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Good news, book lovers! We’ve arrived at a list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, which is sure to be endlessly dissected and debated, pored over and relished.

To create our list, we asked hundreds of people — writers, historians, librarians, editors and book lovers — to pick their 10 best books of the century. Our respondents defined “best” in their own way: Some interpreted it to mean “favorite.” For others, it meant books they thought would stand the test of time.

And now we have our ranking.

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