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SJNew list based on the Top 100 books from the NYT - only open votes
Hey guys!
Following up on the NYT list of best books from the 21st century, I was searching for each one of the votes that made that list possible to understand what was left behind.
Out of 503 literary luminaries (as the NYT said itself), only 53 voters opened their top 10 lists. It would be awesome to have every single top-10, but the NYT only opened 10% of the ballots.
So, I compiled the 525 votes that are open from them and organized a new top 80-ish list to allow everybody to compare with the definitive one. The criteria is to include every book that was voted for 2 or more times. The books with (x) were not included in the official list.
The "new" NYT top-80 list from 53 voters who allowed their votes to be opened:
Top 1-6 (6 votes)
Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn (x);
The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead;
Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel;
Evicted - Matthew Desmond;
Gilead - Marilynne Robinson;
Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro.
Top 7-12 (5 votes)
Educated - Tara Westover (x);
All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr (x);
Random Family - Adrian Nicole LeBlanc;
The Known World - Edward P. Jones;
Behind the Beautiful Forevers - Katherine Boo;
The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolaño.
Top 13-19 (4 votes)
Pachinko - Min Jin Lee;
Heavy - Kiese Laymon;
Atonement - Ian McEwan;
Lincoln in the Bardo - George Saunders;
The Warmth of Other Suns - Isabel Wilkerson;
Exit West - Mohsin Hamid;
2666 - Roberto Bolaño.
Top 20-32 (3 votes)
A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara (x);
The Only Good Indians - Stephen Graham Jones (x);
NW - Zadie Smith (x);
No Country for Old Men - Cormac McCarthy (x);
Say Nothing - Patrick Radden Keefe;
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - Michael Chabon;
The Corrections - Jonathan Franzen;
Erasure - Percival Everett;
Bel Canto - Ann Patchett;
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot DÃaz;
Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver;
The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt;
Salvage the Bones - Jesmyn Ward.
Top 33-78 (2 votes)
The Master - Colm TóibÃn (x);
The Buddha in the Attic - Julie Otsuka (x);
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave Eggers (x);
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot (x);
The Round House - Louise Erdrich (x);
Brother, I'm Dying - Edwidge Danticat (x);
Veronica - Mary Gaitskill;
Chain-Gang All-Stars - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (x);
The Little Friend - Donna Tartt (x);
Dare Me - Megan Abbott (x);
The Swimmers - Julie Otsuka (x);
Girl, Woman, Other - Bernardine Evaristo (x);
Train Dreams - Denis Johnson;
Homegoing - Yaa Gyasi (x);
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak (x);
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke (x);
The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel - Amy Hempel (x);
Just Kids - Patti Smith (x);
The Good Lord Bird - James McBride (x);
Luster - Raven Leilani (x);
Matrix - Lauren Groff (x);
The Little Stranger - Sarah Waters (x);
The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead (x);
The River of Doubt - Candice Millard (x);
The World Is What It Is - Patrick French (x);
Seabiscuit - Laura Hillenbrand (x);
Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman (x);
Stories of Your Life and Others - Ted Chiang (x);
Voices From Chernobyl - Svetlana Alexievich (x);
My Brilliant Friend - Elena Ferrante;
The Plot Against America - Philip Roth;
The Fifth Season - N.K. emisin;
The Year of Magical Thinking - Joan Didion;
Citizen - Claudia Rankine;
Far From the Tree - Andrew Solomon;
The Line of Beauty - Alan Hollinghurst;
Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates;
Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout;
Americanah - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie;
Austerlitz - W.G. ebald;
An American Marriage - Tayari Jones;
Sing, Unburied, Sing - Jesmyn Ward;
Trust - Hernan Diaz;
The Argonauts - Maggie Nelson;
Outline - Rachel Cusk.
Voters:
Alma Katsu;
Anand Giridharadas;
Ann Napolitano;
Annette Gordon‑Reed;
Anthony Doerr;
Bonnie Garmus;
Curtis Sittenfeld;
Daniel Alarcón;
Dion Graham;
Douglas Preston;
Ed Yong;
Elin Hilderbrand;
Elizabeth Hand;
Gary Shteyngart;
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers;
James Patterson;
Jami Attenberg;
Jason Reynolds;
Jenna Bush Hager;
Jeremy Denk;
Jessamine Chan;
John Irving;
Jonathan Lethem;
Joshua Ferris;
Junot DÃaz;
Karl Ove Knausgaard;
Lucy Sante;
Marlon James;
Mary Roach;
Megan Abbott;
Michael Robbins;
Michael Roth;
Min Jin Lee;
Morgan Jerkins;
Nana Kwame Adjei‑Brenyah;
Nick Hornby;
Paul Tremblay;
Pico Iyer;
R. L. Stine;
Rebecca Roanhorse;
Riley Sager;
Roxane Gay;
Ryan Holiday;
Sarah Jessica Parker;
Sarah MacLean;
Sarah Schulman;
Scott Turow;
Stephanie Land;
Stephen Graham Jones;
Stephen King;
Stephen L. Carter;
Thomas Chatterton Williams;
Tiya Miles.
