New York Times' The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

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Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson

Tree of Smoke

Denis Johnson

614 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
How to Be Both by Ali Smith

How to Be Both

Ali Smith

372 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

Bel Canto

Ann Patchett

318 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward

Men We Reaped

Jesmyn Ward

272 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional reflective sad medium-paced
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

462 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history lgbtqia+ race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel

Bring Up the Bodies

Thomas Cromwell #2

Hilary Mantel

412 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging emotional medium-paced
On Beauty by Zadie Smith

On Beauty

Zadie Smith

445 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel

333 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary adventurous dark reflective medium-paced
The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante

The Days of Abandonment

Elena Ferrante

188 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Human Stain by Philip Roth

The Human Stain

The American Trilogy #3

Philip Roth

384 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced