Friday Mood Recs: My favorite 20 titles from the Best Books of the 21st Century list
Plus the books topping my TBR, the biggest snubs, and the books I'd remove
I know this best of the century list is so last week at this point, but I don’t care. It’s occupied way too much of my brain space over the last 10 days to not write about it at least one more time!
But before I get into my favorites, least favorites, and TBR headliners, I have something very fun to tell you about. This week I got to be part of a roundtable on a bonus episode my friend
’ podcast The Stacks. First, Traci interviewed Gilbert Cruz, editor of the NYT Book Review and then she had , , and me on to share our thoughts on the list as a whole. The conversation was really fun with a little bit of snark and side eying, but also just a joyful conversation about all things books. You can find that episode below and you should know that I share an additional book I’d remove from the list as part of that discussion!
Alright, let’s get to the books! Just for an extra bit of fun, I reordered my favorites based on how I would rank them…