Best Books Since 2000: New York Times Book Review

101.
Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us 4.10 avg rating — 13,875 ratings
102.
Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation
Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation 4.45 avg rating — 3,158 ratings
102.
The Vegetarian
The Vegetarian
by: Han Kang
3.64 avg rating — 320,251 ratings
104.
We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland
We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland 4.33 avg rating — 7,480 ratings
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma 4.36 avg rating — 255,090 ratings
106.
How Beautiful We Were
How Beautiful We Were 3.95 avg rating — 18,585 ratings
106.
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Island of the Blue Dolphins 3.88 avg rating — 345,756 ratings
108.
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois 4.51 avg rating — 39,949 ratings
109.
No One Is Talking About This
No One Is Talking About This 3.55 avg rating — 53,352 ratings
110.
When We Cease to Understand the World
When We Cease to Understand the World 4.11 avg rating — 56,500 ratings
110.
The Other Einstein
The Other Einstein 3.86 avg rating — 82,857 ratings
112.
The Copenhagen Trilogy (The Copenhagen Trilogy, #1-3)
The Copenhagen Trilogy (The Copenhagen Trilogy, #1-3) 4.36 avg rating — 21,418 ratings
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How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America 4.70 avg rating — 38,096 ratings
114.
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City 4.70 avg rating — 18,456 ratings
115.
On Juneteenth
On Juneteenth 4.18 avg rating — 10,335 ratings
116.
Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath
Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath 4.57 avg rating — 4,352 ratings
117.
A Children's Bible
A Children's Bible 3.72 avg rating — 39,355 ratings
118.
Homeland Elegies
Homeland Elegies 4.13 avg rating — 24,289 ratings
119.
A Promised Land
A Promised Land 4.32 avg rating — 263,411 ratings
120.
Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us about Our Past and Future
Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us about Our Past and Future 4.09 avg rating — 3,161 ratings
121.
Uncanny Valley
Uncanny Valley 3.64 avg rating — 34,805 ratings
121.
8 Rules of Love: How to Find It, Keep It, and Let It Go
8 Rules of Love: How to Find It, Keep It, and Let It Go 3.91 avg rating — 27,705 ratings
123.
War: How Conflict Shaped Us
War: How Conflict Shaped Us 3.58 avg rating — 3,781 ratings
124.
Disappearing Earth
Disappearing Earth 3.83 avg rating — 56,366 ratings
124.
Hello Beautiful
Hello Beautiful 4.14 avg rating — 496,305 ratings
126.
Lost Children Archive
Lost Children Archive 3.81 avg rating — 24,773 ratings
127.
Night Boat to Tangier
Night Boat to Tangier 3.62 avg rating — 21,161 ratings
128.
The Topeka School
The Topeka School 3.51 avg rating — 27,642 ratings
129.
The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age
The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age 3.92 avg rating — 1,381 ratings
129.
Ready Player Two (Ready Player One, #2)
Ready Player Two (Ready Player One, #2) 3.44 avg rating — 178,434 ratings
131.
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster 4.37 avg rating — 61,000 ratings
131.
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) 3.95 avg rating — 333,037 ratings
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No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us 4.50 avg rating — 8,099 ratings
134.
Armada
Armada 3.56 avg rating — 126,166 ratings
135.
The Yellow House
The Yellow House 3.89 avg rating — 25,002 ratings
135.
Animal Farm / 1984
Animal Farm / 1984 4.30 avg rating — 211,255 ratings
137.
Asymmetry
Asymmetry 3.43 avg rating — 29,338 ratings
138.
I'm Glad My Mom Died
I'm Glad My Mom Died 4.44 avg rating — 1,350,151 ratings
139.
The Perfect Nanny
The Perfect Nanny 3.40 avg rating — 119,795 ratings
139.
ADHD: an A to Z
ADHD: an A to Z 4.22 avg rating — 274 ratings
141.
Washington Black
Washington Black 3.95 avg rating — 70,649 ratings
141.
The Witches of Bone Hill
The Witches of Bone Hill 3.71 avg rating — 2,372 ratings
143.
American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment
American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment 4.23 avg rating — 12,497 ratings
144.
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom 4.17 avg rating — 12,340 ratings
145.
How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics 4.27 avg rating — 82,438 ratings
146.
Small Fry: A Memoir
Small Fry: A Memoir 3.81 avg rating — 27,594 ratings
147.
Autumn (Seasonal Quartet, #1)
Autumn (Seasonal Quartet, #1)
by: Ali Smith
3.66 avg rating — 79,591 ratings
148.
Exit West
Exit West 3.74 avg rating — 148,011 ratings
148.
