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New York Times Best Books of the 21st Century (So Far) at GTC Libraries: Find Your Next Read

The New York Times recently published a list of the top 100 books of the 21st Century (so far) selected by their critics. Shortly afterward, readers sent in their own recommendations for the top 100 books of the 21st Century (so far). GTC Libraries have many books on the critics' list and more on the readers' list. Check out the titles below to find your next great read.

Best Books - Critics' Choice

Cover image of The Warmth of Other Suns
Cover image of The Underground Railroad
Cover image of The Year of Magical Thinking
Cover image of Lincoln in the Bardo
Cover image of Evicted
Cover image of The Overstory
Cover image of Fun Home
Cover image of Between the World and Me
Cover image of The Goldfinch
Cover image of Tenth of December
Cover image of Nickel and Dimed
Cover image of Stay True: A Memoir
Cover image of Exit West
Cover image of Demon Copperhead
Cover image of Pachinko
Cover image of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Cover image of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Cover image of The Corrections
Cover image of The Road
Cover image of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Cover image of The Sellout
Cover image of Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Cover image of A Mercy
Cover image of The Friend
Cover image of Life after Life
Cover image of Atonement
Cover image of Americanah
Cover image of Cloud Atlas
Cover image of Sing, Unburied, Sing
Cover image of Postwarr: A History of Europe Since 1945
Cover image of The Fifth Season
Cover image of Persepolis

Best Books - Readers' Choice

Cover image of All the Light We Cannot See
Cover image of Educated: A Memoir
Cover image of Circe
Cover image of The Covenant of Water
Cover image of There There
Cover image of The Song of Achilles
Cover image of Gone Girl
Cover image of James
Cover image of Where the Crawdads Sing
Cover image of North Woods
Cover image of Killers of the Flower Moon
Cover image of Know My Name: A Memoir
Cover image of Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Cover image of Sapiens
Cover image of Tom Lake
Cover image of A Gentleman in Moscow
Cover image of The Book Thief
Cover image of The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store
Cover image of Normal People
Cover image of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Cover image of Braiding Sweetgrass
Cover image of Homegoing
Cover image of Hamnet: A Novel of the Plague
Cover image of Cutting for Stone
Cover image of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Cover image of Lessons in Chemistry
Cover image of The Kite Runner
Cover image of The Nickel Boys
Cover image of Cloud Cuckoo Land
Cover image of The Nightingale
Cover image of 11/22/63
Cover image of The Hunger Games
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