Reading the 21st Century

Reading the 21st Century: Books of the Decade, 2000-2009 | Stan Persky

In response to the NY Times' 100 Best Books of the 21st Century @Billypar and @vivastory posted their personal #Top25of21st. I‘ll be joining in with my selection. Novels only, no books I read this year.
I think my selection is a bit less America-centered than The NY Times one, my point of criticism on the list. Titles below!

BarbaraBB 1 never let me go - Kazuo Ishiguro
2 the handmaid‘s tale - Margaret Atwood
3 the dark room - Rachel Seiffert
4 seven types of ambiguity - Elliot Perlman
5 quiet chaos - Sandro Veronesi
6 if nobody speaks of remarkable things - Jon McGregor
7 The Fahrenheit twins - Michel Faber
8 the hours - Michael Cunningham 3mo

BarbaraBB 9 here I am - Jonathan Safran Foer
10 an equal music - Vikram Seth
11 honeybees and distant thunder - Riku Onda
12 The garden of evening mists - Tan Twan Eng
13 history of the rain - Niall Williams
14 the luminaries - Eleanor Catton
15 my name is Lucy Barton - Elizabeth Strout
16 home fire - Kamila Shamsie 3mo

BarbaraBB 17 Americanah - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
18 disappearing earth - Julia Philips
19 migrations - Charlotte McConaghy
20 fresh water for flowers - Valerie Perrin
21 our fathers - Rebecca Wait
22 everything inside - Edwidge Danticat
23 drive your plow over the bones of the dead - Olga Tokarczuk
24 all the rivers - Dorit Rabinyan 3mo

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vivastory So many good selections! A LOT that I still want to read. I'm planning on picking up some Vikram Seth in an upcoming book shopping trip. Will keep any eye out for Equal Music. 3mo

BarbaraBB @vivastory You inspired me to make my selection. An Equal Music has its own (classical) playlist, it‘s a unique experience to read the book while listening to it 3mo

Deblovestoread Screenshot taken. As always, some would be the same (Home Fire, Fresh Water and Migrations to name a few), some are on my TBR and some are new to me. I love a good list! 💜 (edited) 3mo

Aimeesue Excellent list! I looooved Migrations and Drive Your Plow … and now I have a lot to add to my TBR! 💜 3mo

sarahbarnes So many great ones on here. ♥️ And some I haven‘t read and now want to! 3mo

BarbaraBB @Deblovestoread We always share a lot of favorites! 3mo

BarbaraBB @Aimeesue Those two are among my all time favorites 🤍 3mo

BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes Some of them no doubt inspired by you! 3mo

vivastory @BarbaraBB I will def check out the playlist when I read it! Thanks for telling me 🎵 3mo

sarahbarnes ♥️♥️♥️ 3mo

Billypar Fantastic list! Ditto to @Aimeesue on both Drive Your Plow and the expansion of my TBR. I could not be more excited for Never Let Me Go - I have it on my shelf and am just waiting to reward myself after my next book slump. A different Danticat, Krik Krak, was the very first story collection I ever read - she's so good. I wanted to squeeze Luminaries onto my list somehow - very memorable. 3mo

Texreader Awesome!! 3mo

ChaoticMissAdventures So many great choices!! Are you sticking with 24 or doing a full 100?? You are inspiring me, some would be the same I love Fresh Flowers, Drive Your Plow and Never Let Me Go. 3mo

BarbaraBB @ChaoticMissAdventures I chose 24 because I could fit them in a graphic 😉. I hope you‘ll share yours, I‘m sure it‘ll add some books to my TBR! 3mo

BarbaraBB @Billypar Never Let Me Go was my first dystopian book ever and it made a big impression! I‘ll look up that Danticat collection, I love het stories. Thanks! 3mo

TrishB Some great ones in there 👍🏻 3mo

Librarybelle I loved Drive Your Plow…such a different book but so good! 3mo

Liz_M ❤ 💛 💙 💜

If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things

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BarbaraBB @Librarybelle Yes! Unlike any other! 3mo

BarbaraBB @Liz_M So glad you love that one too!!! ❤️ 3mo

BkClubCare Yikes! I‘ve only read 6. I am struggling with Drive Your Plow right now - just too many distractions, I hope 3mo

Suet624 So many of yours are mine. 💕💕💕 I took a photo to grab the few of yours I‘ve missed. 3mo

BarbaraBB @Suet624 Yes! We must have a lot in common - as always! 💚 3mo

Reggie All the Rivers!!!! 😭😭😭 3mo

BarbaraBB @Reggie That was such an ugly sad read 😭😭 3mo

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