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Originally Posted by sun surfer
BBC has just released a list of the best books of the century so far, compiled from votes by a sampling of critics. In order, they are:
1. Junot Dνaz The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007)
2. Edward P Jones The Known World (2003)
3. Hilary Mantel Wolf Hall (2009)
4. Marilynne Robinson Gilead (2004)
5. Jonathan Franzen The Corrections (2001)
6. Michael Chabon The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (2000)
7. Jennifer Egan A Visit from the Goon Squad (2010)
8. Ben Fountain Billy Lynns Long Halftime Walk (2012)
9. Ian McEwan Atonement (2001)
10. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Half of a Yellow Sun (2006)
11. Zadie Smith White Teeth (2000)
12. Jeffrey Eugenides Middlesex (2002)
13. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Americanah (2013)
14. W. G. Sebald Austerlitz (2001)
15. Elena Ferrante My Brilliant Friend (2011)
16. Alan Hollinghurst The Line of Beauty (2004)
17. Cormac McCarthy The Road (2006)
18. Zadie Smith NW (2012)
19. Roberto Bolaρo 2666 (2004)
20. Shirley Hazzard The Great Fire (2003)
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I would not have 6 & 7 on the list. I didn't find either of them to be outstanding.