Goodreads 21st Century Literature Group - Most Important Books of the 21st Century

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Fever and Spear (Your Face Tomorrow, #1)
Fever and Spear (Your Face Tomorrow, #1) 3.97 avg rating β€” 3,560 ratings
102.
The Sellout
The Sellout 3.75 avg rating β€” 73,390 ratings
103.
Baudolino
Baudolino 3.80 avg rating β€” 24,890 ratings
104.
Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating β€” 846,887 ratings
105.
Inherent Vice
Inherent Vice 3.79 avg rating β€” 36,953 ratings
106.
Last Night in Twisted River
Last Night in Twisted River 3.78 avg rating β€” 27,735 ratings
107.
The Slynx
The Slynx 3.81 avg rating β€” 5,497 ratings
108.
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius 3.69 avg rating β€” 182,716 ratings
109.
Red Sorghum
Red Sorghum
by: Mo Yan
3.80 avg rating β€” 8,540 ratings
110.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating β€” 505,054 ratings
111.
Bridge of Sighs
Bridge of Sighs 3.80 avg rating β€” 24,784 ratings
112.
The Memory of Love
The Memory of Love 3.93 avg rating β€” 5,143 ratings
113.
Leaving the Atocha Station
Leaving the Atocha Station 3.79 avg rating β€” 18,337 ratings
114.
Conceit
Conceit 3.40 avg rating β€” 346 ratings
115.
10:04
10:04 3.77 avg rating β€” 15,283 ratings
116.
Lay that Trumpet in Our Hands
Lay that Trumpet in Our Hands really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1,492 ratings
116.
Peace Like a River
Peace Like a River 4.03 avg rating β€” 99,194 ratings
118.
Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish
Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish 3.70 avg rating β€” 5,774 ratings
119.
The Enchanted
The Enchanted 3.95 avg rating β€” 20,993 ratings
120.
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings 4.54 avg rating β€” 716,517 ratings
121.
Requiem for a Lost Empire
Requiem for a Lost Empire 3.86 avg rating β€” 546 ratings
122.
The Prague Cemetery
The Prague Cemetery 3.51 avg rating β€” 29,534 ratings
123.
Canada
Canada 3.52 avg rating β€” 27,803 ratings
124.
Super Sad True Love Story
Super Sad True Love Story 3.45 avg rating β€” 41,498 ratings
125.
A Fraction of the Whole
A Fraction of the Whole 4.14 avg rating β€” 23,931 ratings
126.
Oh, Play That Thing (The Last Roundup, #2)
Oh, Play That Thing (The Last Roundup, #2) 3.29 avg rating β€” 2,195 ratings
127.
Exit West
Exit West 3.74 avg rating β€” 148,013 ratings
128.
The Time of Our Singing
The Time of Our Singing 4.26 avg rating β€” 4,147 ratings
129.
The Poet and the Murderer: A True Story of Literary Crime and the Art of Forgery
The Poet and the Murderer: A True Story of Literary Crime and the Art of Forgery 3.67 avg rating β€” 866 ratings
129.
Once Upon a River
Once Upon a River 3.72 avg rating β€” 9,169 ratings
129.
Antigonick
Antigonick 4.32 avg rating β€” 3,227 ratings
129.
The Dying Grass (Seven Dreams, #5)
The Dying Grass (Seven Dreams, #5) 4.17 avg rating β€” 538 ratings
129.
Brown River
Brown River 3.85 avg rating β€” 71 ratings
129.
The Saddlebag
The Saddlebag 3.86 avg rating β€” 1,035 ratings
129.
The Prophets
The Prophets 3.91 avg rating β€” 21,639 ratings
136.
The Interrogative Mood
The Interrogative Mood 3.64 avg rating β€” 1,474 ratings
136.
Muse
Muse 3.47 avg rating β€” 302 ratings
136.
La Medusa
La Medusa 4.03 avg rating β€” 109 ratings
136.
Suicide
Suicide 4.11 avg rating β€” 4,987 ratings
136.
The Road to Serfdom / Text and Documents, The Definitive Edition
The Road to Serfdom / Text and Documents, The Definitive Edition 4.15 avg rating β€” 25,379 ratings
136.
Thirteen Moons
Thirteen Moons 3.75 avg rating β€” 16,131 ratings
142.
How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone
How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone 3.98 avg rating β€” 2,781 ratings
142.
