Reacting to the NY Times' list of The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century discussing what I've read, what I want to read and what books I'd add. Click ‘Show More’ for info & links.
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The NYTimes 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...
Some of my additions:
The Love Songs of WEB Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2022/...
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
• Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann / ...
The Parcel by Anosh Irani
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2017/...
My full reviews of some of these books:
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2020/...
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2016/...
Outline by Rachel Cusk
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2015/...
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2016/...
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2017/...
The Overstory by Richard Powers
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2018/...
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2017/...
The Years by Annie Ernaux (translated by Alison L Strayer)
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2019/...
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2014/...
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
• Small Things Like These by Claire Kee...
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2015/...
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2016/...
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2013/...
The Vegetarian by Han Kang (translated by Deborah Smith)
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2015/...
Trust by Hernan Diaz
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2022/...
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2022/...
The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2019/...
Childhood by Tove Ditlevsen (translated by Tiina Nunnally)
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2019/...
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2017/...
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2022/...
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2019/...
The Other Name by Jon Fosse (translated by Damion Searls)
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2020/...
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor (translated by Sophie Hughes)
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2020/...
When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut (translated by Adrian Nathan West)
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2021/...
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2021/...
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2020/...
How to Be Both by Ali Smith
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2014/...
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
6:09 The 100 Best Books list
33:05 Three books I would add
34:48 Conclusion
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