10 Best Books of 21st Century – NYTIMES

10. Gilead – Marilynne Robinson 2004
9. Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro 2005
8. Austerlitz – W.G. Sebald; translated by Anthea Bell 2001
7. The Underground Railroad – Colson Whitehead 2016
6. 2666 – Roberto Bolaño; translated by Natasha Wimmer 2008
5. The Corrections – Jonathan Franzen 2001
4. The Known World – Edward P. Jones 2003
3. Wolf Hall – Hilary Mantel 2009
2. The Warmth of Other Suns – Isabel Wilkerson 2010
1. My Brilliant Friend – Elena Ferrante; translated by Ann Goldstein 2012

As voted on by 503 novelists, nonfiction writers, poets, critics and other book lovers — with a little help from the staff of The New York Times Book Review.
https://archive.is/lm15w#book-10

NOTE – They picked the top 100, these are just the top 10.