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The New York Times's Best Books of the 21st Century


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Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss mysteries and thrillers from The New York Times’s Best Books of the 21st Century!


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Things Mentioned

The New York Times’s Best Books of the 21st Century


Books Discussed
  • The Guest List - Lucy Foley
  • Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America - Erik Larson
  • Just Mercy - Bryan Stevenson
  • Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead - Olga Tokarczuk, Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones
  • The Reformatory - Tananarive Due, Chosen by Stephen Graham Jones NYTs
  • It Will Only Hurt For a Moment - Delilah S. Dawson
  • The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story - Olga Tokarczuk, Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones
  • Curdle Creek - Yvonne Battle-Felton


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