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Vulture's Best Books of the Century (For Now)

A panel of critics tells us what belongs on a list of the 100 most important books of the 2000s … so far
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The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai
1
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
2
Jonathan Franzen
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
3
Kazuo Ishiguro
How Should a Person Be? (Sheila Heti)
How Should a Person Be?
4
Sheila Heti
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
5
Elena Ferrante
The Argonauts (Maggie Nelson)
The Argonauts
6
Maggie Nelson
2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
2666
7
Roberto Bolaño
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout
8
Paul Beatty
Outline (Rachel Cusk)
Outline
9
Rachel Cusk
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
10
Ian McEwan
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
11
Joan Didion
Leaving the Atocha Station
Leaving the Atocha Station
12
The Flame Throwers (Rachel Kushner)
The Flame Throwers
13
Rachel Kushner
Erasure (Percival Everett)
Erasure
14
Percival Everett
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
15
Jeffrey Eugenides
Platform
Platform
16
Do Everything in the Dark (Gary Indiana)
Do Everything in the Dark
17
Gary Indiana
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
18
Edward P. Jones
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
19
Philip Roth
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
20
Alan Hollinghurst
Veronica (Mary Gaitskill)
Veronica
21
Mary Gaitskill
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
22
Cormac McCarthy
Ooga Booga
Ooga Booga
23
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
24
Junot Díaz
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
25
Hilary Mantel
The Possessed (Elif Batuman)
The Possessed
26
Elif Batuman
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake (Aimee Bender)
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
27
Aimee Bender
Mr Fox (Helen Oyeyemi)
Mr Fox
28
Helen Oyeyemi
Lives Other Than My Own (Emmanuel Carrere)
Lives Other Than My Own
29
Emmanuel Carrere
Zone One (Colson Whitehead)
Zone One
30
Colson Whitehead
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
31
Gillian Flynn
NW (Zadie Smith)
NW
32
Zadie Smith
White Girls (Hilton Als)
White Girls
33
Hilton Als
My Struggle: A Man in Love (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
My Struggle: A Man in Love
34
Karl Ove Knausgaard
The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt
The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt
35
Dept. of Speculation (Jenny Offill)
Dept. of Speculation
36
Jenny Offill
All My Puny Sorrows (Miriam Toews)
All My Puny Sorrows
37
Miriam Toews
Citizen (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen
38
Claudia Rankine
Consent Not to Be a Single Being (Fred Moten)
Consent Not to Be a Single Being
39
Fred Moten
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
40
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