The New York Times Best 100 Books of the 21st Century: How Does BookBrowse's Coverage Compare?

In case you missed it, last week The New York Times released its list of the Best 100 Books of the 21st Century. So, we thought we'd compare how BookBrowse did at featuring these books over the past 25 years, and have included a helpful table for you to see the full breakdown.

The answer: pretty good!  We reviewed and recommended in full 40 of the 100, and briefed an additional 44, for a total coverage of 84/100 — we also covered 19 of the top 20. This overlap is all the more impressive when we consider how selective we are about the books we cover — roughly 1,400 covered in brief each year, with only around 220 reviewed and recommended in full each year. For the 16 books we did not cover, we've added brief pages, but noted in the table below where we didn't have a review or brief prior to the list being published.

While the NYT surveyed  500+ "literary luminaries" to assemble their list, we rely on our small team of editors and reviewers to choose what we brief and review. It's nice to think that over the past 25 years, we have made a small contribution to highlighting and elevating the excellent work of these authors.

You can review the full NYT list below, as well as the author, year, and our coverage. If you'd like to learn more about any books on the list, each title is linked to the corresponding BookBrowse page for the book.