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Unpacking the best: The NYT’s Best Books of the 21st Century list • #163

We love a list, and we love an excuse for a conversation about books, and so we couldn’t have been more delighted when the New York Times released their list of the best books of the 21st century, so far. From 503 top tens submitted by authors and other literary world folk, plus a bit of statistical magic, they boiled it down to their definitive top 100. And we have to hand it to them, it’s a damn good list. Still, we might argue with a few of their choices, and of course we have some thoughts of our own.

And so in this episode you’ll get our own Book Club Review top 20 books, some of which were on the NYT’s best books of the 21st century list, most of which were not. They’re the books we felt had been overlooked, books we loved and were desperate to talk about, books we want to share with you.

And so join me (Kate) and Sarah in London, Phil in New York and Laura in Vancouver as we spend a delightful hour considering the best of the best. I guarantee you’ll come away with at least one book for your TBR, and hopefully one you’ll love as much as we do.

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Booklist

(A non-exhaustive list of the many, many books we covered in this episode)

Notes

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  • Amy Anixter Scott
    September 5, 2024 at 3:13 pm  - Reply

    Thank you,
    As always, a GREAT podcast! Looking forward to the book list being posted.I don’t often read Fantasy genre however, have when recommended on your podcast. Loved Piranese and Neverwhere. There is a classic Fantasy book mentioned in this podcast. Can’t recall the name?
    Be well,
    Amy

  • Kate
    September 20, 2024 at 4:34 pm  - Reply

    List finally updated. I think you’re thinking of The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle, more extensively discussed by Laura in our Summer Reading Report, episode #165 – but do listen to that show before reading as I’m not sure it’s a ‘recommend’.

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