Best books (fiction & non-fiction) of the 21st century?

[Joseph Tracy]

Who decides?  I can't even rate books I really liked on a scale.  I like them for very different reasons. 
   Books  from  this century that affected my thinking most? no order 

 Omnivore's Dilemna, Michael Pollan  ( plus his talks and articles from 2004-now)
Against the Day, T Pynchon
Mad Addam trilogy. Margaret Atwood
Eaarth, and Deep Economy, Bill McKibben
Murder City, Charles Bowden  affected me more than Bolano's 2666 but both powerful  in different ways
Timothy; or notes of an abject reptile, Verlyn Klinkenborg   ( demonstrates beautiful clear prose without a verb in every sentence.)
Science Set Free , Rupert Sheldrake
The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver
The Shock Doctrine, Naomi Klein
My name is Red, Orhan Pamuk
    Fun and good - Michael Chabon, Neil Gaiman,  Jose Saramago,


On Dec 13, 2013, at 8:19 AM, James Kyllo wrote:

> 2666. The Kindly Ones, The Pale King, Europe Central, The Time of Our
> Singing, The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break
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>> So what are the best books of the 21st century, thus far?
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