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Vulture, 100 Books

A panel of critics tells us what belongs on a list of the 100 most important books of the 2000s … so far.

here's a list of the voters:

Alice Bolin, essayist
Sloane Crosley, author, most recently of Look Alive Out There
Molly Fischer, senior editor, the Cut
John Freeman, author, editor of Freeman’s
Dagoberto Gilb, author of several short-story collections
Mark Greif, author, Against Everything
Lidija Haas, New Books columnist, Harper’s
Edward Hart, senior editor, New York
Michiko Kakutani, former chief book critic, the New York Times
Hillary Kelly, critic and essayist
Dan Kois, editor of the Slate Book Review
Maris Kreizman, book critic and essayist
Laura Lippman, crime novelist
Christian Lorentzen, book critic, New York
Tom Lutz, editor-in-chief, Los Angeles Review of Books
Wyatt Mason, contributing writer, The New York Times Magazine
Heller McAlpin, book reviewer for the Washington Post, NPR, and others
Laura Miller, books and culture columnist, Slate
Eileen Myles, poet
Sarah Nicole Prickett, critic for Artforum, Bookforum, et al.
Nathaniel Rich, author, most recently, of King Zeno
Jess Row, novelist and critic
Luc Sante, critic and author of Low Life
Nikil Saval, co-editor, n+1
Lila Shapiro, culture journalist
Christine Smallwood, critic and writer
Adam Sternbergh, contributing editor, New York
Kate Tuttle, president, National Book Critics Circle
David Velasco, editor-in-chief, Artforum
Oscar Villalon, editor and critic
Sarah Weinman, author, The Real Lolita
Thomas Chatterton Williams, contributing writer, The New York Times Magazine

This list was originally published in 2018 and was added to this site over 7 years ago.