Critics chose the 100 best books of the 21st century. How many of them have you read?

Do you think in the internet age people don’t write or read anything more than an Instagram post? Well, in reality, there are many valuable literary works at your disposal. Vulturethe magazine’s blog New York Magazine, remember. Editors have asked dozens of critics and authors to nominate several books that deserve a place among the most important works published since the year 2000. Tired of reading social media posts? We recommend that you see this list.

It might seem like Vulture editors rush things, because the 21st century is just getting started. However, they call their endeavor “a premature attempt to formulate the canons of this era”. They admit that the aim of the project is not to create “a rigid library, but a wacky selfie of a cultural moment”.

At Incrível.club we know that sometimes it’s hard to choose a new book to read, so we want to share some works that you won’t regret discovering. They conferred awards on their authors, became bestsellers and were even adapted for film. It is worth mentioning that some of these works have not yet been translated into Portuguese.

Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield in the film adaptation of the book “Never Leave Me Ever”, by Kazuo Ishiguro, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

100. Asymmetry, Lisa Halliday

99. The Largesse of the Sea Maiden, Denis Johnson

98. The red hours: what women are for, Leni Zumas

97. Priestdaddy, Patricia Lockwood

96. Tell Me How it Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions, Valeria Luiselli

95. The best we could do: Graphic Memories, Thi Bui

94. All Grown Up, Jami Attenberg

93. The Hate You Sow, Angie Thomas

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92. Ghachar Ghochar, Vivek Shanbhag

91. The Needle’s Eye: Passing Through Youth, Fanny Howe

Rosamund Pike in the film version of Gone Girl (Gone Girl) by Gillian Flynn, a thriller that quickly entered the bestseller lists.

90. Collected Essays & Memoirs, Albert Murray

89. What Belongs to You: A Novel, Garth Greenwell

88. The Broken Earth series, NK Jemisin

87. The Light of the World: A Memoir, Elizabeth Alexander

86. The Sympathizer, Viet Thanh Nguyen

85. Preparing for the Next Life, Atticus Lish

84. Brief History of Seven Murders, Marlon James

83. How to be both, Ali Smith

82. Family Life, Akhil Sharma

81. Men We Reaped: A Memoir, Jesmyn Ward

JK Rowling with the penultimate book in the Harry Potter saga. Novels about the magical boy became the best-selling books in history.

80. Taipei, Tao Lin

79. A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, Anthony Marra

78. The MaddAddam Trilogy, Margaret Atwood

77. Capital, John Lanchester

76. Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, Ben Fountain

75. The Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Imagination, Sarah Schulman

74. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami

73. The Sense of an End, Julian Barnes

72. Seven Years, Peter Stamm

71. A Super Sad True Love Story, Gary Shteyngart

Haruki Murakami is the author of the book “1Q84”. His works have been translated into 50 languages and are successful in sales around the world.

70. Spreadeagle, Kevin Killian

69. Notes From No Man’s Land: American Essays, Eula Biss

68. Childhood, JM Coetzee

67. Fine Just the Way It Is, Annie Proulx

66. At home, Marilynne Robinson

65. The Lazarus Project, Aleksandar Hemon

64. The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga

63. Sleeping It Off in Rapid City, August Kleinzahler

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62. Harry Potter, Literary Series, J.K. Rowling

61. Eat the Document, Dana Spiotta

Jennifer Lawrence in the film adaptation of “The Bones of Winter” by Daniel Woodrell. The film “Winter of the Soul” received four Oscar nominations.

60. American Genius, Lynne Tillman

59. Wizard of the Crow, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

58. Bones of Winter, Daniel Woodrell

57. The Afterlife: A Memoir, Donald Antrim

56. Magic for beginners, Kelly Link

55. Voices from Chernobyl, Svetlana Aleksiévich

54. The Sluts, Dennis Cooper

53. French Suite, Irène Némirovsky

52. Honored guest: stories, Joy Williams

51. Oblivion: Stories, David Foster Wallace

Film version of the book “Voices from Chernobyl”, by Svetlana Aleksievich, winner of the
Nobel Prize.

50. Home Land, Sam Lipsyte

49. Mortals, Norman Rush

48. The Book of Salt, Monique Truong

47. The time of our singing, Richard Powers

46. At Your Fingertips, Sarah Waters

45. Austerlitz, W.G. Sebald

44. The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse, Louise Erdrich

43. The Beauty of the Husband, Anne Carson

42. The True Story of Ned Kelly’s Gang, Peter Carey

41. The amber bezel, Philip Pullman

Film adaptation of the book “The Beauty Line”, by Alan Hollinghurst. The novel was awarded the Booker Prize.

40. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon

39. Black and Blur, Fred Moten

38. Citizen: An American Lyric, Claudia Rankine

37. All My Puny Sorrows, Miriam Toews

36. Department of speculation, Jenny Offil

35. The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt

34. Death of Father, Karl Ove Knausgård

33. White Girls, Hilton Als

32. NW, Zadie Smith

31. Gone GirlGillian Flynn

The screen version of the book “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” by J.K. Rowling. They also made a theme park based on the novels in Orlando, USA.

30. Zone One, Colson Whitehead

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29. Other Lives Than Mine, Emmanuel Carrère

28. Mister Fox, Helen Oyeyemi

27. The Peculiar Sadness Stored in a Lemon Cake, Aimee Bender

26. The Possessed, Elif Batuman

25. Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel

24. The fantastic short life of Oscar Wao, Junot Díaz

23. Ooga-Booga, Frederick Seidel

22. The Road, Cormac McCarthy

21. Veronica, Mary Gaitskill

Amandla Stenberg and Elg Smith in the film adaptation of Angie Thomas’ “The Hate You Sow”. In 2017, the book was placed at the top of The New York Times bestseller list.

20. The Beauty Line, Alan Hollinghurst

19. Plot against America, Philip Roth

18. The Known World, Edward P. Jones

17. Do Everything in the Dark, Gary Indiana

16. Platform, Michel Houellebecq

15. Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides

14. Erasure, Percival Everett

13. The Flamethrowers, Rachel Kushner

12. Atocha Station, Ben Lerner

11. The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion

James McAvoy and Keira Knightley in the film adaptation of the book “Atonement” by Ian McEwan. The novel was nominated for the Booker Prize.

10. Reparation, Ian McEwan