'''''The New York Times''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century''' is ana ranked list of the 100 best [[novel]]s published in the English language of the 21st century. The list was compiled by ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/best-books-21st-century.html|title= 100 Best Books of the 21st Century|website= [[The New York Times]]|accessdate= July 13, 2024}}</ref> The 1stfirst book on the list was the [[Elena Ferrante]] novel ''[[My Brilliant Friend]]'' published in 2012. The authors who were listed the most were [[Elena Ferrante]] (3), [[Jesmyn Ward|W. Jesmyn Ward]] (3), [[George Saunders]] (3). The following authors were listed twice [[Roberto Bolaño]], [[Edward P. Jones]], [[Denis Johnson]], [[Alice Munro]], [[Hilary Mantel]], [[Zadie Smith]] and [[Philip Roth]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/12/books/review/critic-intro-best-books-century.html|title= Our Critic’sCritic's Take on the 100 List: Books That ‘Cast'Cast a Sustained Spell’Spell'|website= [[The New York Times]]|accessdate= July 13, 2024}}</ref>