According to New York Times, these are the 10 best books of the 21st century

About the question of whichthe bestare always excellently arguing. The easiest way is to ask a large number of experts in their opinion and in the end simply count which titles are most frequently mentioned - and that is exactly what that hasNew York Timesdid. She has 503 writers; Artists asked academics,Which books are the best of the 21st century. And that's the result.

If that's not a great must-read list that is manageable at the same time and is urgent, then we don't know ...

The German writer Carolin Emcke is just as much a fan of the book as the former US President Barack Obama-and that's no wonder, becauseGileadIs really a very fantastic work. It is the first book of a novel series, and the title-giving Gilead is a town in the US state of Maine (but also describes biblical land). In her book, Marilynne Robinson from John Ames, who is dying and tries to explain the world to his 7-year-old son. That may sound unspectacular at first, but Robinson succeeds with such a linguistic force, with such an immeasurable depth that it is simply reducing a simply, because after reading the reading, the miracle of human existence has actually understood a little better. No wonder that Marilynne Robinson won almost every US literary award and was awarded her life's work of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction almost ten years ago.

Kazuo Ishiguro is one of the very large contemporary writers from the United Kingdom: winner of the renowned1989, Knight of the Ordre of the Arts et des Lettre since 1998 and also owner of the. In his celebrated and award -winning novelEverything we had to giveA young woman tells of her life to an English boarding school. On thisHowever, life, the only purpose of which is to act as organ donors. Gradually, the students are confronted with this fact, which due to their age are not really able to understand the importance of this terrible truth. Time chose the book for the best of 2005 at the time, and it has long been considered one of the most important in British literature.

WG Sebald was a German writer who was not only considered controversial (especially because of his omissions to the role of Alfred Andersch during the time of National Socialism), but also a lot-among other things with the Heinrich-Böll-, Joseph-Breitbach- and Heinrich Heine Prize. He became known in the mid -nineties primarily through his bookThe rings of the Saturn.AusterlitzUnfortunately, Sebald's last work is, because shortly after his publication he died when he suffered a heart attack on a car ride at the age of 57 and drove into a tanklaster. In the center ofAusterlitzis the title -giving scientist Jacques Austerlitz, who begins after his academic career, to investigate his origin and to get to the bottom of himself. The Guardian hasAusterlitzEven in fifth place on his list of the hundred best books of the 21st century and the BBC also called the book of one of the most important works of the early 21st century.

WithUnderground RailroadDoes Colson Whitehead not only have that-, but also won numerous other prizes. For a whole year the novel was on the bestseller list of the New York Times, in 2021Even a series of the same name and very worth seeing on Prime Video. At the center of the narrative is the slave Cora, which one day of a secret escape network forHear - the underground Railroad. And she wants to use that to somehow get into freedom - it costs what it wants. A gripping, shocking and moving reading tip against racism and for humanity - the best reading in times like these when we have to see an increase in right -wing populism. By the way: Colson Whitehead is even a two-time Pulitzer award winner. Also his book published in 2019Die Nickel Boysreceived the price.

Internationally, it was agreed: when the century novel in 20042666If appeared a year after the death of his author Roberto Bolaño, the ham was euphorically celebrated as a literary masterpiece everywhere. An unexplained series of murder of Mexican women leads its readers deep into the dark pumping heart of the modern world and through 1,096 pages that no longer let go of you up to the last minute. According to the New York Times, the book has also rightly landed on the list of the best books of the 21st century.

Jonathan Frenzen is a real master of telling dysfunctional, and he also writes about falling apart in his great novelThe corrections. In it, Enid Lambert wants to have her family around Christmas after fifty years before, but as is the case with Christmas family reunions: You always imagine it so harmonious and idyllic, but reality usually looks different - so here too. Because Enid's husband continues to put his Parkinson's disease and her three children have to deal with individual problems that affect them to everyone. As Frenzen writes about the failure of each of his protagonists, this is truly masterful.

Edward P. Jones has a whole ten years at his masterpieceThe well -known worldWorked, but: it was worth it! The American writer has won countless prices, including the renowned Pulitzer Prize. It's about Henry Townsend, a former slave who has succeeded in a climb - and he made him a slave holder himself. But when he dies, the world that he has created in the middle of slavery breaks gradually. An insanely moving, gripping, cushioning and eye -opening novel that really gets under your skin. Or as it stood in Oprah Magazine: "One of the rare books that tear open wounds and heal at the same time."

Third place in the best books of the 21st century, according to the New York TimesWolveby Hilary Mantel - the fantastic start of her famousTudor-trilogy. The story takes place in England in 1520, a realm that balances on the edge of a disaster. The heir to the throne of King Henry VIII is there without male heirs, and the country threatens to sink in the chaos of a civil war. In the midst of political ranking and personal crises, Heinrich strives to annoy his marriage to marry Anne Boleyn - against the resistance of the Pope and almost all of Europe. Thomas Cromwell, a man of exceptional intelligence and unscrupulous ambition, enters this bubbling power vacuum.Wolveis not only a profound look into the dark corridors of power, but also a novel that illuminates the interface between individual psychology and the great bikes of politics. Through a variety of characters and a wealth of historical events, Hilary Mantel unfolds a lively picture of the Tudor English, a society in transition that is shaped by passion, suffering and steadfast courage.

In second place in the best books of the 21st century, according to New York Times, Isabel Wilkerson's groundbreaking work is Kaste: The origins of our discomfort. In it, she illuminates one of the greatest, but often overlooked episodes in American history: the mass migration of black Americans, which between 1915 and 1970, comprised almost six million people that fled from the repressive conditions of the south to the cities of the north and West are to be able to lead a better and freer life. Wilkersons describes the life paths of three individuals. In doing so, she not only illustrates the strain and risks of this escape with meticulous level of detail and profound personal stories, but also, but also, as the migrants have shaped the social and cultural landscapes of the cities in which they have settled.Kaste: The origins of our discomfortis therefore not only a captivating historical document, but also a deep consideration of human hope and perseverance.

In first place - at least in the opinion of over 500 experts - best books of the 21st centuryMy brilliant friendby Elena Ferrante. The novel plays in the Naples of the 1950s and is the first part of a four -volume Roman cycle. In this first volume of her Neapolitan Saga, Elena Ferrante writes about the two friends Lila and Elena. Both are completely different, but still inseparable best friends for life, and the book is about developments within this lifelong friendship during the childhood of the two. Fantastic!