scroll.in's Not the NYT list: 100 find books from around the world (and not just the USA) of the 21st century

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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

246 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Seeing Like a Feminist by Nivedita Menon

Seeing Like a Feminist

Nivedita Menon

252 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction feminism gender politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Shallows: How the Internet Is Changing the Way We Think, Read and Remember by Nicholas Carr

The Shallows: How the Internet Is Changing the Way We Think, Read and Remember

Nicholas Carr

276 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science technology informative reflective medium-paced
Wizard of the Crow by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Wizard of the Crow

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

768 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction fantasy magical realism funny reflective slow-paced
Family Lexicon by Natalia Ginzburg

Family Lexicon

Natalia Ginzburg

224 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography classics emotional reflective slow-paced
Doppelganger by Naomi Klein

Doppelganger

Naomi Klein

399 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics technology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif

A Case of Exploding Mangoes

Mohammed Hanif

323 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction historical dark funny medium-paced
Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami

Breasts and Eggs

Mieko Kawakami

430 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan

Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation

Michael Pollan

480 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction science informative slow-paced
Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India by Sujatha Gidla

Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India

Sujatha Gidla

320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir emotional informative medium-paced