Books Index

Titles worth following

A searchable ledger of the books attached to the writers in this collection.

T

Tree of Smoke

Rank 1
by Denis Johnson

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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How to Be Both

Rank 2
by Ali Smith

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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B

Bel Canto

Rank 3
by Ann Patchett

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Men We Reaped

Rank 4
by Jesmyn Ward

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments

Rank 5
by Saidiya Hartman

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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Bring Up the Bodies

Rank 6
by Hilary Mantel

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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O

On Beauty

Rank 7
by Zadie Smith

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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S

Station Eleven

Rank 8
by Emily St John Mandel

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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The Days of Abandonment

Rank 9
by Elena Ferrante

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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The Human Stain

Rank 10
by Philip Roth

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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The Sympathizer

Rank 11
by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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The Return

Rank 12
by Hisham Matar

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis

Rank 13
by Lydia Davis

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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Detransition, Baby

Rank 14
by Torrey Peters

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F

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

Rank 15
by David W. Blight

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P

Pastoralia

Rank 16
by George Saunders

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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

Rank 17
by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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W

When We Cease to Understand the World

Rank 18
by Benjamin Labatut

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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Hurricane Season

Rank 19
by Fernanda Melchor

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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Pulphead

Rank 20
by John Jeremiah Sullivan

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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The Story of the Lost Child

Rank 21
by Elena Ferrante

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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A

A Manual for Cleaning Women

Rank 22
by Lucia Berlin

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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S

Septology

Rank 23
by Jon Fosse

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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A

An American Marriage

Rank 24
by Tayari Jones

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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Rank 25
by Gabrielle Zevin

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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E

Exit West

Rank 26
by Mohsin Hamid

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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O

Olive Kitteridge

Rank 27
by Elizabeth Strout

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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The Passage of Power

Rank 28
by Robert A. Caro

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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Second Hand Time

Rank 29
by Svetlana Alexievich

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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The Copenhagen Trilogy

Rank 30
by Tove Ditlevsen

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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A

All Aunt Hagar's Children

Rank 31
by Edward P. Jones

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The New Jim Crow

Rank 32
by Michelle Alexander

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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The Friend

Rank 33
by Sigrid Nunez

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Far From the Tree

Rank 34
by Robin Benway

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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W

We the Animals

Rank 35
by Justin Torres

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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T

The Plot Against America

Rank 36
by Philip Roth

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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The Great Believers

Rank 37
by Rebecca Makkai

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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V

Veronica

Rank 38
by Mary Gaitskill

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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1

10:04

Rank 39
by Ben Lerner

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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D

Demon Copperhead

Rank 40
by Barbara Kingsolver

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H

Heavy

Rank 41
by Kiese Laymon

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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M

Middlesex

Rank 42
by Jeffrey Eugenides

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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S

Stay True

Rank 43
by Hua Hsu

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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N

Nickel and Dimed

Rank 44
by Barbara Ehrenreich

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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The Flamethrowers

Rank 45
by Rachel Kushner

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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T

The Looming Tower

Rank 46
by Lawrence Wright

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T

Tenth of December

Rank 47
by George Saunders

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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R

Runaway

Rank 48
by Alice Munro

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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T

Train Dreams

Rank 49
by Denis Johnson

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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L

Life After Life

Rank 50
by Kate Atkinson

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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T

Trust

Rank 51
by Hernan Diaz

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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The Vegetarian

Rank 52
by Han Kang

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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Persepolis

Rank 53
by Marjane Satrapi

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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A

A Mercy

Rank 54
by Toni Morrison

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T

The Goldfinch

Rank 55
by Donna Tartt

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The Argonauts

Rank 56
by Maggie Nelson

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The Fifth Season

Rank 57
by N. K. Jemisin

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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Postwar

Rank 58
by Tony Judt

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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A

A Brief History of Seven Killings

Rank 59
by Marlon James

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Small Things Like These

Rank 60
by Claire Keegan

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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H

H Is for Hawk

Rank 61
by Helen Macdonald

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A

A Visit From the Goon Squad

Rank 62
by Jennifer Egan

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The Savage Detectives

Rank 63
by Roberto Bolano

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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The Years

Rank 64
by Annie Ernaux

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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B

Between the World and Me

Rank 65
by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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F

Fun Home

Rank 66
by Alison Bechdel

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C

Citizen

Rank 67
by Claudia Rankine

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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Salvage the Bones

Rank 68
by Jesmyn Ward

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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The Line of Beauty

Rank 69
by Alan Hollinghurst

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W

White Teeth

Rank 70
by Zadie Smith

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S

Sing, Unburied, Sing

Rank 71
by Jesmyn Ward

Seeded from the New York Times July 2024 feature on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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The Last Samurai

Rank 72
by Helen DeWitt

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Cloud Atlas

Rank 73
by David Mitchell

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A

Americanah

Rank 74
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Atonement

Rank 75
by Ian McEwan

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Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx

Rank 76
by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

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The Overstory

Rank 77
by Richard Powers

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Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage

Rank 78
by Alice Munro

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B

Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Rank 79
by Katherine Boo

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Evicted

Rank 80
by Matthew Desmond

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Erasure

Rank 81
by Percival Everett

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S

Say Nothing

Rank 82
by Patrick Radden Keefe

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Lincoln in the Bardo

Rank 83
by George Saunders

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The Sellout

Rank 84
by Paul Beatty

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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

Rank 85
by Michael Chabon

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Pachinko

Rank 86
by Min Jin Lee

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Outline

Rank 87
by Rachel Cusk

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The Road

Rank 88
by Cormac McCarthy

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The Year of Magical Thinking

Rank 89
by Joan Didion

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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Rank 90
by Junot Diaz

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Gilead

Rank 91
by Marilynne Robinson

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Never Let Me Go

Rank 92
by Kazuo Ishiguro

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Austerlitz

Rank 93
by W. G. Sebald

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The Underground Railroad

Rank 94
by Colson Whitehead

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2666

Rank 95
by Roberto Bolano

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The Corrections

Rank 96
by Jonathan Franzen

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The Known World

Rank 97
by Edward P. Jones

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Wolf Hall

Rank 98
by Hilary Mantel

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The Warmth of Other Suns

Rank 99
by Isabel Wilkerson

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My Brilliant Friend

Rank 100
by Elena Ferrante

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