The New York Times is wrong. THESE are the best books of 21st Century.

They released 'The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century' according to them... now it's my turn.
Read their list and see how many you've read: www.nytimes.co...
HOW TO PRE-ORDER MY BOOK (and ENTER TO WIN A HAND KNITTED HAT from me):
PRE-ORDER Half-Arse Human before 30th July: leenanorms.com...
THEN to get a FREE PLACE to watch a virtual exclusive live stream and a chance to win a HAND KNITTED hat from me (+handwritten personalised book recommendation and a positive panic patch of your choice).
ALL YOU NEED TO DO is email your receipt to: [e-mail]
Any format counts, one book = one chance to win, so you can enter more than once if you pre-order for a friend too :)
/// MY LIST ///
Doppelgänger by Naomi Klein (2023)
Glory NoViolet Bulawayo (2022)
Girly Drinks Mallory O'Meara (2021)
Outraged: Why Everyone Is Shouting and No One Is Talking Ashley 'Dotty' Charles (2020)
Midnight Chicken: & Other Recipes Worth Living For Ella Risbridger COOKING (2019)
The Overstory Richard Powers (2018)
Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give Ada Calhoun (2017)
Black and British: A Forgotten History David Olusoga (2016)
The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k Sarah Knight (2015)
The Murderer's Ape Jakob Wegelius (2014)
Brand New Ancients Kae Tempest (2013)
Tiny Beautiful Things (2012)
Ayiti Roxane Gay (2011)
Room by Emma Donoghue (2010)
Catching Fire Suzanne Collins (2009)
The Host Stephenie Meyer (2008)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (2007)
The Elegance of the Hedgehog Muriel Barbery(2006)
The Book Thief Markus Zusak (2005)
Hope in the Dark Rebecca Solnit (2004)
The Housekeeper and the Professor Yōko Ogawa (2003)
The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold (2002)
Atonement Ian McEwan (2001)
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft Stephen King (2000)
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