- tree of smoke; denis johnson (2007) 
 
    - how to be both; ali smith (2014) 
 
    - bel canto; ann patchett (2001) 
 
    - men we reaped; jesmyn ward (2013) 
 
    - wayward lives, beautiful experiments; saidiya hartman (2019) 
 
    - bring up the bodies; hilary mantel (2012) 
 
    - on beauty; zadie smith (2005) 
 
    - station eleven; emily st. john mandel (2014) 
 
    - the days of abandonment; elena ferrante (2005) 
 
    - the human stain; philip roth (2000) 
 
    - the sympathizer; viet thanh nguyen (2015) 
 
    - the return; hisham matar (2016) 
 
    - the collected stories of lydia davis (2010) 
 
    - detransition, baby; torrey peters (2021) 
 
    - frederick douglass; david w. blight (2018) 
 
    - pastoralia; george saunders (2000) 
 
    - the emperor of all maladies; siddhartha mukherjee (2010) 
 
    - when we cease to understand the word; benjamín labatut (2021) 
 
    - hurricane season; fernanda melchor (2020) 
 
    - pulphead; john jeremiah sullivan (2011) 
 
    - the story of the lost child; elena ferrante (2015)✔ 
 
    - a manual for cleaning women; lucia berlin (2015) 
 
    - septology; jon fosse (2022) 
 
    - an american marriage; tayari jones (2018) 
 
    - tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow; gabrielle zevin (2022) 
 
    - exit west; mohsin hamid (2017) 
 
    - olive kitteridge; elizabeth strout (2008) 
 
    - the passage of power; robert caro (2012) 
 
    - secondhand time; svetlana alexievich (2016) 
 
    - the copenhagen trilogy; tove ditlevsen (2021) 
 
    - all aunt hagar's children; edward p. jones (2006) 
 
    - the new jim crow; michelle alexander (2010) 
 
    - the friend; sigrid nunez (2018) 
 
    - far from the tree; andrew solomon (2012) 
 
    - we the animals; justin torres (2011) 
 
    - the plot against america; philip roth (2004) 
 
    - the great believers; rebecca makkai (2018) 
 
    - veronica; mary gaitskill (2005) 
 
    - 10:04; ben lerner (2014) 
 
    - demon copperhead; barbara kingsolver (2022) 
 
    - heavy; kiese laymon (2018) 
 
    - middlesex; jeffrey eugenides (2002) 
 
    - stay true; hua hsu (2022) 
 
    - nickel and dimed; barbara ehrenreich (2001) 
 
    - the flamethrowers; rachel kushner (2013) 
 
    - the looming tower; lawrence wright (2006) 
 
    - tenth of december; george saunders (2013) 
 
    - runaway; alice munro (2004) 
 
    - train dreams; denis johnson (2011) 
 
    - life after life; kate atkinson (2013) 
 
    - trust; hernan diaz (2022) 
 
    - the vegetarian; han kang (2016) 
 
    - persepolis; marjane satrapi (2003) 
 
    - a mercy; toni morrison (2008) 
 
    - the goldfinch; donna tartt (2013) 
 
    - the argonauts; maggie nelson (2015) 
 
    - the fifth season; n. k. jemisin (2015) 
 
    - postwar; tony judt (2005) 
 
    - a brief history of seven killings; marlon james (2014) 
 
    - small things like these; claire keegan (2021) 
 
    - h if for hawk; helen macdonald (2015) 
 
    - a visit from the goon squad; jennifer egan (2010) 
 
    - the savage detectives; roberto bolaño (2007) 
 
    - the years; annie ernaux (2018) 
 
    - between the word and me; ta-nehisi coates (2015) 
 
    - fun home; alison bechdel (2006) 
 
    - citien; claudia rankine (2014) 
 
    - salvage the bones; jesmyn ward (2011) 
 
    - the line of beauty; alan hollinghurst (2004) 
 
    - white teeth; zadie smith (2000) 
 
    - sing, unburied, sing; jesmyn ward (2017) 
 
    - the last samurai; helen dewitt (2000) 
 
    - cloud atlas; david mitchell (2004) 
 
    - americanah; chimamanda ngozi adichie (2013) 
 
    - atomnement; ian mcewan (2002) 
 
    - random family; adrian nicole leblac (2003) 
 
    - the overstory; richard powers (2018) 
 
    - hateship, friendship, courtship, loveship, marriage; alice munro (2001) 
 
    - behind the beautiful forevers; katherine boo (2012) 
 
    - evicted; matthew desmond (2016) 
 
    - erasure; percival everett (2001) 
 
    - say nothing; patrick radden keefe (2019) 
 
    - lincoln in the bardo; george saunders (2017) 
 
    - the sellout; paul beatty (2015) 
 
    - the amazing adventures of kavalier & clay; michael chabon (2000) 
 
    - panchiko; min jin lee (2017) 
 
    - outline; rachel cusk (2015) 
 
    - the road; cormac mccarthy (2006) 
 
    - the year of magical thinking; joan didion (2005) 
 
    - the brief wondrous life pf oscar wao; junot díaz (2007) 
 
    - gilead; marilynne robinson (2004) 
 
    - never let me go; kazuo ishiguro (2005) 
 
    - austerlitz; w. g. sebald (2001) 
 
    - the underground railroad; colson whitehead (2016) 
 
    - 2666; roberto bolaño (2008) 
 
    - the corrections; jonathan frazen (2001) 
 
    - the known world; edward p. jones (2003) 
 
    - wolf hall; hilary mantel (2009) 
 
    - the warmth of other suns; isabel wilkerson (2010) 
 
    - my brilliant friend; elena ferrante (2012)✔ 
 
  
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