Hope you like it!
#entertainment
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Hey guys!
Following up on the NYT list of best books from the 21st century, I was searching for each one of the votes that made that list possible to understand what was left behind.
Out of 503 literary luminaries (as the NYT said itself), only 53 voters opened their top 10 lists. It would be awesome to have every single top-10, but the NYT only opened 10% of the ballots.
So, I compiled the 525 votes that are open from them and organized a new top 80-ish list to allow everybody to compare with the definitive one. The criteria is to include every book that was voted for 2 or more times. The books with (x) were not included in the official list.
The "new" NYT top-80 list from 53 voters who allowed their votes to be opened:
Top 1-6 (6 votes)
Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn (x);
The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead;
Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel;
Evicted - Matthew Desmond;
Gilead - Marilynne Robinson;
Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro.
Top 7-12 (5 votes)
Educated - Tara Westover (x);
All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr (x);
Random Family - Adrian Nicole LeBlanc;
The Known World - Edward P. Jones;
Behind the Beautiful Forevers - Katherine Boo;
The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolaño.
Top 13-19 (4 votes)
Pachinko - Min Jin Lee;
Heavy - Kiese Laymon;
Atonement - Ian McEwan;
Lincoln in the Bardo - George Saunders;
The Warmth of Other Suns - Isabel Wilkerson;
Exit West - Mohsin Hamid;
2666 - Roberto Bolaño.
Top 20-32 (3 votes)
A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara (x);
The Only Good Indians - Stephen Graham Jones (x);
NW - Zadie Smith (x);
No Country for Old Men - Cormac McCarthy (x);
Say Nothing - Patrick Radden Keefe;
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - Michael Chabon;
The Corrections - Jonathan Franzen;
Erasure - Percival Everett;
Bel Canto - Ann Patchett;
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot DÃaz;
Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver;
The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt;
Salvage the Bones - Jesmyn Ward.
Top 33-78 (2 votes)
The Master - Colm TóibÃn (x);
The Buddha in the Attic - Julie Otsuka (x);
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave Eggers (x);
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot (x);
The Round House - Louise Erdrich (x);
Brother, I'm Dying - Edwidge Danticat (x);
Veronica - Mary Gaitskill;
Chain-Gang All-Stars - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (x);
The Little Friend - Donna Tartt (x);
Dare Me - Megan Abbott (x);
The Swimmers - Julie Otsuka (x);
Girl, Woman, Other - Bernardine Evaristo (x);
Train Dreams - Denis Johnson;
Homegoing - Yaa Gyasi (x);
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak (x);
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke (x);
The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel - Amy Hempel (x);
Just Kids - Patti Smith (x);
The Good Lord Bird - James McBride (x);
Luster - Raven Leilani (x);
Matrix - Lauren Groff (x);
The Little Stranger - Sarah Waters (x);
The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead (x);
The River of Doubt - Candice Millard (x);
The World Is What It Is - Patrick French (x);
Seabiscuit - Laura Hillenbrand (x);
Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman (x);
Stories of Your Life and Others - Ted Chiang (x);
Voices From Chernobyl - Svetlana Alexievich (x);
My Brilliant Friend - Elena Ferrante;
The Plot Against America - Philip Roth;
The Fifth Season - N.K. emisin;
The Year of Magical Thinking - Joan Didion;
Citizen - Claudia Rankine;
Far From the Tree - Andrew Solomon;
The Line of Beauty - Alan Hollinghurst;
Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates;
Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout;
Americanah - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie;
Austerlitz - W.G. ebald;
An American Marriage - Tayari Jones;
Sing, Unburied, Sing - Jesmyn Ward;
Trust - Hernan Diaz;
The Argonauts - Maggie Nelson;
Outline - Rachel Cusk.
Voters:
Alma Katsu;
Anand Giridharadas;
Ann Napolitano;
Annette Gordon‑Reed;
Anthony Doerr;
Bonnie Garmus;
Curtis Sittenfeld;
Daniel Alarcón;
Dion Graham;
Douglas Preston;
Ed Yong;
Elin Hilderbrand;
Elizabeth Hand;
Gary Shteyngart;
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers;
James Patterson;
Jami Attenberg;
Jason Reynolds;
Jenna Bush Hager;
Jeremy Denk;
Jessamine Chan;
John Irving;
Jonathan Lethem;
Joshua Ferris;
Junot DÃaz;
Karl Ove Knausgaard;
Lucy Sante;
Marlon James;
Mary Roach;
Megan Abbott;
Michael Robbins;
Michael Roth;
Min Jin Lee;
Morgan Jerkins;
Nana Kwame Adjei‑Brenyah;
Nick Hornby;
Paul Tremblay;
Pico Iyer;
R. L. Stine;
Rebecca Roanhorse;
Riley Sager;
Roxane Gay;
Ryan Holiday;
Sarah Jessica Parker;
Sarah MacLean;
Sarah Schulman;
Scott Turow;
Stephanie Land;
Stephen Graham Jones;
Stephen King;
Stephen L. Carter;
Thomas Chatterton Williams;
Tiya Miles.
Hope you like it!
#entertainment
source
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