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(Yet Another) Best Books of (A Quarter Of) the 21st Century

This list shares eleven of its entries with the NYT list and seven with the NYT Readers' list, so I at least can't be faulted for lack of creativity in that regard. I also adhered to stricter rules (only one book per author and minimal time traveling via translated into English editions), else this would've looked a tad different.
Also, folks are aware that the 21st century doesn't technically start till 2001, right?
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Home and Exile (Chinua Achebe)
Home and Exile (Chinua Achebe)
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Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Achibie)
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Achibie)
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The Wandering Falcon (Jamil Ahmad)
The Wandering Falcon (Jamil Ahmad)
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Let the Right One in (John Ajvide Lindqvist)
Let the Right One in (John Ajvide Lindqvist)
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The Wrong End of the Telescope (Rabih Alameddine)
The Wrong End of the Telescope (Rabih Alameddine)
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Disobedience (Naomi Alderman)
Disobedience (Naomi Alderman)
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Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets (Svetlana Alexievich,)
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets (Svetlana Alexievich,)
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Asunder (Chloe Aridjis)
Asunder (Chloe Aridjis)
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The Woman From Tantoura (Radwa Ashour)
The Woman From Tantoura (Radwa Ashour)
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Arthur & George (Julian Barnes)
Arthur & George (Julian Barnes)
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The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War. (Gioconda Belli)
The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War. (Gioconda Belli)
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The Corpse Exhibition (Hassan Blasim)
The Corpse Exhibition (Hassan Blasim)
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2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
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Tomboy (Nina Bouraoui)
Tomboy (Nina Bouraoui)
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Any Human Heart (William Boyd)
Any Human Heart (William Boyd)
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The Absolutist (John Boyne)
The Absolutist (John Boyne)
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Hyperbole and a Half (Allie Brosh)
Hyperbole and a Half (Allie Brosh)
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The Beauty of the Husband (Anne Carson)
The Beauty of the Husband (Anne Carson)
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Sacred Games (Vikram Chandra)
Sacred Games (Vikram Chandra)
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
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The Beautiful Struggle (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
The Beautiful Struggle (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
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The Meaning of Freedom and Other Difficult Dialogues (Angela Davis)
The Meaning of Freedom and Other Difficult Dialogues (Angela Davis)
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Bait: Four Stories (Mahasweta Devi)
Bait: Four Stories (Mahasweta Devi)
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Outlaw Woman: A Memoir of the War Years (Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz)
Outlaw Woman: A Memoir of the War Years (Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz)
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Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country (Louise Erdrich)
Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country (Louise Erdrich)
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Visitation (Jenny Erpenbeck)
Visitation (Jenny Erpenbeck)
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Erasure (Percival Everett)
Erasure (Percival Everett)
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The Story of a New Name (Elena Ferrante)
The Story of a New Name (Elena Ferrante)
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I Called Him Necktie (Milena Michiko Flašar)
I Called Him Necktie (Milena Michiko Flašar)
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On Sal Mal Lane (Ru Freeman)
On Sal Mal Lane (Ru Freeman)
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Sea of Poppies (Amitav Ghosh)
Sea of Poppies (Amitav Ghosh)
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Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth (Xiaolu Guo)
Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth (Xiaolu Guo)
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Human Acts (Han Kang)
Human Acts (Han Kang)
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The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science (Richard Holmes)
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science (Richard Holmes)
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The Guest (Sok-Yong Hwang)
The Guest (Sok-Yong Hwang)
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Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
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A Brief History of Seven Killings (Marlon James)
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Marlon James)
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The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida (Shehan Karunatilaka)
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida (Shehan Karunatilaka)
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Second Person Singular (Sayed Kashua)
Second Person Singular (Sayed Kashua)
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Liquidation (Imre Kertész)
Liquidation (Imre Kertész)
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