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Leftcoastzen

The New York Times Book Review: 125 Years of Literary History | The New York Times

The list in real live newsprint rather than online!

Suet624 I‘d prefer a paper copy too. 3mo

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Kimberlone

The New York Times Book Review: 125 Years of Literary History | The New York Times

NYTBR came out with their Readers Choice list of the 100 best books of the 21st century, and this feels much more in line with what books people actually read. I have a problem with calling a list “the best” when it includes so many obscure selections (how can they be the best when hardly anyone has read them outside academia/publishing?). The original list I only had read 9 from, but this list I have read 53/100! Just in the top ten I‘ve read 7!

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘ve read 4 of these and only really liked one 🤷🏻‍♀️

Gentleman in Moscow

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Deblovestoread I‘ve read 9 and loved 8 of those. My kind of list! 💜 4mo

Kimberlone @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks absolutely love that book! Station Eleven, Never Let Me Go, The Goldfinch, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, and All the Light We Cannot See are also all time favorites of mine, so I was happy to see them in this top 10. 4mo

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Kimberlone @Deblovestoread agreed! The only from the top 10 that I‘ve read and didn‘t love was Educated, which I thought was fine but wasn‘t blown away. 4mo

ItsAnotherJen This is a much better list! I read all but one, and that's on my tbr 4mo

Kimberlone @ItsAnotherJen I agree, much more reflective of what books were both good AND popular during that time period! 4mo

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Kimberlone

The New York Times Book Review: 125 Years of Literary History | The New York Times

Very surprised by the selection of books in this list. First, why are we already canonizing the best books of the 21st century after only 25 years? Second, I get that the NYTBR is very high brow compared to the taste of the average reader, but I was still confused by the not insignificant number of books in translation that were originally published prior to 2000, but translated after.

Plus, The Goldfinch was ranked way too low in my opinion!

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Flaneurette

The New York Times Book Review: 125 Years of Literary History | The New York Times

Some puzzling omissions on this list but these always spur some good discussions! now to take a look at my tbr and figure out what to prioritize-out of the 34 I want to read-I always want to read the latest buzzy titles tho.

Suet624 I agree. The new books always take precedence over my TBR. 3mo

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PaperbackPirate

The New York Times Book Review: 125 Years of Literary History | The New York Times

Apparently I‘m better at buying the books than I am at reading them!

In case you can‘t read the covers:
The Corrections
The Overstory
Atonement
Americanah
White Teeth
H is for Hawk
Demon Copperhead
An American Marriage
Station Eleven
Bel Canto

Which one do I need to read first?

#100bestbooksofthe21stcentury #tbr

charl08 If you're anything like me, *all* of them... 4mo

Ruthiella I‘ve not read four, but of those I have read, I think I recommend Bel Canto the most. Based on the blurb, I wouldn‘t like it, but it totally surprised me. 4mo

Prairiegirl_reading Pre-Covid I would have said station eleven all day long but I‘m not sure how it would go now. I loved it back then. Demon Copperhead is excellent but I hard read. So I recommend both but with caveats. 4mo

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PaperbackPirate My friend‘s favorite book is Bel Canto which is why I bought it. Thank you for the extra encouragement to get it read @Ruthiella ! 4mo

PaperbackPirate Lol good to know @charl08 ! 📚📚📚 4mo

PaperbackPirate I already saw the Station Eleven show so I think that‘s why I‘ve delayed on that one. Demon Copperhead has been on my summer stack but there it still sits! Thank you for the recommendation @Prairiegirl_reading ! 4mo

Prairiegirl_reading @PaperbackPirate I always forget they made it in to a series! 4mo

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Singout

The New York Times Book Review: 125 Years of Literary History | The New York Times

Here‘s my list of books I‘ve read, although I included a few bailed on. Thanks to @Bookwomble for making this accessible! Like others, I was not into number one at all and didn‘t even finish it.

Bookwomble Thank you for the mention, though I must give credit to @jlhammar for sharing the link first 😊 4mo

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Singout

The New York Times Book Review: 125 Years of Literary History | The New York Times

My TBR from #NYTBest100: about 12 are available in audio in my library and weren‘t already on my list.

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kspenmoll

The New York Times Book Review: 125 Years of Literary History | The New York Times

After I read through the 100 books again, I chose 29 I may want to read at some point. A few I already own. #TBR #NYTinesBookReview

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KathyWheeler

The New York Times Book Review: 125 Years of Literary History | The New York Times

I‘ve read 20 of these and didn‘t care for two of them (The Goldfinch and The Plot Against America). There are also several on the complete list that I have no interest in reading.

Modern Mrs. Darcy‘s gift link: https://modernmrsdarcy.com/links-i-love-461/

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I also didn‘t care for The Goldfinch.. 4mo

TheBookHippie Didn‘t like Goldfinch either! 4mo

KathyWheeler @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TheBookHippie I can‘t remember the last time I was so bored reading a book. I did finish it, but I‘m not sure why. 4mo

TheBookHippie @KathyWheeler I went on and on and on….. 😫😝 4mo

KathyWheeler @TheBookHippie Yes, it did! 4mo

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BarbaraJean

The New York Times Book Review: 125 Years of Literary History | The New York Times

And here‘s my TBR from the #NYTBest100 list! I just postponed a library hold for Demon Copperhead, and eight others are on my shelves already—maybe I‘ll get to those sooner, maybe not 😆

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