The New York Times has been releasing their list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century 20 titles at a time this week, and now all 100 are available to browse. They asked 503 “literary luminaries” — including authors, editors, librarians, critics, and Book Riot’s own Jeff O’Neal and Rebecca Schinsky — to share their top ten books published in the U.S. since 2000 and tallied them up into the final list.
You can also check out the full top ten ballots of many of the authors who participated, including Stephen King, Min Jin Lee, Marlon James, Roxane Gay, and many more.
While browsing through the list, you can check off the books you’ve read and the books you want to read to create a shareable graphic at the end.
Here are the top ten books of the 21st century, according to the New York Times:
10) Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (2004)
9) Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (2005)
8) Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald, translated by Anthea Bell (2001)
7) The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (2016)
6) 2666 by Roberto Bolaño, translated by Natasha Wimmer (2008)
Several authors appear on the list multiple times, including Elena Ferrante, who has three titles in the top 100: My Brilliant Friend at #1, The Story of the Lost Child at #80, and The Days of Abandonment at #92.
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