LitHub’s What the NY Times Missed: More Best Books of the 21st Century

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The Order of the Day by Éric Vuillard

The Order of the Day

Éric Vuillard

160 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical informative tense medium-paced
Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers: Poems by Jake Skeets

Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers: Poems

Jake Skeets

96 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT Up New York, 1987-1993 by Sarah Schulman

Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT Up New York, 1987-1993

Sarah Schulman

736 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

The Bee Sting

Paul Murray

645 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional tense medium-paced
Sublunar by Harald Voetmann

Sublunar

Harald Voetmann

128 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction historical
No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

No One Is Talking About This

Patricia Lockwood

210 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

The School for Good Mothers

Jessamine Chan

324 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary science fiction dark emotional sad medium-paced
Milkman by Anna Burns

Milkman

Anna Burns

352 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi

Frankenstein in Baghdad

Ahmed Saadawi

281 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction horror literary magical realism challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy

The Man Who Saw Everything

Deborah Levy

208 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced