It’s 2025, and we are almost a quarter of the way through the twenty-first century. The New York Times Book Review published a list of books compiled by their team of critics and editors from a survey the Book Review sent to novelists, nonfiction writers, poets, critics, and other literary enthusiasts. The assessment of the books was based on their impact, originality, and lasting influence. The resulting list, called the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, was published by The New York Times. It ranks the 100 best books published in the English language since January 1, 2000.
For more information check out the New York Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.
Here are some of the books that are in the TBP collection.
| MY BRILLIANT FRIEND by Elena Ferrante (DB 80509, BRG 03626, en español DBG 17396) |
| WOLF HALL by Hilary Mantel (DB 70074, LB 07612, en español DBG 16539) |
| KNOWN WORLD by Edward P. Jones (DB 56918) |
| CORRECTIONS by Jonathan Franzen (DB 53073, BR 13651, LB 11577) |
| 2666 by Roberto Bolaño (DB 68418, en español DB 68961) |
| AUSTERLITZ by W. G. Sebald (DB 53308) |
| NEVER LET ME GO by Kazuo Ishiguro (DB 59667, BR 21107, en español BRG 04769) |
| GILEAD by Marilynne Robinson (DB 59561, BR 16160, en español DB 105296) |
| BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO by Junot Díaz (DB 65402, BR 21308, en español DB 67964) |
| YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING by Joan Didion (DB 61740, BRG 01758) |
| ROAD by Cormac McCarthy (DB 63649, BR 17072) |
| OUTLINE by Rachel Cusk (DB 81244, BR 20765, en español DB 114082, DBG 18989, BRG 04758) |
| PACHINKO by Min Jin Lee (DB 86934, LB 10713) |
| AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY by Michael Chabon (DB 50950) |
| LINCOLN IN THE BARDO by George Saunders (DB 86941, BRG 04014, en español DB 123756) |
| SAY NOTHING: A TRUE STORY OF MURDER AND MEMORY IN NORTHERN IRELAND by Patrick Radden Keefe (DB 94329, LB 11261) |
| ERASURE by Percival Everett (DB 103402) |
| EVICTED: POVERTY AND PROFIT IN THE AMERICAN CITY by Matthew Desmond (DB 83870, LB 09122) |
| BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS: LIFE, DEATH, AND HOPE IN A MUMBAI UNDERCITY by Katherine Boo (DB 74457, LB 08700) |
| HATESHIP, FRIENDSHIP, COURTSHIP, LOVESHIP, MARRIAGE: STORIES by Alice Munro (DB 53585) |
| OVERSTORY by Richard Powers (DB 91490) |
| RANDOM FAMILY: LOVE, DRUGS, TROUBLE, AND COMING OF AGE IN THE BRONX by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc (DB 55875) |
| ATONEMENT by Ian McEwan (DB 54023, BR 14059, BRG 00465) |
| LAST SAMURAI by Helen DeWitt (DB 51848) |
| SING, UNBURIED, SING: A NOVEL by Jesmyn Ward (DB 89552, BR 22096) |
| WHITE TEETH by Zadie Smith (DB 50261) |
| SALVAGE THE BONES by Jesmyn Ward (DB 74033, BR 19453) |
| YEARS by Annie Ernaux (DB 116078, en français DBG 16076) |
| SAVAGE DETECTIVES by Roberto Bolaño (DB 64504, en español DB 70989, en français DBG 11379) |
| VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD by Jennifer Egan (DB 71810, BR 21471, LB 06978) |
| H IS FOR HAWK by Helen MacDonald (DB 81386, LB 09160, en español DB 109408) |
| SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE by Claire Keegan (DB 109147, BR 24266, en español DB 120341) |
| BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS by Marlon James (DB 115268) |
| POSTWAR: A HISTORY OF EUROPE SINCE 1945 by Tony Judt (DB 62489) |
| GOLDFINCH by Donna Tartt (DB 77453, BR 25398) |
| MERCY by Toni Morrison (DB 69148, BR 18095) |
| VEGETARIAN by Han Kang (DB 83452) |
| TRUST by Hernán Díaz (DB 107949, BR 24689, en español DB 114667) |
| LIFE AFTER LIFE by Kate Atkinson (DB 76417, LB 10827) |
| TRAIN DREAMS by Denis Johnson (DB 76608, BR 19564) |
| RUNAWAY: STORIES by Alice Munro (DB 59521, BR 15771) |
| TENTH OF DECEMBER: STORIES by George Saunders (DB 76097, BR 19818) |
| LOOMING TOWER: AL-QAEDA AND THE ROAD TO 9/11 by Lawrence Wright (DB 63287, BR 17079) |
| FLAMETHROWERS by Rachel Kushner (DB 76749) |
| STAY TRUE: A MEMOIR by Hua Hsu (DB 110669, en español DB 121841) |
| DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver (DB 110786, LB 14284, en español DB 118851) |
| 10:04 by Ben Lerner (DB 123929) |
| VERONICA by Mary Gaitskill (DB 61634) |
| PLOT AGAINST AMERICA by Philip Roth (DB 58935, BR 16161) |
| FAR FROM THE TREE: PARENTS, CHILDREN, AND THE SEARCH FOR IDENTITY by Andrew Solomon (DB 75884) |
| FRIEND by Sigrid Nunez (DB 90286, en español DB 124584) |
| ALL AUNT HAGAR’S CHILDREN by Edward P. Jones (DB 63355) |
| SECONDHAND TIME: THE LAST OF THE SOVIETS: AN ORAL HISTORY by Svetlana Aleksievich (DB 84738) |
| PASSAGE OF POWER: THE YEARS OF LYNDON JOHNSON by Robert Caro (DB 74635) |
| OLIVE KITTERIDGE by Elizabeth Strout (DB 67392, BR 21164, en español DBG 18504) |
| EXIT WEST by Mohsin Hamid (DB 87691, BR 22136, LB 09082) |
| AMERICAN MARRIAGE by Tayari Jones (DB 90470, BR 22197, LB 09339) |
| SEPTOLOGY (OTHER NAME, I IS ANOTHER, and NEW NAME) by Jon Fosse (DB 110577, DB 110585, DB 110955) |
| TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW by Gabrielle Zevin (DB 109032, BR 24683, LB 14018, en español DB 117165) |
| MANUAL FOR CLEANING WOMEN: SELECTED STORIES by Lucía Berlin (DB 83703, BR 23549, en español DB 83996) |
| STORY OF THE LOST CHILD by Elena Ferrante (DB 83565, en español DBG 17397) |
| HURRICANE SEASON by Fernanda Melchor (DB 100327, BR 23248, en español DB 102519) |
| WHEN WE CEASE TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD by Benjamín Labatut (DB 112795) |
| EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES: A BIOGRAPHY OF CANCER by Siddhartha Mukherjee (DB 72227, LB 08703) |
| FREDERICK DOUGLASS: PROPHET OF FREEDOM by David W. Blight (DB 94247) |
| RETURN: FATHERS, SONS AND THE LAND IN BETWEEN by Hisham Matar (DB 87051) |
| HUMAN STAIN by Philip Roth (DB 50274) |
| DAYS OF ABANDONMENT by Elena Ferrante (DB 123509, en español DBG 16932) |
| STATION ELEVEN by Emily St. John Mandel (DB 79693, BR 21720, LB 08195) |
| BRING UP THE BODIES by Hilary Mantel (DB 74880, en español DBG 16541) |
| BEL CANTO by Ann Patchett (DB 54190, BR 20801) |
| TREE OF SMOKE by Denis Johnson (DB 65444) |