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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