Top 5 Out of 100 Reads Curated by The New York Times.

Reading is something that never gets old. It keeps on living and cherishing the moments.

From crime fiction to romance novels and coming-of-age novellas, books provide comfort and closeness to characters on the page.

Therefore, to keep cherishing the multiple lives a reader can experience, one of the longest-reading newspapers in the United States, The New York Times brings in The New York Review to mark the first 25 years of this century with the top 100 books of the 21st century.

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From famous horror mastermind Stephan King to Hollywood actress Sarah Jessica Parker, along with many more took part in the survey from The New York Times to find the best books of the 21^st century.

Here are the top five picks out of the best 100.  

My Brilliant Friend

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My Brilliant Friend (L’amica geniale) is a 2011 Italian novel by Elena Ferrante. The work was later published with an English translation by Ann Goldstein in 2012.

Originally written in Italian, the novel is the first installment of the four-time series Neapolitan Novels. Following the story of two girls growing up in bizarre situations in Italy, the story follows friendship, class and gender, art and stepping into adult life.

My Brilliant Friend is also an example of autofiction, which dominated during the literature era of the 21^st century. 

The Warmth of Other Suns

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Highlighting the Great Migration of Black Americans from South to North and West from the time frame between 1915 to the 70s, this 2010-released book is widely claimed by critics as a historical study of the Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson.

With accurate interviews and research on the topic, the novel narrates the lives of three individuals.

Borrowing the name “the warmth of other suns” from Richard Wright’s poem, the novel provides depth to the history of sufferings faced by those during the time.  

The Correction

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Jonathan Franzen’s satirical take on mental health paints itself as a masterpiece in today’s literature.  Winner of the National Book Award in 2001, following its publication in the same year and later winning the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 2002, the novel follows the theme of American life through the characters of a couple and their grown children.

A novel that portrays human failings, family values, capitalism and the ultimate American Dream with deteriorating mental health, thrown in a satirical manner becomes a totemic connection that helps in value relations. 

2666

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Originally crafted in Spanish and published in 2004 posthumously, 2666 is the last novel by Robert Bolaño, later translated into English by Natasha Wimmer and published in the United States in 2008.

Achieving the Altazor Award in 2005, the novel delves into the narration of a German author and the series of murders that happen around her. While focusing on the horrors of the unsolved murders, the novel also discusses mental health, world war and more.

Set in a fictional Mexican town, the novel in an old-fashioned Sherlock manner brings out mystery and thriller to the readers. 

Never Let Me Go

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Blending itself perfectly into the genre of science fiction, Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go holds a remarkable position in must-reads. Being shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2005, the novel is the sixth one that is set in the alternate reality of England during the period of the 1990s.

Following the story of three boarders in an elite English school, the novel explores the coming-of-age essence in a dystopian fiction tone. 

These are just a few of the great masterpieces that were handpicked by 503 novelists, non-fiction writers, poets, critics and many more.