Little Casino
Little Casino 3.87 avg rating β€” 133 ratings
142.
The North Water
The North Water 3.98 avg rating β€” 33,758 ratings
142.
A History of the American People
A History of the American People 4.11 avg rating β€” 2,976 ratings
142.
By Night in Chile
By Night in Chile 3.90 avg rating β€” 16,027 ratings
147.
The Sojourn
The Sojourn 3.84 avg rating β€” 3,117 ratings
147.
Dance and Dream (Your Face Tomorrow, #2)
Dance and Dream (Your Face Tomorrow, #2) 4.26 avg rating β€” 1,942 ratings
147.
Damned If I Do
Damned If I Do 3.90 avg rating β€” 698 ratings
147.
Europe Central
Europe Central 3.97 avg rating β€” 3,133 ratings
147.
Demon Copperhead
Demon Copperhead 4.47 avg rating β€” 705,093 ratings
152.
Deep in the Shade of Paradise
Deep in the Shade of Paradise 3.79 avg rating β€” 211 ratings
153.
The Wilderness
The Wilderness 3.42 avg rating β€” 1,065 ratings
153.
Wolf Totem
Wolf Totem 4.09 avg rating β€” 4,937 ratings
153.
Woman's World
Woman's World 3.99 avg rating β€” 594 ratings
153.
How It All Began
How It All Began 3.59 avg rating β€” 9,319 ratings
153.
Argall: The True Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith (Seven Dreams, #3)
Argall: The True Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith (Seven Dreams, #3) 4.17 avg rating β€” 321 ratings
158.
The Book of Dave
The Book of Dave
by: Will Self
3.57 avg rating β€” 3,680 ratings
158.
The Dying Animal
The Dying Animal 3.62 avg rating β€” 12,950 ratings
158.
Lunar Park
Lunar Park 3.65 avg rating β€” 30,301 ratings
161.
The Irresistible Henry House
The Irresistible Henry House 3.55 avg rating β€” 6,299 ratings
161.
Lemon
Lemon 3.44 avg rating β€” 153 ratings
163.
Your Republic Is Calling You
Your Republic Is Calling You 3.59 avg rating β€” 1,801 ratings
163.
The Dead Republic (The Last Roundup, #3)
The Dead Republic (The Last Roundup, #3) 3.60 avg rating β€” 1,020 ratings
163.
Dogs at the Perimeter
Dogs at the Perimeter 3.71 avg rating β€” 1,596 ratings
166.
Paula Spencer (Paula Spencer, #2)
Paula Spencer (Paula Spencer, #2) 3.80 avg rating β€” 2,895 ratings
166.
Paranoid Park
Paranoid Park 3.59 avg rating β€” 1,651 ratings
166.
The Listeners
The Listeners 3.63 avg rating β€” 547 ratings
166.
James
James 4.47 avg rating β€” 372,913 ratings
170.
Point Omega
Point Omega 3.45 avg rating β€” 9,894 ratings
171.
Dancer
Dancer 3.94 avg rating β€” 5,449 ratings
172.
And the Land Lay Still
And the Land Lay Still 4.25 avg rating β€” 1,296 ratings
173.
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music 4.44 avg rating β€” 162,536 ratings
174.
The Sealed Letter
The Sealed Letter 3.36 avg rating β€” 6,777 ratings
175.
The People in the Trees
The People in the Trees 3.73 avg rating β€” 44,439 ratings
176.
My Struggle: Book Two
My Struggle: Book Two 4.33 avg rating β€” 23,437 ratings
177.
How to be Both
How to be Both
by: Ali Smith
3.66 avg rating β€” 26,692 ratings
178.
The Book of Night Women
The Book of Night Women 4.37 avg rating β€” 14,808 ratings
179.
Gentlemen of the Road
Gentlemen of the Road 3.46 avg rating β€” 14,487 ratings
180.
Elizabeth Costello
Elizabeth Costello 3.48 avg rating β€” 9,921 ratings
181.
Summertime
Summertime 3.78 avg rating β€” 6,763 ratings
182.
Measuring the World
Measuring the World 3.73 avg rating β€” 21,339 ratings
183.
The Mysterious Flame Of Queen Loana
The Mysterious Flame Of Queen Loana 3.38 avg rating β€” 12,600 ratings
184.
Music of a Life
Music of a Life 3.91 avg rating β€” 2,101 ratings
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