NYT's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

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New York Times' list of 100 best books of the 21st century

Challenge Books

85

Pastoralia by George Saunders

Pastoralia

George Saunders

86

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

David W. Blight

87

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

Detransition, Baby

Torrey Peters

88

The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis by Lydia Davis

The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis

Lydia Davis

89

The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between by Hisham Matar

The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between

Hisham Matar

90

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Sympathizer

The Sympathizer #1

Viet Thanh Nguyen

91

The Human Stain by Philip Roth

The Human Stain

The American Trilogy #3

Philip Roth

92

The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante

The Days of Abandonment

Elena Ferrante

93

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel

94

On Beauty by Zadie Smith

On Beauty

Zadie Smith

95

Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel

Bring Up the Bodies

Thomas Cromwell #2

Hilary Mantel

96

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals by Saidiya Hartman

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals

Saidiya Hartman