Anansi Boys
Anansi Boys 4.04 avg rating — 228,351 ratings
150.
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder 3.94 avg rating — 19,447 ratings
151.
Priestdaddy
Priestdaddy 3.86 avg rating — 25,273 ratings
152.
The Association of Small Bombs
The Association of Small Bombs 3.57 avg rating — 14,513 ratings
152.
Norse Mythology
Norse Mythology 4.10 avg rating — 338,249 ratings
154.
The North Water
The North Water 3.98 avg rating — 33,752 ratings
154.
The Iron King (The Iron Fey, #1)
The Iron King (The Iron Fey, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 217,482 ratings
156.
War and Turpentine
War and Turpentine 3.92 avg rating — 11,878 ratings
156.
Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception (Books of Faerie, #1)
Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception (Books of Faerie, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 33,761 ratings
158.
At the Existentialist Café
At the Existentialist Café 4.24 avg rating — 18,511 ratings
158.
Ballad: A Gathering of Faerie (Books of Faerie, #2)
Ballad: A Gathering of Faerie (Books of Faerie, #2) 3.78 avg rating — 17,929 ratings
160.
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right 4.31 avg rating — 26,725 ratings
161.
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City 4.47 avg rating — 109,924 ratings
162.
In the Darkroom
In the Darkroom 3.92 avg rating — 4,143 ratings
162.
The Book of Life (All Souls, #3)
The Book of Life (All Souls, #3) 4.21 avg rating — 213,302 ratings
164.
The Return
The Return 4.16 avg rating — 14,615 ratings
164.
The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride 4.27 avg rating — 936,533 ratings
166.
The Door
The Door 4.10 avg rating — 33,158 ratings
167.
A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories
A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories 4.19 avg rating — 35,022 ratings
168.
Outline
Outline 3.67 avg rating — 65,975 ratings
169.
The Sellout
The Sellout 3.75 avg rating — 73,385 ratings
170.
The Story of the Lost Child (Neapolitan Novels, #4)
The Story of the Lost Child (Neapolitan Novels, #4) 4.46 avg rating — 168,854 ratings
171.
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me 4.40 avg rating — 357,369 ratings
172.
Empire of Cotton: A Global History
Empire of Cotton: A Global History 3.89 avg rating — 3,594 ratings
173.
The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1)
The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 394,619 ratings
173.
H is for Hawk
H is for Hawk 3.74 avg rating — 78,919 ratings
175.
Coraline
Coraline 4.13 avg rating — 760,511 ratings
175.
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World 4.32 avg rating — 28,484 ratings
177.
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 992,863 ratings
177.
One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway
One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway 4.42 avg rating — 12,700 ratings
179.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating — 1,904,469 ratings
180.
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1)
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1) 3.51 avg rating — 669,443 ratings
180.
Dept. of Speculation
Dept. of Speculation 3.76 avg rating — 58,089 ratings
182.
Euphoria
Euphoria
by: Lily King
3.86 avg rating — 97,932 ratings
183.
The Extraordinaries
The Extraordinaries 4.05 avg rating — 25,079 ratings
183.
Family Life
Family Life 3.53 avg rating — 9,860 ratings
185.
Under the Whispering Door
Under the Whispering Door 4.12 avg rating — 303,153 ratings
185.
Redeployment
Redeployment
by: Phil Klay
3.96 avg rating — 24,885 ratings
187.
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?
by: Roz Chast
4.16 avg rating — 31,595 ratings
188.
On Immunity: An Inoculation
On Immunity: An Inoculation
by: Eula Biss
3.94 avg rating — 11,711 ratings
189.
Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life
Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life 4.04 avg rating — 479 ratings
190.
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History 4.15 avg rating — 77,276 ratings
191.
Thirteen Days in September: The Dramatic Story of the Struggle for Peace in the Middle East
Thirteen Days in September: The Dramatic Story of the Struggle for Peace in the Middle East 4.19 avg rating — 3,195 ratings
192.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating — 401,471 ratings
193.
The Hobbit, Part One
The Hobbit, Part One 4.31 avg rating — 380,984 ratings
193.
The Flame Throwers
The Flame Throwers 3.51 avg rating — 23,699 ratings
195.
The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch 3.96 avg rating — 1,010,471 ratings
196.
Life After Life (Todd Family, #1)
Life After Life (Todd Family, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 237,975 ratings
197.
Tenth of December
Tenth of December 3.98 avg rating — 80,036 ratings
198.
After the Music Stopped: The Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead
After the Music Stopped: The Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead 4.11 avg rating — 2,068 ratings
199.
Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House
Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House 4.11 avg rating — 3,553 ratings
200.
Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening
Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening 3.96 avg rating — 65,654 ratings
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