Honi’s 100 Best Books of the 21st century
This is one of the 759 lists we use to generate our main The Greatest Books list.
About this list
Honi Soit, 99 Books
This list is an alternative curation of the best books of the 21st century, created by Honi Soit as a response to the New York Times' list, which was criticized for cronyism and a lack of diverse voices. The selection criteria used by Honi Soit focus on the impact and memorability of books across genres, irrespective of their perceived perfection. It is curated by a group of ten contributors from Honi Soit, who each chose their favorite works and provided personal endorsements. The list is intentionally unranked to challenge the notion of hierarchical valuation in literature and aims to showcase a more inclusive range of voices and stories, beyond the mainstream or most publicized works.
Honi Soit is the weekly student newspaper of the University of Sydney, Australia.
note: the top 10 on this list are ranked higher than the other 90
This list was originally published in 2024 and was added to this site about 1 year ago.