Last week, The New York Times Book Review published a list of the “100 Best Books of the 21st Century.” (Well, so far, obviously. Why not just call it the best books of the last 25 years? This novel is the best of the 21st century: elegantly structured, poignant, wise, lush, and breathtakingly compact. Why is this one of the best books of the 21st-century? (One of our Best Novels of the Decade, 2010-2019) –EFAnna Burns, Milkman (2019)Anna Burns’s Milkman requires a little commitment.

Source: New York Times July 16, 2024 21:04 UTC