New York Times Best Books of the 21st Century | Are These Actually Good?

Ooooh yeah I totally forgot that How to be Both was ordered differently depending on the copy! I also have a copy on my shelf to be read! I'd never heard of Jesmyn Ward until this list, but I'm intrigued now! The Labatut book was very interesting, but it didn't stick with me. I also hated The Fraud and worried because I do own White Teeth and On Beauty... I found this list so weird, and adding fiction and NF together is a bizarre choice. I applaud you putting up ALL the covers of the books in this video though haha For me Homegoing was a big miss from the list! And didn't realise that The Kite Runner was published in the 21st century! Definitely missing! A History of Burning is totally on my TBR!

“The Warmth of Other Suns” is not only a very important book, but it’s well written and very readable!

So many great recs in this video! I also am bad at reading non fiction but Kiese Laymon is definitely worth it

I have to say quickly, if you're intimidated by Pachinko's size, don't be, it reads really quickly as soon as you're into it. In 2020 I read it over 2 days because it felt addictive and I couldn't put it down!

The Known World is also one of my favourite books.

I loved Outline.

The Line of Beauty is one of my favourite books. You should read it.

I love Tenth of December

100% agree with your thoughts about including Tove Ditlevsen just because she was translated into English in the 21st century - i was genuinely shocked by that, maybe i shouldn't have been tho... Runaway sounded interesting, been wondering where the best place to start with Alice Munro is, think that'd be a good one? Lincoln in the Bardo was a big miss for me too - i was so confused because i'm like graveyard setting? check. experimental writing with funny characters? check. historical fiction blended with ghosts and buddhism? check. how could this go wrong, and yet... super intrigued by your thoughts on Outline, always meant to pick it up but now more so =) thanks for doing all that video editing, end result is first-class!!

I loved Never Let Me Go

Wait, you didn't love Demon Copperhead? I thought I was the only one. Going to watch your review now. Can't believe I missed it.

Visit from the Goon Squad is speculative fiction

How is audiobook reading, though? It's listening, not reading