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Inside the NYT Best Books of the 21st Century (The New York Times)
The NYT Best Books of the 21st Century—originating from The New York Times—stands as one of the most influential literary roadmaps for modern readers. Bringing together 90 landmark works by acclaimed authors such as Cormac McCarthy, Marilynne Robinson, Jonathan Franzen, Kazuo Ishiguro, this collection spans unforgettable storytelling, cultural turning points, and enduring intellectual achievements.
Highlights of this curated canon include "The Road", "Gilead", "The Corrections", "Never Let Me Go". Whether you are tackling the ranking from #1 to #90 or searching for your next weekend read, ZipMyBook lets you sample available editions right in your browser with our 10-Minute Daily Free Reader or request complete DRM-free EPUB and PDF editions delivered directly to your personal Google Drive shelf.
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NYT Best Books of the 21st Century — Complete Book Catalog
The New York Times90 Curated Books
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The Road
Cormac McCarthy
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Gilead
Marilynne Robinson
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The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen
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Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
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Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel
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Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders
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2666
Roberto Bolaño
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The Known World
Edward P. Jones
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My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante
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Austerlitz
W.G. Sebald
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Díaz
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A Visit from the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan
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The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead
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The Overstory
Richard Powers
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A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara
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The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt
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Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen
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The Leftovers
Tom Perrotta
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Tenth of December
George Saunders
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All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr
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The Interestings
Meg Wolitzer
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NW
Zadie Smith
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Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout
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Let the Great World Spin
Colum McCann
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The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Michael Chabon
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Atonement
Ian McEwan
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White Teeth
Zadie Smith
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Life of Pi
Yann Martel
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The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
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Middlesex
Jeffrey Eugenides
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The Plot Against America
Philip Roth
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There There
Tommy Orange
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Trust
Hernan Diaz
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James
Percival Everett
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Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
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The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese
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Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally Rooney
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Normal People
Sally Rooney
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Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell
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The Line of Beauty
Alan Hollinghurst
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Saturday
Ian McEwan
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The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes
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The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Richard Flanagan
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A Mercy
Toni Morrison
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Home
Marilynne Robinson
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Lila
Marilynne Robinson
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Susanna Clarke
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The Book Thief
Markus Zusak
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Everything Is Illuminated
Jonathan Safran Foer
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Jonathan Safran Foer
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We Need to Talk About Kevin
Lionel Shriver
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The Gathering
Anne Enright
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A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles
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The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern
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The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett
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Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe
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Empire of Pain
Patrick Radden Keefe
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The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson
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Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson
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Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Educated
Tara Westover
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The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls
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The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson
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Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann
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Caste
Isabel Wilkerson
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Unaccustomed Earth
Jhumpa Lahiri
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The Namesake
Jhumpa Lahiri
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The Hours
Michael Cunningham
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Interpreter of Maladies
Jhumpa Lahiri
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American Pastoral
Philip Roth
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The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold
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Room
Emma Donoghue
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The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett
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The Story of a New Name
Elena Ferrante
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Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
Elena Ferrante
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The Story of the Lost Child
Elena Ferrante
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Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel
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The Mirror & the Light
Hilary Mantel
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An American Marriage
Tayari Jones
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Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi
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Pachinko
Min Jin Lee
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A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles
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Lincoln Highway
Amor Towles
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The Midnight Library
Matt Haig
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Piranesi
Susanna Clarke
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
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The God of Small Things
Arundhati Roy
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Orbital
Samantha Harvey
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