. of Speculation
Dept. of Speculation
37
All My Puny Sorrows (Miriam Toews)
All My Puny Sorrows (Miriam Toews)
38
Citizen: An American Lyric (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen: An American Lyric (Claudia Rankine)
39
Consent Not to Be a Single Being (Fred Moten)
Consent Not to Be a Single Being (Fred Moten)
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
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