The 100 best books of the 21st century (So Far)

Описание: Reacting to the recent Guardian list of their 100 best books of the 21st century. I agree with some and really disagree with others! I also discuss some titles I think should be added. Let me know your thoughts on the list in the commends. Click ‘Show More’ for info.
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Guardian article:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/201...

The Most Important Books of the 21st Century – So Far! (Vulture article response)
   • The Most Important Books of the 21st Centu...  

100 21st Century Novels to Love (The Times article response)
   • 100 21st Century Novels to Love  

My rant video on Days Without End by Sebastian Barry:    • Why I'm Really Angry About This Novel  

Some of the books I discuss:
Bad Blood by Lorna Sage: https://www.bookdepository.com/Bad-Bl...
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara: https://www.bookdepository.com/Little...
Tell Me How It Ends by Valeria Luiselli: https://www.bookdepository.com/Tell-M...
Harvest by Jim Crace: https://www.bookdepository.com/Harves...
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk: https://www.bookdepository.com/Drive-...
Days Without End by Sebastian Barry: https://www.bookdepository.com/Days-W...
Jimmy Corrigan by Chris Ware: https://www.bookdepository.com/Jimmy-...
Underland by Robert Macfarlane: https://www.bookdepository.com/Underl...
Brooklyn by Colm Toibin: https://www.bookdepository.com/Brookl...
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood: https://www.bookdepository.com/Oryx-C...
Atonement by Ian McEwan: https://www.bookdepository.com/Atonem...
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion: https://www.bookdepository.com/Year-M...
White Teeth by Zadie Smith: https://www.bookdepository.com/White-...
Outline by Rachel Cusk: https://www.bookdepository.com/Outlin...
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson: https://www.bookdepository.com/Argona...
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead: https://www.bookdepository.com/Underg...
Normal People by Sally Rooney: https://www.bookdepository.com/Normal...
The Road by Cormac McCarthy: https://www.bookdepository.com/Road-C...
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth: https://www.bookdepository.com/Plot-A...
Half a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: https://www.bookdepository.com/Half-Y...
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell: https://www.bookdepository.com/Cloud-...
Autumn by Ali Smith: https://www.bookdepository.com/Autumn...
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel: https://www.bookdepository.com/Wolf-H...

More on the 6 books I would add:
Lovely, Dark, Deep by Joyce Carol Oates
http://lonesomereader.com/blog/2014/9...
Mrs Engels by Gavin McCrea
http://lonesomereader.com/blog/2015/4...
What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell
http://lonesomereader.com/blog/2015/1...
The Years by Annie Ernaux (translated by Alison L Strayer)
http://lonesomereader.com/blog/2019/4...
Don’t Call Us Dead by Danez Smith
http://lonesomereader.com/blog/2018/1...
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
http://lonesomereader.com/blog/2019/8...
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   • Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann / Revie...  

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