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What's /lit/'s favorite book of the 21st century?

And if you feel like it, here's a template

Favorite book released in
2000-2005:
2006-2010:
2011-2015:

>> No.7471066 [DELETED] 
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7471066

>he reads books post-2000

>> No.7471090

>2000-2005:
2666, The Corrections
>2006-2010:
I guess The Road (but that's only because your pic reminded me of it) (I can't wait for Cormac's next book)
2011-2015:
The Pale King

>> No.7471109

>>7471055
>2000-2005:
Corrections
>2006-2010:
1000 Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
>2011-2015:
Bone Clocks

Pretty huge scarcity of good lit post-9/11 tho

>> No.7471123

2000-2005: A Man Without a Country (Actually didn't like it at all, it's the only book I've read from this period)
2006-2010: The Road
2011-2015: Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Vegas

>> No.7471124
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7471124

>>7471055
Everyone knows that literature has to age at least 50 years before it's not shit anymore. Unless the author is dead, white, and male. Then they can be genius right away.

That said, this is the century where no one will give a shit what white men wrote.

>> No.7471134

>>7471124
Man, I hate reading shit like this. This board isn't good for my mental health. I think I need to leave for a few months, to clean out my mind.

>> No.7471138

>>7471134
?

>> No.7471139

>>7471134
He was obviously joking and not even the subtle kind of joke.

>> No.7471142

>>7471124
>50
Pleb, try 100.

>> No.7471326

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

>> No.7472160

>>7471055
>2000-2005:
haven't read any
>2006-2010:
Inherent Vice, I guess. Or Tao Lin's Bed
>2011-2015:
Taipei, I guess. I've only read Tao Lin and Pynchon from this century

>> No.7472170

>>7471139
lel, there are people who literally believe that on this board tho

>> No.7472339

>>7471055
boring ass grammatical catastrophy

>> No.7472369
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7472369

man war & war by krasznahorkai just barely misses being topical. came out in 1999 and it makes me cry.
but I guess I've gotta go with tao lin

>> No.7472408

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

>> No.7472409

>>7471124
White Teeth revived my hope for modern-day charm in prose.

>> No.7472419

>>7471055
>2000-2005:
Cross Channel
>2006-2010:
Subarashiki Hibi
>2011-2015:
Sakura no Uta

Books enough.

>> No.7472434

>>7472339
you're not even trying

>> No.7472658

>>7471326

If you haven't, give "Remains of the Day" and "An Artist of the Floating World" a read. "Never Let Me Go" is OK, but those other two are his best works, and are, IMO, substantially better.

>> No.7473171

>>7472658
Yeah I was wanting to give Remains a go for a while now, guess I'll finally pick it up.

>> No.7473244

>reading books from the 21st century

>> No.7473592

>>7473171

You're in for a treat, anon. It's very funny, and also gut-wrenchingly devastating.

>> No.7473630

I haven't read much 21st century fiction, but I enjoyed Inherent Vice and Cloud Atlas.