my 36 best books of the 21st century

without repeating any authors, that is...
  1. The Neapolitan Quartet (2011–2014) by Elena Ferrante
  2. The Shards (2023) by Bret Easton Ellis
  3. The Goldfinch (2013) by Donna Tartt
  4. Happy Trails to You (2008) by Julie Hecht
  5. The Year of Magical Thinking (2005) by Joan Didion
  6. The Visiting Privilege (2015) by Joy Williams
  7. The Possibility of an Island (2005) by Michel Houellebecq
  8. Why Did I Ever (2001) by Mary Robison
  9. The Passenger (2022) by Cormac McCarthy
  10. Preparation for the Next Life (2014) by Atticus Lish
  11. The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel (2006) by Amy Hempel
  12. This Is Not a Novel (2001) by David Markson
  13. Lightning Rods (2011) by Helen DeWitt
  14. Taipei (2013) by Tao Lin
  15. Dark Money (2016) by Jane Mayer
  16. Falling Man (2007) by Don DeLillo
  17. Gilead (2004) by Marilynne Robinson
  18. The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis (2009) by Lydia Davis
  19. Telex from Cuba (2008) by Rachel Kushner
  20. When We Cease to Understand the World (2020) by Benjamín Labatut
  21. Leaving the Atocha Station (2011) by Ben Lerner
  22. On Writing (2000) by Stephen King
  23. There Must Be Some Mistake (2014) by Frederick Barthelme
  24. The Shock Doctrine (2007) by Naomi Klein
  25. Homesick for Another World (2017) by Ottessa Moshfegh
  26. 1996 (2005) by Gloria Naylor
  27. Tenth of December (2013) by George Saunders
  28. Middle C (2013) by William H. Gass
  29. Inherent Vice (2009) by Thomas Pynchon
  30. Yonder Stands Your Orphan (2001) by Barry Hannah
  31. Will and Testament (2016) by Vigdis Hjorth
  32. Bandit (2016) by Molly Brodak
  33. LIVEBLOG (2018) by Megan Boyle
  34. Body High (2021) by Jon Lindsey
  35. Between the World and Me (2015) by Ta-Nehisi Coates
  36. Fuck Seth Price (2015) by Seth Price

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