Best book you’ve read in the past 10 years?
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Anonymous
Same. I’m baffled by the glowing reviews of this book. |
Anonymous
| The Area X trilogy (OK, that's three books) by Jeff Vandermeer. |
Anonymous
| Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates |
Anonymous
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Unbroken
The Goldfinch The Night circus |
Anonymous
I'm staring at it next to me not touched. This might inspire me to read it finally. |
Anonymous
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“A brief history of seven killings by marlon James”
Thank you! This was brilliant, imo, and should stand the test of time. Much more so than many books listed here. |
Anonymous
| War and Peace |
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I did not like All the Light You Cannot See! I am clearly in the minority here. My top few are:
Sense of an Ending Mother Sunday (Graham Swift) Normal People Room Realizing now that they are all by British or Irish authors. |
Anonymous
It was pure schmaltz. This is why it's helpful for people to list 5-6 books, if they love-love-loved a book that did nothing for me I can skip the rest. |
Anonymous
It was good, but definitely not great. Not “best book in past 10 years” material unless you don’t read a lot. |
Anonymous
| I see we have many intellectuals on this board. "Last Mrs Parrish" as the best book of the decade. 🙄 |
Anonymous
| Hillbilly Elegy. A real laugh riot. |
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The Great Believers, Rebecca Makkai
+1 |
Anonymous
| The Boys in the Boat. |
Anonymous
, she criticized, without naming her own favorite book. 
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